Guaranteeing Student Satisfaction: An Exercise in Treating Students as Customers
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Marketing Education
- Vol. 21 (2), 118-130
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0273475399212005
Abstract
Service guarantees, formal promises made to customers about the service they will receive, are rarely offered in university classes. In this article, the authors report on their experience in guaranteeing the satisfaction of undergraduate students with the instructor’s performance. The rationale for, success of, and lessons learned from this pedagogical exercise are reviewed. In addition, detailed feedback from students gained through focus group interviews and a written student assignment regarding the guarantee is examined. General advice related to the guarantee is offered for instructors interested in guaranteeing their own performance.Keywords
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