TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Robert AU - Shulver,Michael AU - Slack,Nigel AU - Clark,Graham TI - Service operations management: improving service delivery SN - 9781292098050 U1 - 658 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Pearson KW - Service industries KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Service Operations Management, 5th Edition, by Robert Johnston et al. is a market-leading text on service operations management and provides a clear understanding of how service performance can be improved inorganisations. This textbook applies underlying theories to the real world challenges faced by service operations managers on a daily basis, by providing a diverse range of examples and illustrations. Each chapter provides a range of tools, frameworks and techniques designed to help you better analyse existing operations and understand ways to deal with operational challenges. This book can be used to support a dedicated Service Operations Management course, or a service-focused course in Operations Management. The book is also ideal if you who want to build on knowledge of the basic principles of operations management, and it serves as a handbook for operations managers in service organisations as they seek to develop and implement operations strategies"-- ER -