
Complaint Management Excellence
Creating Customer Loyalty through Service Recovery
Sarah Cook(Author)
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7494-6530-8 (ISBN)
Description
Across the global economy, customers' expectations are continually rising - but many companies fail to deliver against those expectations. With the rise in social media, customers are becoming more vocal in expressing any dissatisfaction, which can both lose existing customers and alienate potential new ones.
Complaint Management Excellence
provides practical advice, tools and techniques for managers to adopt when managing any complaints that come into their organisation. In order to arrive at a culture where complaints are welcomed, the underlying values, processes, structure, strategy and people within an organization all need to be aligned with, and respect, customer needs. Not only does this improve the long-terms prospects for the company itself, but can have a tremendous knock-on effect in terms of boosting employee morale and engagement. With case studies from companies as diverse as John Lewis, Waitrose, DHL, Hilton Hotels, the Starwood group (including Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton hotels) and BT,
Complaint Management
Excellence
explains what customers are really looking for when they make a complaint, how to avoid conflict and how managers can lead culture change to ensure the best experience for all customers and clients.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-6530-8 (9780749465308)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€48.99
Available for download
Person
Author
Sarah Cook is Managing Director of the Stairway Consultancy, customer service specialists. She is the author of The Essential Guide to Employee Engagement, Change Management Excellence, Customer Care Excellence and Practical Benchmarking, all published by Kogan Page.
Content
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- Chapter - 01: Complaints as opportunities;
- Chapter - 02: Encouraging dissatisfied customers to voice their complaints;
- Chapter - 03: What people look for when they complain;
- Chapter - 04: Customer-management strategy and its implementation;
- Chapter - 05: Communication styles and emotional intelligence;
- Chapter - 06: The skills and behaviours needed for dealing effectively with complaints;
- Chapter - 07: Recording and thoroughly investigating complaints;
- Chapter - 08: Conciliation, mediation and arbitration;
- Chapter - 09: Making improvements as a result of complaints;
- Chapter - 10: Creating an environment that promotes high performance;
- Chapter - 11: Complaint handling and culture change