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3.03 Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Corporate culture: | The values and ideals that an organization encourages among its employees. |
| Courtesy: | Polite behavior; good manners. |
| Customer loyalty: | The customer’s preference for a business; usually expressed in regular purchases from the business. |
| Customer relations: | All the activities a business engages in to interact with its customers. |
| Customer service: | Activities and benefits provided by a business to its customers to create goodwill and customer satisfaction. |
| Customer-centric: | Focused on customer needs and wants. |
| Internal customers: | The people (i.e., employees) who work cooperatively together to achieve business goals. |
| Patronage: | Loyalty to a particular business. |
| Proactive: | Adapting to the environment in advance of the occurrence of events; taking advantage of opportunities rather than reacting to problems. |
| Productivity: | The amount and the value of goods and services produced (outputs) from set amounts of resources (inputs). |
| Touchpoints: | All the opportunities that businesses have to connect with customers and reinforce their brand value. |
| Word-of-mouth promotion: | Promotion for a business provided by customers who tell others of their satisfaction with the business. |