Effective Complaint Management

Bernd Stauss is Professor emeritus of service management at the Ingolstadt School of Management at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany. He is author of numerous books and articles on service-related topics. The main focus of his research is on customer satisfaction, dissatisfaction, complaining behavior and complaint management.  Wolfgang Seidel is founder and head of 'servmark', a consulting company focusing on the analysis, conception and implementation of complaint management, customer relationship management and services marketing. Furthermore, Wolfgang Seidel is a frequent speaker at major conferences on complaint management and customer relationship management.

• Complaint Management in a Customer-Oriented Firm.- Complaints.- The Behavior of Dissatisfied Customers.- Principles of Complaint Management.- Strategic Planning of Complaint Management.- Complaint Stimulation.- Complaint Acceptance.- Complaint Processing.- Complaint Reaction.- Complaint Evaluation.- Complaint-Management Controlling.- Complaint Reporting.- Utilization of Complaint Information.- Human Resource Aspects of Complaint Management.- Organizational Aspects of Complaint Management.- Technological Aspects of Complaint Management.- Social Media Complaints.- Implementing Active Complaint Management.- Quick Test Complaint Management.