The Restaurant Manager’s Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation 4th Edition - With Companion CD-ROM: Douglas Robert Brown

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I’m going to recommend a wonderful source of information, everything a successful restaurant operation needs. “The Restaurant Managers Handbook”. — Food Industry News November 2002, Jim Contis Publisher
New edition of a reference for professionals and newcomers to the field, provides step by step [...]

The Service Profit Chain: James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, Leonard A. Schlesinger

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From Booklist
That the customer should be–indeed, must be–at the heart of any service company’s strategy is certainly not a cosmos-altering revelation. But the equations, formulas, research, and just plain common sense that three Harvard Business School professors apply to the process of creating a lifetime [...]

Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service: Arthur I. Blaustein

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Do You Want to Become a Volunteer but feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of organizations to choose from? Look no further than this revised edition of the bestselling book Make a Difference! Complied and written by Arthur Blaustein, adjunct professor of social and urban policy at the University of [...]

Rich Like Them: My Door-to-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America’s Richest Neighborhoods: Ryan D’Agostino

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From Publishers Weekly
While academics frequently conduct research to try to unlock the secrets of garnering great wealth, Esquire editor D’Agostino took a more direct—and more entertaining—route: he picked the 20 wealthiest neighborhoods in America and went door to door, garnering interviews with 50 very wealthy, [...]

Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game: James L. Heskett

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Charles W McCall President and Chief Executive Officer, CompuServe, Inc. To survive and succeed in a decade of rapidly changing technologies and increasing global competition for service companies, we must strive to “change the rules of the game.” “Service Breakthroughs” provides a framework to help [...]

Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game: James L. Heskett

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M. Anthony Burns Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Ryder System, Inc. Service Breakthroughs is beautifully illustrated with examples of the winning strategies which some of the country’s most successful service companies have used to move out of the pack and into the [...]

Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Craig Terrill, Arthur Middlebrooks

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” Finally, someone understands the strategic role of marketing in a service organization. This book offers words to work by.” — Lu M. Cordova, CEO, TixToGo.com
“The number one problem for every service firm today is differentiation. Craig Terrill and Art Middlebrooks challenge [...]

Market Leadership Strategies for Service Companies: Craig Terrill, Arthur Middlebrooks

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” Finally, someone understands the strategic role of marketing in a service organization. This book offers words to work by.” — Lu M. Cordova, CEO, TixToGo.com
“The number one problem for every service firm today is differentiation. Craig Terrill and Art Middlebrooks challenge us to [...]

The Satisfied Customer: Winners and Losers in the Battle for Buyer Preference: Claes Fornell

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“‘In today’s world of intense global competition, customer satisfaction is a given. Without it, customers quickly move on to another of their endless choices. And they never return. That’s why The Satisfied Customer is a must read.’ - Jack Trout, author of The 22 Immutable Laws of [...]

On Great Service: A Framework for Action: Leonard L. Berry

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Richard Teeterlink President and CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc. Provides a succinct formula for achieving service leadership success. — Review
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Richard C. BartlettVice Chairman, Mary Kay Corporation, CEO, The Richmont GroupBerry has provided what is desperately needed in many companies: a [...]