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Unit Number 5Q5Z0044


Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Service Marketing Tutorial:

United Airways Case Study
In 2010 a singer booked a flight on a United Airways route and experienced the following situation. 

Original Complaint:
Initial Outcome:
Impact on the company:
*NB: It is disputed whether the share price plunge happened within the time scale reported in this article, but the share price still took a dramatic dive as a result of this situation.
Impact on the customer:
Other companies capitalise on United’s situation:

Working in small groups, discuss the case study.

What went wrong?
Why did it go wrong?
What were the outcomes of this situation?
Using the SERVQUAL model supplied, analyse this situation to identify where the gaps in service quality and customer expectation appeared.

Prepare a small group presentation to feed your discussion back to the seminar group.




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