Service and service systems : : provider challenges and directions in unsettled times / / Steve Baron, Philippa Hunter-Jones and Gary Warnaby.

• Superior document: Service systems and innovations in business and society collection,
• VerfasserIn: Baron, Steve; Hunter-Jones, Philippa.,; Warnaby, Gary.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hunter-Jones, Philippa.,; Warnaby, Gary.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : : Business Expert Press,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: 2014 digital library.; Service systems and innovations in business and society collection.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (151 pages)
• Notes: Part of: 2014 digital library.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
• ISBN: 9781606495766 (paperback); 9781606495773
• ISSN: 2326-2699
• Access: Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steve Baron, Philippa Hunter-Jones and Gary Warnaby.

Unsettled times can arise from a variety of causes, including environmental (e.g., earthquake), climatic (e.g., floods), economic (e.g., recession), social (e.g., illness), or political (e.g., civil unrest). They can result in citizens' loss of homes/possessions, jobs, health, or mobility. Citizens move from above the level of consumption adequacy, where their behaviors reflect long-term and higher-order needs, to below the level of consumption adequacy, where they are forced into a short-term focus on simple existence. In parallel, (service) organizations--utilities, transport, medical, cleaning, housing, education, broadcasting, national and local government-- may become ineffective or unavailable: in other words, beyond the means of a significant proportion of citizens. This book explores the effect of unsettled times on spatial service systems. It provides original insights for managers of service organizations (especially public services), policy makers, and service system researchers and students.