Information Package / Course Catalogue
Service Business Management
Course Code: BİY105
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: Students are required to complete their mandatory internships within the specified period (30 business days) and according to the rules stated in the Aydin Adnan Menderes University Sultanhisar Vocational School student internship guidelines.
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The student will understand the place and importance of service in modern marketing. Students will learn the relationship between the service industry and service marketing. Understand the effects of service marketing in the extended marketing mix. Will be able to classify service products groups and features, will learn distribution and price strategies in service marketing. Understand the relationship between relationship marketing and service. They will learn the concepts of service quality, e-service quality and e-service compensation quality and their sub-dimensions, and will understand the impact of these concepts on customer satisfaction, trust and loyalty. Will be able to learn and apply commonly used tools for measuring service quality, e-service quality and e-service compensation quality.

Course Content

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the management principles, organizational structure, and operational processes of service businesses. Students gain knowledge of key topics such as customer satisfaction, service quality, and human resource management. In addition, the course examines strategic planning, marketing, and practices for achieving sustainable competitive advantage in the service industry.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Understand the differences in both the provision of the service and the value it creates.
2.To be able to measure service quality.
3.To be able to measure e-service quality.
4.To be able to determine what needs to be done for improvements in service.
5.To be able to determine what needs to be done for improvements in e-service quality.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Oral, S. ve Yuksel, H. (2007). Hizmet Islemleri Yonetimi. Kanyilmaz Matbaasi.
2.Degermen Erenkol, H. A. (2007). Hizmet Pazarlamasi. Istanbul: Istanbul Universitesi.
3.Fitzsimmons J.A., & Fitzsimmons M.J. (2001). Service Management, Operations Strategy and Information Technology. McGraw Hill Inc.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The modern concept of marketing, the place and importance of service.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Relationship between service industry and service marketing.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Service marketing in the extended marketing mix.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Service product groups and features.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Place (Distribution) in service marketing.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Pricing in service marketing.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Relationship marketing and service relationship.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Service quality and its sub-dimensions.
Week 9 - Theoretical
The relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction, trust and loyalty.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Commonly used tools for measuring service quality - 1
Week 11 - Theoretical
Commonly used tools for measuring service quality - 2
Week 12 - Theoretical
e-service quality and e-service compensation quality and its sub-dimensions.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Commonly used tools for measuring e-service quality.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General review of what has been learned about the lesson.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment1112
Presentation 1112
Quiz1112
Final Examination111112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)74
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
4
OÇ-2
4
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
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5
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5
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5
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5
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OÇ-5
4
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5
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4
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4
4
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4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026