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001 2004002104
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005 20151013140019.0
008 040129s2005 maua b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2004002104
020 _a9780875848679
020 _a0875848672
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_cDLC
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aHF5415.5
_b.R393 2005
082 0 0 _a658.8'12
_222
100 1 _aRayport, Jeffrey F.
245 1 0 _aBest face forward :
_bwhy companies must improve their service interfaces with customers /
_cJeffrey F. Rayport, Bernard J. Jaworski.
260 _aBoston, Mass. :
_bHarvard Business School Press,
_cc2005.
300 _axxi, 262 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references ([229]-247) and index.
505 0 _aInterface as the next frontier of competitive advantage -- The interface imperative -- The front-office revolution -- What people do best -- What machines do best -- Putting the amalgam of people and machines to work -- Managing interface systems -- The interface audit.
520 _aBased on extensive research inside both start-up and established businesses across many industries, Best Face Forward proposes ways that companies can radically reengineer their front-office operations to deploy three types of service interfaces - people-dominant, machine-dominant, and hybrids of the two.This book shows how new roles for technology and people will radically reshape business and competition - and ultimately create a "people-rich" workplace that benefits customers, employees, and shareholders.
590 _aoif 12/03/15
591 _aLoan
650 0 _aCustomer services
_xManagement.
650 0 _aService industries
_xTechnological innovations
_xManagement.
650 0 _aCompetition.
700 1 _aJaworski, Bernard J.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0414/2004002104.html
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c1950
_d1950