Call Center Operations Management Handbook and Study Guide

Call Center Operations Management Handbook and Study Guide

Author: Brad Cleveland

Publisher: ICMI Press (International Customer Management Institute)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9780970950758

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This handbook is part two of ICMI's comprehensive, four-part series on call center management, which includes people management, operations management, customer relationship management, and leadership and business management. The Call Center Operations Management Handbook and Study Guide provides this solid foundation through an examination of key performance indicators, call center planning and management processes, call center technology and facilities management. The guide begins with an explanation of service level and response time -- key objectives that measure the accessibility of the center. A detailed examination of other key performance indicators follows. The third section of the guide provides an in-depth discussion of the planning and management processes upon which call center operations depend, including forecasting, staffing and scheduling. The guide then transitions from processes to technology with an integrated look at the technologies present in the best of today's centers. The guide closes with site selection, call center design, health and safety issues, and disaster recovery principles.


Call Center Management on Fast Forward

Call Center Management on Fast Forward

Author: Brad Cleveland

Publisher: ICMI Inc.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780965909303

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This is the only book available today that provides a very readable, step-by-step guide for managing an incoming call center. The book combines theory with practical advice and is filled with over 100 charts and graphs, several case studies and an extensive glossary and index. Readers will learn how to: achieve service level with quality in an era of more transactions, growing complexity and heightened caller expectations; understand the "how" behind best practices; boost caller satisfaction; win top management's support; and discover what separates a good call center from a great one.


Call Center Leadership and Business Management Handbook and Study Guide

Call Center Leadership and Business Management Handbook and Study Guide

Author: Brad Cleveland

Publisher: ICMI Press (International Customer Management Institute)

Published: 2003

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780970950772

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This handbook is part four of ICMI's comprehensive, four-part series on call center management, which includes people management, operations management, customer relationship management, and leadership and business management. The Call Center Leadership and Business Management Handbook and Study Guide applies proven leadership and business practices to the call center environment. The study guide opens with guidance on developing an effective vision, mission, strategy and valuation model. Next, it explores leadership and communication best practices and highlights those skills and aptitudes that are most important in the call center. The unique environment of the call center is discussed next, with a focus on navigating future trends and requirements. The fourth section of the guide provides professionals with solid principles on developing business plans, improving operations and managing contracts. The study guide comes to a close with an overview of financial principles that call center professionals should understand.


Enterprise Operations Management Handbook, Second Edition

Enterprise Operations Management Handbook, Second Edition

Author: Steven F. Blanding

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 100015274X

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The Enterprise Operations Management Handbook provides the expert advice and guidance of hundreds of leading computing practitioners and consultants. Covering all major areas of enterprise operations management, this edition provides essential information for managing a modern, evolving data center. Topics include business issues, technology issues, and operational issues. This current, practical reference also reviews such critical areas as strategic planning, data center management, data center controls, systems planning, network technology, contingency planning, human resource planning, desktop computing, and future directions. The Enterprise Operations Management Handbook serves as an invaluable tool for designing, building, and maintaining a high-performance, service-oriented data center.


Cases in Call Center Management

Cases in Call Center Management

Author: Richard Feinberg

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781557533425

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Written by authorities on the call center industry, this book brings to light the strategic importance of call centers in today's business world. As interactions with customers move away from person-to-person the call center is becoming a vital force for corporate marketing and communication.


Service And Operations Management

Service And Operations Management

Author: Cengiz Haksever

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: 2017-12-26

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 9813209461

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The purpose of this book is to provide cutting-edge information on service management such as the role services play in an economy, service strategy, ethical issues in services and service supply chains. It also covers basic topics of operations management including linear and goal programming, project management, inventory management and forecasting.This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to services and operational management challenges; it draws upon the theory and practice in many fields of study such as economics, management science, statistics, psychology, sociology, ethics and technology, to name a few. It contains chapters most textbooks do not include, such as ethics, management of public and non-profit service organizations, productivity and measurement of performance, routing and scheduling of service vehicles.An Instructor's Solutions Manual is available upon request for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to [email protected].


The Handbook of Technology Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Advertising, and Global Management

The Handbook of Technology Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Advertising, and Global Management

Author: Hossein Bidgoli

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-12

Total Pages: 961

ISBN-13: 047024948X

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The discipline of technology management focuses on the scientific, engineering, and management issues related to the commercial introduction of new technologies. Although more than thirty U.S. universities offer PhD programs in the subject, there has never been a single comprehensive resource dedicated to technology management. "The Handbook of Technology Management" fills that gap with coverage of all the core topics and applications in the field. Edited by the renowned Doctor Hossein Bidgoli, the three volumes here include all the basics for students, educators, and practitioners


Survey Pain Relief

Survey Pain Relief

Author: Jodie Evelyn Monger

Publisher: ICMI Press (International Customer Management Institute)

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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Anyone who has ever been tasked with gathering and analyzing customer data has no doubt felt the pain associated with the magnitude of that responsibility especially when you're asked to take action without having believable customer intelligence. Relax. The doctors are here to ease your pain. In Survey Pain Relief, Dr. Jodie Monger and Dr. Debra Perkins offer an insightful, user-friendly overview of the science of research, dispel common misconceptions about the validity of widely publicized research methods, explain the sources and risks of survey malpractice and how to avoid it, and reveal how to transform customer insights into action by offering concrete examples of how to properly conduct survey research that will yield valid, interpretable results that can be communicated to executives, operations management, supervisors and frontline staff]] and save billions!