Service and service systems: provider challenges and directions in unsettled times

1. Living in unsettled times -- 2. Schools of thought -- 3. Consumption adequacy -- 4. A service science perspective: urban service systems -- 5. Urban service systems in unsettled times -- 6. Impact, likelihood, and resilience: analyzing service system responses to unsettled times -- 7. Unsettled t...

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Main Authors: Baron, Steve (Author), Hunter-Jones, Philippa (Author), Warnaby, Gary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) Business Expert Press 2014
Edition:First edition
Series:Service systems and innovations in business and society collection
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Summary:1. Living in unsettled times -- 2. Schools of thought -- 3. Consumption adequacy -- 4. A service science perspective: urban service systems -- 5. Urban service systems in unsettled times -- 6. Impact, likelihood, and resilience: analyzing service system responses to unsettled times -- 7. Unsettled times: the case of the UK "big freeze" of 2010 -- 8. Bringing it altogether: purposeful proposals, challenges, and directions -- Notes -- References -- Index
Unsettled times can arise from a variety of causes, including environmental (e.g., earthquake), climatic (e.g., floods), economic (e.g., recession), social (e.g., illness), or political (e.g., civil unrest). They can result in citizens' loss of homes/possessions, jobs, health, or mobility. Citizens move from above the level of consumption adequacy, where their behaviors reflect long-term and higher-order needs, to below the level of consumption adequacy, where they are forced into a short-term focus on simple existence. In parallel, (service) organizations--utilities, transport, medical, cleaning, housing, education, broadcasting, national and local government-- may become ineffective or unavailable: in other words, beyond the means of a significant proportion of citizens. This book explores the effect of unsettled times on spatial service systems. It provides original insights for managers of service organizations (especially public services), policy makers, and service system researchers and students
Item Description:Part of: 2013 digital library
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (151 pages)
ISBN:9781606495773
9781606495766