Bøger af Bernd Stauss

Gift-giving is an economically significant area of consumer behavior. For we are constantly buy gifts: for Christmas and Mother¿s Day, for birth and baptism, for the start of school and exams, for engagements and weddings, for birthdays or as souvenirs. Moreover, gift-giving is a very important psychological phenomenon, based on voluntariness, but also representing a duty and requiring compliance with rules. Thus, gift giving is by no means always associated with joy, but also with stress in the search for a perfect gift and disappointment when gifts fail.The book presents central results of psychological research on gift-giving. These provide answers to the following questions, among others:What ¿secret¿ rules of giving and receiving do we follow?What messages do we send with our gifts?How do certain characteristics - such as the amount of the price or empathy - influence satisfaction with a Gift-giving is an economically significant area of consumer behavior. For we are constantly buy gifts: for Christmas and Mother¿s Day, for birth and baptism, for the start of school and exams, for engagements and weddings, for birthdays or as souvenirs. Moreover, gift-giving is a very important psychological phenomenon, based on voluntariness, but also representing a duty and requiring compliance with rules. Thus, gift giving is by no means always associated with joy, but also with stress in the search for a perfect gift and disappointment when gifts fail. The book presents central results of psychological research on gift-giving. These provide answers to the following questions, among others: · What ¿secret¿ rules of giving and receiving do we follow? · What messages do we send with our gifts? · How do certain characteristics - such as the amount of the price or empathy - influence satisfaction with a gift? · What mistakes should we avoid when giving gifts in romantic relationships? · When is a monetary gift appropriate and when is it not? The Author Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Bernd Stauss held the Chair of Service Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.What mistakes should we avoid when giving gifts in romantic relationships?When is a monetary gift appropriate and when is it not?The presentation of psychological gift-giving research is supplemented by references to gift-giving episodes in fiction by authors such as Paul Auster, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Mitchell, and Thomas Mann. These illustrate the scientific findings and allow us to emotionally comprehend the experience of giving and receiving.The AuthorProf. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Bernd Stauss held the Chair of Service Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Further, it discusses the relevant 'backstage' tasks involved in using complaint information to achieve quality improvements and cost reductions through complaint analysis, controlling and reporting.

Wenn Servicemanager exzellenten Service liefern wollen, dann sollten sie ihr Handeln weniger an abstrakten Zahlenwerten und Modellen orientieren, sondern lieber Thomas Mann lesen. Die in diesem Buch prasentierten Textpassagen aus seinen Novellen und Romanen zeigen, wie prazise er Dienstleistungssituationen erfasst, die von bleibender Aktualitat sind. Denn bei allem technischen Wandel hat sich nichts daran geandert, wie Menschen andere Menschen im Servicekontakt erleben und wie sie als Menschen behandelt werden wollen. Thomas Mann beschreibt meisterhaft das Denken, Empfinden und Handeln von Dienstleistungskunden. Daher eignen sich die geschilderten Episoden hervorragend dazu, zentrale Lektionen fur heutige Servicemanager abzuleiten. Auf diese Weise fuhrt uns der groe deutsche Schriftsteller und Nobelpreistrager vor Augen, was modernes wissenschaftliches und praktisches Dienstleistungsmanagement ausmacht.Wie seine literarischen Geschopfe war Thomas Mann ein burgerlicher, wohlhabender Mann mit sehr hohen Anspruchen an Komfort und Servicequalitat [...] Was er seinen Erzahler in der Novelle Das Eisenbahnungluck' sagen lasst, gilt absolut auch fur ihn selbst: Ich reise gern mit Komfort.'"e;