Service Science - The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management

Informationen zum Autor ROBIN G. QIU, PhD, is Professor of Information Science at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Qiu has published more than 60 journal publications, and his research interests include service science and systems; business analytics; social business; service operations and management; information systems and integration; and control and management of manufacturing systems. Klappentext Features coverage of the service systems lifecycle, including service marketing, engineering, delivery, quality control, management, and sustainmentFeaturing an innovative and holistic approach, Service Science: The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management provides a new perspective of service research and practice. The book presents a practical approach to the service systems lifecycle framework, which aids in understanding and capturing market trends; analyzing the design and engineering of service products and delivery networks; executing service operations; and controlling and managing the service lifecycles for competitive advantage.Utilizing a combined theoretical and practical approach to discuss service science, Service Science: The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management also features:* Case studies to illustrate how the presented theories and design principles are applied in practice to the definitions of fundamental service laws, including service interaction and socio-technical natures* Computational thinking and system modeling such as abstraction, digitalization, holistic perspectives, and analytics* Plentiful examples of service organizations such as automobile after-sale services, global project management networks, and express delivery services* An interdisciplinary emphasis that includes integrated approaches from the fields of mathematics, engineering, industrial engineering, business, operations research, and management science* A detailed analysis of the key concepts and body of knowledge for readers to master the foundations of service managementService Science: The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management is an ideal reference for practitioners in the contemporary service engineering and management field as well as researchers in applied mathematics, statistics, business/management science, operations research, industrial engineering, and economics. The book is also appropriate as a text for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in industrial engineering, operations research, and management science as well as MBA students studying service management. Zusammenfassung Features coverage of the service systems lifecycle, including service marketing, engineering, delivery, quality control, management, and sustainmentFeaturing an innovative and holistic approach, Service Science: The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management provides a new perspective of service research and practice. The book presents a practical approach to the service systems lifecycle framework, which aids in understanding and capturing market trends; analyzing the design and engineering of service products and delivery networks; executing service operations; and controlling and managing the service lifecycles for competitive advantage.Utilizing a combined theoretical and practical approach to discuss service science, Service Science: The Foundations of Service Engineering and Management also features:* Case studies to illustrate how the presented theories and design principles are applied in practice to the definitions of fundamental service laws, including service interaction and socio-technical natures* Computational thinking and system modeling such as abstraction, digitalization, holistic perspectives, and analytics* Plentiful examples of service organizations such as automobile after-sale services, global project management networks, and express delivery services* An interdisciplinary emphasis that includes integrated approach...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii
James C. Spohrer
 
Foreword xv
Richard C. Larson
 
Preface xix
 
Acknowledgments xxv
 
1. Evolving and Holistic View of Service 1
 
1.1 What Is Service? 1
 
1.2 Different Perspectives on Service 4
 
1.3 The Lifecycle of Service 5
 
1.4 Service Encounters Throughout the Lifecycle of Service 8
 
1.5 The Economic Globalization 14
 
1.6 The Evolving and Holistic View of Service 20
 
1.7 Summary 29
 
References 29
 
2. Definition of Service 32
 
2.1 From Manufacturing to Service: The Economic Shift 33
 
2.2 Total Service Lifecycle: The Service Provider's Perspective 44
 
2.3 A Service Definition for This Book 52
 
2.4 Final Remarks 58
 
References 58
 
3. The Need for the Science of Service 61
 
3.1 A Brief Review of the Evolution of Service Research 62
 
3.2 Service as a Process of Transformation 64
 
3.3 Formation of Service Encounters Networks 67
 
3.4 Inherent Nature of Sociotechnical Service Systems 71
 
3.5 Digitalization of Service Systems 74
 
3.6 An Innovative Approach to Developing Service Science 79
 
3.6.1 Service Value Chains in the Service Encounter Perspective 79
 
3.6.2 A Systemic and Lifecycle Approach to Exploring Service 83
 
References 88
 
4. Service Science Fundamentals 92
 
4.1 The Fundamental Laws of Service: A Systemic Viewpoint 93
 
4.1.1 Newton's Three Laws of Motion 94
 
4.1.2 The Three Fundamental Laws of Service: The Newtonian Approach 96
 
4.1.3 A Systemic View of the Fundamental Laws of Service 99
 
4.2 The Service Encounter Sociophysics 104
 
4.2.1 The Service Encounter Dynamics of a Service System 105
 
4.2.2 The Laws of Service for Service Encounters 108
 
4.2.3 Service as a Value Cocreation Process: From SMART to SMARTER 111
 
4.3 Service Science: A Promising Interdisciplinary Field 115
 
4.4 Final Remarks 122
 
References 123
 
5. Organizational and IT Perspectives of Service Systems and Networks 127
 
5.1 Service as an Offering of a Service System 129
 
5.1.1 Service Business Strategy and Planning 132
 
5.1.2 Service Marketing 134
 
5.1.3 Service Design and Engineering 135
 
5.1.4 Service Delivery, Operations, and Management 135
 
5.2 Putting People First 137
 
5.2.1 The Digitalization Approach to Capture People's Behavioral Dynamics 139
 
5.2.2 Supplementary Approaches to Capture People's Behavioral Dynamics 140
 
5.2.3 Putting People First 141
 
5.3 Controllable and Tractable Service Systems in Pursuit of Smarter Operations 142
 
5.3.1 Overview of Enterprise Service Computing 143
 
5.3.2 Service-Oriented Architecture 145
 
5.3.3 Component Process Model 146
 
5.3.4 Business Process Management 148
 
5.4 Competitiveness, Sustainability, and Innovation: Systems Approaches to Explore the Sociotechnical Natures of Service Systems and Networks 149
 
5.5 Final Remarks 152
 
Acknowledgment 155
 
References 155
 
6. Computational Thinking of Service Systems and Networks 158
 
6.1 Monitoring and Capturing People-Centric Service Network Dynamics in Real Time 159
 
6.1.1 Computational Thinking of Service Systems and Networks: A Necessity in Service Science 161
 
6.1.2 Big Data in Support of Computational Thinking of Service Systems and Networks 162
 
6.2 Computational Thinking of Service Systems and Networks 163
 
6.3 Modeling of a Configurable and Competitive Service System 164
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Produktdetails

• Autoren: RG Qiu, Robin G Qiu, Robin G. Qiu, Qiu Robin G.
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.09.2014
• EAN: 9781118108239
• ISBN: 978-1-118-10823-9
• Seiten: 336
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Maschinenbau, Fertigungstechnik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; Mathematik, Optimierung, Optimization, Mathematics, Business & management, Service Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Wirtschaft u. Management, Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik, Betriebswirtschaft u. Operationsforschung, Management Science/Operational Research, Produktion i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik, Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing