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Managing Customer-Centric Information: The Challenges of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Deployment in Service Environments.

Managing Customer-Centric Information: The Challenges of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Deployment in Service Environments.
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Author(s): Martin R. Fellenz (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)and Mairead Brady (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 19
Source title: Service Science and Logistics Informatics: Innovative Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): ZongWei Luo (The University of Hong Kong, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-603-2.ch003

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Abstract

Despite a long history of business-orientated information and communication technology (ICT) deployment, contemporary organizations continue to struggle with customer-centric implementation of new technologies that are profitable and contribute to sustainable service business success. This chapter reviews the difficulties inherent in using ICTs to manage customer-related information, and identifies the particular challenges for customer-centric deployment of ICTs. It provides a model of different levels of customer centric information use in organizations which helps understand how companies can become more customer centric in their information use. It reviews implications for future research in this emerging area and concludes that the challenges of ICT deployment and use must be addressed with an uncompromising focus on customer value as the central principle of both ICT design and deployment, and of information management in service organizations.

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