
Customer Care
A Training Manual for Library Staff
- 1st Edition - March 15, 2010
- Authors: Pat Gannon-Leary, Michael McCarthy
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 3 3 4 - 5 7 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 0 6 3 - 0 3 1 - 1
Customer Care provides a detailed course suitable for delivery to library staff at all levels. It can be used as a stand-alone reference work for customer care processes and… Read more

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- Potential as a text book
- Applicable to a wider context than LIS – could be used for a whole HEI institutional approach to customer care or in local authorities/public services
List of figures and tables
About the authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Preparation
Your role as a facilitator
Notes on venue and facilities
Chapter 2: The introduction
Aims
Background
Aim 1: Introductions
Aim 2: Expressing concerns and creating a climate for learning
Aim 3: Understanding the aims of the course
Aim 4: Establishing the ground rules
Aim 5: Clarifying the role of the facilitator
Chapter 3: What is customer service?
Aims
Background
Aim 1: Identifying the constituents of good/bad/excellent service in practice
Aim 2: Recognising the importance of customers’ expectations and feelings
Chapter 4: Who are our customers? The customer service chain
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To identify more clearly the different kinds of customer
Aim 2: To recognise the special needs of different customers
Aim 3: To recognise from whom we receive service in general
Aim 4: To recognise our internal customers
Chapter 5: Communication
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To recognise the barriers to communication
Aim 2: To recognise the importance of body language or NVC when dealing with customers face to face
Aim 3: To improve communications, whether face to face, over the telephone or in writing
Final comments
Chapter 6: Questioning and active listening
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To identify the different types of questions and their effect on communication
Aim 2: To use questions to communicate more effectively
Aim 3: To encourage more active and effective listening
Chapter 7: Handling complaints
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To identify the appropriate steps in handling customer complaints
Aim 2: To develop a positive proactive response to customers’ problems and complaints
Chapter 8: Dealing with challenging situations
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To identify behaviours that create positive relationships with customers
Aim 2: To recognise signs of aggression in a person
Aim 3: To identify appropriate strategies for dealing with challenging situations
Chapter 9: Life positions and the OK Corral: being more confident and assertive
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To recognise aggressive, assertive, adaptive and apathetic styles of behaviour
Aim 2: To use assertive language in response to customer and staff statements
Chapter 10: Suggestions for improvement
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To identify how participants can help improve the effectiveness of their section
Aim 2: To identify how managers can help participants make improvements
Chapter 11: Teambuilding
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To foster team spirit
Aim 2: To help understand how we work in groups
Chapter 12: What are we good at, and what is our future? Action planning
Aims
Background
Aim 1: To celebrate success and take pride in achievements
Aim 2: To actively share information about team successes
Aim 3: To make a commitment to improving customer service skills
Chapter 13: Wrapping it up
Concluding remarks
Feedback
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Plenary
Some final words…
Index
- No. of pages: 262
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 15, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9781843345701
- eBook ISBN: 9781780630311
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