ABSTRACT
This research work is aimed to describe the
importance of marketing, one need not to look further than this quoted
“marketing is everything and everything is marketing”. The statistical tools
the researcher employed to ensure that proper analysis was done in the
hypothesis tested by the researcher are; simple correlation analysis. The
researcher also discovered that UBA believed that customer is the king in a
service organization as such; UBA should embrace customers’ orientation
approach in dealing with their customers. Aside most staff of the bank also
believed that qualities and skilled marketers are need in a service
organization other area which the bank needs to pay attention to is the area of
how customers rate the service offered by UBA which to them, it is very low. It
was recommended that marketing department of UBA should strive to improve in
their performance since the research revealed that the core activities in terms
of customers and efficiency service of UBA depends on perform by marketing
department.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgements iv
Abstract vi
Table of Contents vii
Chapter
One: Introduction 1
1.1 Background to the Study 2
1.2 Statement of Research Problem 4
1.3 Objective of the Study 4
1.4 Research Question/Hypotheses 5
1.5 Significance of the Study 6
1.6 Scope/Delimitation of the Study 6
1.7 Operational Definition of Terms 7
Chapter
Two: Literature Review 11
2.1 The Nature and Importance of Marketing 11
2.2 The relevance of marketing mix in
service organization 13
2.3 What marketing is not 14
2.4 Marketing environment and the service
organization 15
2.5 Meaning of service 20
2.6 Classification of service 21
2.7 Characteristics of service and marketing
service implication 23
2.8 Strategies for marketing services 27
2.9 Building customers satisfaction through
quality service and value 31
2.10 Using internal, external and interaction
marketing in service organization 32
2.11 Marketing management 33
2.12 Institution under study (UBN Bank Plc) 34
2.13 Service provided by the bank 36
2.14 Importance of marketing in banking system 39
2.15 Marketing and distribution 40
2.16 Development of an effective marketing planning
in service organization 41
Chapter
Three: Research Methodology 43
3.0 Research design 43
3.1 Population of the study 43
3.2 Sample/sampling procedure 43
3.3 Sources of data collection 44
3.4 Validity of instrument used 44
3.5 Method of
data analysis 45
3.6 Cut off point decision rule 46
Chapter
Four: Data Presentation
and
Interpretation 47
4.1 Data presentation and interpretation 47
4.2 Data analysis 47
4.3 Hypothesis testing 55
4.4 Discussion of Findings 61
Chapter
Five: Summary of Findings,
Conclusion
and Recommendations 63
5.1 Limitation of the study 63
5.2 Summary of major findings 64
5.3 Conclusion 65
5.4 Recommendations 66
5.5 Area of further study 67
References 68
Appendices 69
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
To describe the
importance of marketing, one need not to look further than this quote
“marketing is everything and everything is marketing”.
Everyone is exposed to
marketing everyday, even when they don’t know it.
Billboards surround the
nation road, Lagos appear everywhere from t-shirt to the centre field fo the
“Tositos” fiesta below when a teenager is begging his dad to use the family
car, he is in fact marketing himself to his father for the exchange of the keys
and that is what marketing is all about, trying to create exchange that satisfy
and benefit both parties.
No consumer can escape
from marketing campaigns and no business should be operating without a
marketing plan to identify potential customers, meet their need and want and
keep them coming back for more, this section gives you an introduction into the
word of marketing and different aspects of it. You will here about the “ps” of
the marketing mix.
The importance element
of a marketing plan. It is your future customer are identified and placed between
the cross wires with marketing research and target marketing to get a specific
message to a specific customer, one must be familiar with direct marketing,
overall the section sho8uld help you learn about the importance for small.
1.1
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In a rapid changing
economic and social environment, management of any organization must anticipate
and adjust promptly to significance shift in the customer demand competitors
and public expectations.
Consumer or
satisfaction should be the first thing you think about before considering the
profitability prior to this, several scholars have found out that organization
which enhance the marketing concept achieve superiors performance. In fact all
marketing activities should begin and end with the consumer. Thus, consumer
satisfaction therefore make it necessary for an organization to be marketing
focused.
The organization must
not only practice marketing, but it must be right strategies and marketing mix
element to offer total product benefit and satisfaction to the consumers.
This is very necessary
if the organization must survive, grow and remain competitive. The importance
of marketing is considered to be very crucial in an organization such as, it
assumed to be wide as life.
Marketing plays a matching
role process by ways of linking the organization activities to the external
environment.
Hambagba (1989) opined
that “successful cooperation management required the demand of its environment”.
In order to effectively
play the role, marketing management must constantly analysis cost and monitor
changes in the environment with a view to identify those factors that might
like threat and affect the opportunities of the organization.
The emergence of strong
competition, the changing regulatory environment the impact of technologies and
application of computer in business signifies actions in Nigeria service
sectors that need a paid serious attention since they are the uncontrollable
factors wagging war against more organization in Nigeria.
1.2
STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
Most service
organization tend to underrate the importance of marketing in their business
activities which do result in low patronage or outright business failure. The
research work is aimed to address such problem.
1.3
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
This research work is
aimed
a.
To know the
importance of marketing in service organization.
b.
To know the
importance of marketing in banking sector.
c.
To know the
strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT).
d.
To know the
importance of marketing in customers satisfaction through quality service
value.
e.
To know how to
develop effective marketing planning in service organization.
1.4
RESEARCH QUESTION/HYPOTHESIS
In order to make research
work easy, the following hypotheses have been formulated to service as guide to
the study.
Hypothesis One
Ho: Poor handing of quality service affect service
organization.
HI: Poor handling of quality does not affect service
does not affect service organization.
Hypothesis Two
Ho: The use of marketing strategy in banking operation
does not result in greater patronage.
HI: The use of marketing strategy in banking
operation does not result in greater patronage.
Hypothesis Three
Ho: Customer is not a king in service organization
HI: Customer is a king in service organization.
1.5
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Some companies hardly
know that marketing services can enhance their level of performance as well as
the growth of the organization.
This study will be
beneficial to the state and federal government enterprise. This study will
expose the importance of service marketing in organization where services are
rendered.
Finally marketing study
will also find this project work as a reference literature in carryout their
research.
1.6
SCOPE/DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This project intends to
look into service marketing and its significant. The research shall also go
into finding out marketing principle and type in service operation by banking
sector and importance of marketing in service organization. the research of service
will also attempt to point out the barriers affecting marketing of service and
possible means of eliminating such problem.
1.7
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
All terms used in this
research work are functional for the purpose of this particular research work.
Motivation:
This is concerned with the subject
of encouraging employee to contribute their best to at least to upgrade their
commitment to organization goals.
In order to be able to
do this management needs an understanding of why people believe the way they do
at work (Ezewels, S. E, 2006).
Price:
It can be define as a value
consideration for exchange. Price important in determining profit from
marketing point of view, price is the value placed on a good or service by
customers at some point in time.
(Masoje, 2001) manager
service or organization must compare his price with those of the competitors in
the marketing place to determine whether they are high or low.
Training:
This has been defined as systematic
altering of the behaviour of employee to increase attainment of organization
goals (Masoje, 2001).
Equipment: These are things needed for a particular purpose or
for the operation of the business. The business should be technologically
mobile by way of adopting new technology equipment rather than using old 1930
type writer equipment an analogue computer in this new era (Masoje, 2001).
Symbol: This is the usage of image, object etc that suggest
or refers to something else. The name and he symbol use by an organization can
help the customer or identify with the firm.
Personal
Selling: This refers to the use
of speech and punition (face to face) to bring about some action on the part of
another.
Some action that might
result from personal selling are buying an insurance policy, or operating an
account with bank (Asore, 2008).
Place:
The physical setting or the
location of the business must quick and efficient service because their
accessibility is important factors in service marketing.
People: people are essential, and the delivery of most
services. Service personal include operation, bus driver, bank clerk,
receptionist and cashier etc.
Product: A product is anything that can be offered to the
market to satisfy a want or need (Kotler and Keller, 2006)
Promotion: It is asset of activities done in order to increase
the sales of a product or service e.g. sales promotion, advertising, packaging
and personal selling (Ezewel, 2006).
Perishability: These are services that are perishable in nature
that cannot be stored. The value of a service exists only the point when it is
to be provided. If they are not consumed when they are available, they perish
on time.
Adequate
Skilled Manpower: This is aimed
at satisfying a requirement which involve the ability to do something expertly as
for the purpose of achieving organization goal (Kotler and Keller, 2001).
Intangibility: These are service that is impossible to see, taste,
feel etc before they are purchased.
The consumer of such
service seek opinion and attitude before they buy any level of service (Ezewel,
2006).
Inseparability:
Unlike goods or product service
cannot be separated from the person or the seller.
Communication
Material: The communication
material should suggest efficiency. The advertisement should communicate the
business position using good picture etc.
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