define and explain the concept of customer experience. Determine the importance of CX in the case of your chosen company’s product/service. (Suggested word count: 300 words)
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MSc Management
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Customer Experience Strategy
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Report/Assignment Title
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MSc Management
Customer Experience Strategy
Coursework Assessment Brief
Submission mode: Turnitin online access
1. General Assessment Guidance
· Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this Coursework submission which accounts for 100% of the marks.
· Please note late submissions will not be marked.
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· A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.
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· You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and not marked.
2. Assessment Brief
You are required to write a 2500-word report on the customer experience (CX) strategy of one (1) company product/service shown below. You should base your report on the analysis of their CX strategy in one specific country in which they operate, which you must identify in the introduction to your report.
Choose one company (1) in the chart below:
Company
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Product
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Country
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Google
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My Business
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Any
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Apple
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MacBook
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Any
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Coca-Cola
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Sprite
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Any
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Mercedes Benz
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Long Wheelbase E-Class
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Any
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Dyson
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Vacuum
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Any
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Heinz
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Baked Beans
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Any
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Voot
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Video Streaming
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India
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Taj Hotels
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Hotel
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India
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bKash
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Mobile financial services
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Bangladesh
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Rupchanda
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Edible Oil
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Bangladesh
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14th Street Pizza
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Food
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Pakistan
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ChenOne
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Fashion
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Pakistan
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GTBank
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Banking
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Nigeria
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You should write your report for the Board of Directors of the company you have chosen from the list above. Within the business report, reference should be made to relevant CX concepts, literature and application as appropriate. Only use tables to answer the requirements where it is suggested to do so.
You need to address the following tasks:
1. The importance of customer experience (10 marks): define and explain the concept of
customer experience. Determine the importance of CX in the case of your chosen company’s
product/service. (Suggested word count: 300 words)
2. Consumer persona creation (15 marks): define explain what a consumer persona is and describe its role in developing effective CX strategy. In application to the company product/service identify one key consumer persona and provide the following elements in a visual format (graphic or table):
a. Demographics and story
b. Profile
c. Motivations for using the product/service
d. Goals for using the product/service
e. Painpoints the product/service solves
(Suggested word count: 200 words)
3. Mapping the customer journey (15 marks): define and explain what a customer journey is and discuss its importance to CX strategy. In relation to your consumer persona identified in
task 2, using a graphic or table, map their customer journey. This should be from the perspective of the customer and include the following:
a. Stages of journey
b. Activities
c. Feelings and needs
d. Potential opportunities for improvement
(Suggested word count: 200 words)
4. Omnichannel marketing (15 marks): define and explain what is meant by omnichannel marketing and define and explain the role of interaction and customisation in omnichannel marketing. Identify for your chosen company product/service the different marketing channels used and analyse how effective your chosen company is in achieving a seamless customer journey. (Suggested word count: 550 words)
5. CX performance metrics (15 marks): identify and describe four CX performance metrics. Provide a justified recommendation of two metrics from the four metrics you described which are the most important in the case of your chosen company product/service. (Suggested word count: 500 words)
6. CX processes in different industries (20 marks): Describe five CX Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and the process to implement the CSFs in a company and then explain and compare the CX processes in your chosen company and another company of your own choice in a different industry. (Suggested word count: 600 words)
7. Conclusion (5 marks): having completed your report provide a conclusion on how effective your chosen company product/service CX strategy is, using evidence from the previous six tasks to support your reasoning. (Suggested word count: 150 words)
8. Presentation (5 marks): present your report in a structured and professional manner using Harvard referencing guidelines.
Suggested Structure
A 2,500-word business report to the Board of Directors of the company, in the capacity of a CX strategy consultant. There are many ways to construct a report and the following is only a suggestion:
Title page: your reader’s first impression of the report. It should be succinct but still describe the report’s contents so that it can be distinguished easily from other reports.
define and explain the concept of
customer experience. Determine the importance of CX in the case of your chosen company’s
product/service. (Suggested word count: 300 words)
Comprehensive list of contents: a table of contents could help the reader to find specific information in the report quickly. This includes page numbers and any additional sections such as appendices and bibliography.
Report: covers your answers to the requirements one to eight as listed above.
Appendices: Appendices contain additional information which would be too detailed to include in the main body. Typical examples of information included in appendices can be glossaries (if it is a technical report), tables with supporting statistical data, examples of research and so on
References list: if you have consulted any source, either printed or on-line, you must include it in the list of your references and dates of internet access where applicable. For more information on referencing and the Harvard system access the link given in the General Assessment Guidance above.define explain what a consumer persona is and describe its role in developing effective CX strategy
3. Marking Guide (student version)
The assignment is marked out of 100 and counts towards 100% of your module mark. The following table shows the mark allocation and approach required.
Assignment Part
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Mark
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Approach
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1. The importance of customer experience (10 marks)
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· Clear definition and explanation of the concept of customer experience.
· Critical evaluation: describe the benefits of improving customer experience and describe the challenges of improving customer experience.
· Appropriate discussion of the importance of improving the customer experience in the case of your chosen company
product/service.
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2. Consumer persona creation (15 marks)
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8
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· Clear definition and explanation of a consumer persona and determination of its role in developing effective CX strategy.
· Identification of one key consumer persona relevant to your chosen company product/service and a detailed visual (graphic or table) is provided containing the following elements:
o Demographics and story
o Profile
o Motivations for using your chosen company product/service
o Goals for using your chosen company product/service
o Painpoints your chosen company
product/service solves.
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3.Customer journey map
(15 marks)
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8
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· Clear definition and explanation of a customer journey and its purpose and importance to CX strategy.
· A detailed customer journey is presented as a graphic or table based on the consumer persona identified in task 2. It should include the following elements:
o Stages of journey
o Activities
o Feelings and needs
o Potential opportunities for improvement.
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4. Omnichannel
marketing (15 marks)
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5
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· Clear definition and explanation of what is meant by omnichannel marketing and the
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10
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definition and role of interaction and customization in omnichannel marketing.
· Identification of the different marketing channels used for your chosen company product/service and a detailed analysis of how effective they are in achieving a seamless customer journey.
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5. CX performance metrics (15 marks)
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· Identification and description of four CX metrics.
· Justified recommendation of two of the
four key metrics identified for your chosen company product/service.
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6. CX processes in different industries (20 marks)
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· Describe five CX Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and the process to implement the CSFs in a company.
· Explain and compare the five processes to implement the CSFs in your chosen company and a company in a different industry.
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7. Conclusion (5 marks)
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· Clear conclusion on your opinion of how effective your chosen company CX strategy is.
· Provide evidence from the previous six tasks to support your opinion.
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Presentation (5 marks)
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2
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· Clear structure and layout
· Writing style: professional and concise
· Appropriate Referencing: range and credibility of the sources use and correct application of Harvard referencing style throughout report and appendices
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Total
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100
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