Service Operations Management, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (12 August 2025) © 2026

  • Robert Johnston
  • Michael Shulver
  • Nigel Slack Warwick Business School, Warwick University
  • Alan Betts

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  • A print edition

Title overview

Address real-world organisational challenges by applying the principles of Service Operations Management

Service Operations Management is a leading text in its field which provides an understanding of how to improve service performance. It has a practical focus on the real-world issues faced daily by service operations managers. With examples and case studies from a wide range of international businesses, from Metro Bank to Médecins Sans Frontières from Costa coffee to the Swiss Hotel sector, this book helps you better analyse operations and understand ways to deal with operational challenges.

This book is ideal for students and as a handbook for operations managers in service organisations.

Table of contents

Preface

Part One: Framing service operations

  1. Introduction to service operations
  2. The world of service
  3. Service strategy
  4. The service concept

Part Two: Service people

  1. Customer relationships
  2. Service quality
  3. Designing customer experience
  4. People in the service operation
  5. Service culture

Part Three: Delivering service

  1. Service supply networks
  2. Designing the service process
  3. Managing service performance
  4. Service resources and capacity

Part Four: Improving service operations

  1. Service innovation
  2. Service improvement
  3. Learning from problems
  4. Learning from other operations

Glossary

Index

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