This course is designed to prepare students for NH business and marketing careers by understanding the issues, challenges, and terminology inherent in industries as diverse as health care, construction, education, professional and technical offices, transportation, information and publishing, tourism, retailing, etc. Case studies are used throughout the term. We study many of these sectors, both as academicians and as consumers, to build a portfolio of understanding across divergent sectors. Students learn about services marketing strategies and management models that: increase customer satisfaction, improve customer retention and create dominant service brands that can create a competitive advantage for firms in any given industry. No credit if credit earned for BUS 675 or BUS 685 if listed as Services Marketing.