
Customer Service Skills for Success, 7th Edition
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Recipient of the 2017 Textbook and Academic Authors Association's Textbook Excellence Award, Customer Service Skills for Success by Robert W. Lucas, now in its seventh edition, is the top-selling customer service textbook in the United States. Lucas addresses real-world customer service issues and provides a variety of updated resources, activities, examples, and tips from active professionals in the industry to gain and hold readers' interest while providing insights into the concepts and skills related to customer service. The text begins with a macro view of what customer service involves today and provides projections for the future; it then focuses on specific skills and related topics. Each of the three parts focuses on a different aspect of customer service: (1) The Profession, (2) Skills for Success, and (3) Building and Maintaining Relationships. Readers will encounter interviews with real-world service providers, case study scenarios, and activities to teach them to apply these concepts to real-world situations. New to This Edition • New Customer Service interviews are included. • Updated research and statistics are incorporated throughout the text. • New Words to Live By quotes appear at the end of each chapter's Quick Preview section. • Chapters feature updated Trending Now sections. • Chapter openings spotlight In the Real World case studies. • Search It Out activity resources have been added.
Chapter 2: Contributing to the Service Culture
Part Two: Skills for Success
Chapter 3: Verbal Communication Skills
Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication Skills
Chapter 5: Listening to the Customer
Part Three: Building and Maintaining Relationships
Chapter 6: Customer Service and Behavior
Chapter 7: Service Breakdowns and Recovery
Chapter 8: Customer Service in a Diverse World
Chapter 9: Customer Service via Technology
Part Four: Retaining Customers
Chapter 10: Encouraging Customer Loyalty


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