Mystery Shopping - Quality Control or Staff Snooping?

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

BBC Working Lunch has come up trumps for business studies once again - this time with a snappy 3 minute video looking at the growing use of mystery shopping…

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Customer Service with a Beat - its a Rap

Monday, October 05, 2009

Another cracker from Adam Fraser (our resident You Tube sleuth) - which provides a superb example of how individuals in a service business can go the extra yard for customers…

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The Costs of Poor Customer Service - United Airlines and the Guitar Hero

Many thanks to Adam Fraser at Netherhall for suggesting this superb video example to use to illustrate the costs of poor customer service…

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Police caution the CEO for insisting on better customer service

Friday, September 25, 2009

Here is a fascinating story that is packed full with business studies material.  What happens when a CEO of an airline unleashes a tirade against his staff - in front of his customers - who end up applauding him for his actions?

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The Customer Bites Back via the Blogosphere

Monday, September 21, 2009

A classic mini case study for anyone teaching customer service.  Andy Sharman was more than unhappy with their miserable Thomson Holidays trip to Tunisia - so he turned to blogging when Thomson ignored his complaints…

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Top Class Customer Service in Action - Yorkshire Airlines

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A big hat tip to Mark Mitchell for showcasing this classic Hale & Pace clip as a way of introducing the topic of customer service…

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Rated: 14321 (1/5), based on 1 review

A six minute tour round the Dell Factory

Sunday, May 31, 2009

We used this video on our AQA AS Unit 2 resource day a few months ago.  A super little video of a guided tour around a Dell factory, that also explains key aspects of the supply chain.

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Customer service classic - the upside-down pizza

Monday, May 11, 2009

A classic call into a customer service call centre. The ASDA customer is unhappy that his supermarket has sent a pizza with no toppings.  There’s just one, tiny thing that the customer has forgotten to check…

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Q&A - What is meant by having a “customer focus”?

Friday, May 01, 2009

Quite simply, a business that has a “customer focus” is one which takes the time and trouble to understand and address customer needs.

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Q&A - What are the main benefits of good customer service?

The potential benefits to a business from providing a consistently high level of customer service include:

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