Understand the role of the service sector in today’s economy and its evolving dynamics.
Learning Mode: Learn at ALC or at Home
Detailed Course Curriculum
Hands-on module breakdown aligned with MKCL production standards and industry requirements.
Role of Services in an Economy Introduction
The service sector
Facilitation role of services in an economy
Economic evolution
Development and structure of services sector GDP in India
Sectoral growth rate
Remarkable growth observation in India’s service sector –an international comparison
Sectoral Composition of GDP Growth
Contribution of services sub-sectors to India’s GDP
Reasons for the growth of Services in India
Employment in the services sector
Indian service sector
Service sector in India: some issues & challenges
Prospects for Growth in the Services Sector
Role of Services in an Economy Introduction
Hunting-and-Gathering Societies
Horticultural and Pastoral Societies
Agricultural Societies
Preindustrial Society
Features Of Pre-Industrial Society
Transport Therefore Primitive
Industrial Society
Industrialisation in India
Post-industrial Society
Comparison of Societies
Theories Explaining the Growth of Services
Nature of Service Sector Introduction
Nature of the Service Sector
The Role of the Service Economy in Development
The Defining Characteristics of a service
Classification of Service
Trivia Time
White and Blue Collared Workers & The working class
Technology Spawns Workplace Change
The Twenty-first Century Career
Nature of Service Sector Introduction
The Twenty-first Century Career
The Experience Economy
The Business that sells an Experience
Consumer Service Experience
Business Service Experience
Service Dominant Logic
Foundation Premises of Service Dominant Logic
Fundamental principles in detail
Distinctive Characteristics of Service Operations
Customer Participation
Simultaneity
Perishability
Intangibility
Heterogeneity
Non-transferrable Ownership
Service Package
Supporting Facility
Facilitating Goods
Information and Data
Explicit Service
Implicit Services
Grouping Services by Delivery Process
Low Labour Intensity
High Labour Intensity
Low Interaction & Customization
High Interaction & Customization
Open System View of Service Operations Management
Roles in Service Sector Introduction
Ways of Identifying Service
Consequences of Rapid Growth of Services
How recession affects service
Human resources in the age of Service
Human resources in the age of Service continue
Outsourcing
Roles in Service Sector
The Trade Sector
The Tourism Sector
The Shipping Sector
The Port Services Sector
The Storage Services Sector
The Telecom Sector
The Real Estate Sector
The IT Sector
The Accounting Sector
The Research and Development Sector
The Legal Sector
The Consultancy Sector
The Construction Sector
Service Functions
IT Operation Management
Service Desk - Internal and External
Technical Management
Applications Management
Reporting
Functions of the Service Desk
Functions in the Service Sector an Interaction
Human Resources
HRD and HRM as functions of Human Resources
Competitive Advantage
Competencies, Culture, and Composition
Differences in HRD between manufacturing sector and service sector
Human Resource Planning
Selection and Recruitment
Training and Development of Employees
Performance Management
Overall Welfare of Employees
Information Sharing
Survey Management
Compliance Management
HR Technology Management
Change Management
Processes in Service Sector Introduction
What is a Service Process
Characteristics of Service Processes
Steps of Managing a Service Process
Elements of a Service Delivery System
Types of Service Processes
Degree or Level of Contact
Differences between Service Industry Processes vs
Manufacturing/Product-based processes
Service Sector in India
The IT and Fintech Sector
The Travel and Tourism Sector
The Media and Entertainment Industry
The Logistics Industry
Upcoming Trends in the Service Sector
Career Path in the Service Sector
Classification of Services
The Service Sector in the Three-Part Economy
Employment Scenario
Service process
Line operations
Job Shop Operations
Degree of Contact
Service Offering cred fintech
Developing and Maintaining the Service Process 1
Developing and Maintaining the Service Process 2
Service Process
The 7 Step Process for Managing Service Processes
Delivering excellent service
Service Operation Functions
Service Process
Characteristics of service processes
Service Location
Customer Participation and Interaction
Steps for managing service processes
New and Upcoming Sectors: Processes in Service Sector Introduction
Challenges in designing a process
Phases of service process
Improvement techniques for service industries
Cost of delay of service processes
What is Service Design by Yosef Shuman
Village Volvo
Xpresso Lube
Walmart
Air Deccan
OYO Hotels
Cloud Kitchens
Telecom industry
MyGate Application
New Age Applications
New Age Applications- 2
New Age Applications- 3
Eligibility Criteria
• Basic knowledge of computers and keen desire to build skills in this field.
• Open to students, job seekers, and working professionals.
Official Certification
• Official MKCL KLiC Certificate upon successful completion of the course and evaluations.
Work-Centric Learning Approach
• Step 1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work
• Step 2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step 3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step 4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step 5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step 6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step 7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step 8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step 9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step 10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step 11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step 12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!
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Course Overview
Duration:30 hours
Track:Service Management
Skill Level:Beginner
Language:English
Mode:Learn at ALC or at Home
Certificate:Official MKCL
Key Course Highlights:
Paraphrase the complex and transformative economic evolution, leading to significant development and substantial growth in India.
Report the intricately interwoven and complex multifaceted outlook of growth and employment in service sector.
Compare the multifaceted, encompassing diverse socio-economic frameworks and approaches of pre-industrial and post-industrial service society.
Interpret the complex roles, diverse characteristics, and extensive technological involvement 21st century service sector.
Illustrate the diverse array of service experiences and careers encompassing a wide range of industries and fields in 21st century.
Illustrate the various characteristics and diverse process involvement in service sector.
Compare the nature of offerings and operational procedures of Service Industry Processes and Manufacturing/Product-based processes.
Review the various industries present in India offering distinct services and contributing to the country’s economic growth.
Interpret the complex task involved in developing, maintaining, and managing various service processes.
Inspect the crucial role of customer participation and interaction in effectively managing service processes to enhance customer satisfaction, optimize service delivery, and foster long-term loyalty.
Report the various advanced techniques employed to enhance service processes.
Review the upcoming trends that present diverse career opportunities in service sector.
Review the intricately interwoven, presenting a complex landscape of differentiators and challenges in service sector.