I hope you know • Management comprises planning, org anizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organiza tion (a group of one or more people or entities) or ef fort f or the purpose ofaccomplishing a goal. • First stage of business had a production orientation . Business was concerned with production, manufacturing, and efficiency issues. • By the mid 1950's a second stage emer ged, the sales orientation stage. Business's prime concern was to sell what it produced. • By the early 1970's a third stage, the marketing orien tation stage emerged as businesses.
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• Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadingor directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one ormore people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.
• First stage of business had a production orientation. Businesswas concerned with production, manufacturing, andefficiency issues.
• By the mid 1950's a second stage emerged, the salesorientation stage. Business's prime concern was to sell what it
produced.
• By the early 1970's a third stage, the marketing orientationstage emerged as businesses.
The Indian service sector accounts for a large part of the Indian economy – beit in terms of employment potential or its contribution to the nationalincome making-up for almost 60 per cent.
As per the National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO) report on Employment and
Unemployment Situation in India 2009-10, on the basis of usually working
persons in the principal and subsidiary statuses, for every 1000 peopleemployed in rural India, 679 people are employed in the agriculture sector,
241 in the services sector (including construction), and 80 in the industrial
sector.
In urban India, 75 people are employed in the agriculture sector, 683 in the
services sector(including construction) and 242 in the industrial sector.
Construction; trade, hotels, and restaurants; and public administration,
education, and community services are the three major employment
The industry spans from sophisticated fields liketelecommunications, satellite mapping, and computersoftware to simple services like those performed by the
barber, the carpenter, and the plumber; highly capital-intensive activities like civil aviation and shipping toemployment-oriented activities like tourism, real estate, andhousing; infrastructure-related activities like railways,roadways, and ports to social sector related activities like
health and education.The share of services in India’s gross domestic product (GDP) atfactor cost (at current prices) has expanded from 33.3 percent in 1950-51 to 56.5 per cent in 2012-13 as per AdvanceEstimates (AE). Including construction, the contribution wouldincrease to 64.8 per cent for 2012-13.
Trade, hotels and restaurants as a group is the largestcontributor (18 per cent) among the various services sub-sectors, followed by financing, insurance, real estate, andbusiness services with a 16.6 per cent share
• The government is making all the efforts to sustain thecountry’s position as a strategic service industry on the globalplatform with liberalizing the policy on foreign investment forcompanies operating in the broadcasting sector, likeincreasing the foreign investment limit from 49 per cent to 74
per cent in teleports (setting up up-linking HUBs/teleports)and direct to home (DTH) and cable networks, and permittingforeign investment of up to 74 per cent in mobile TV.
• Foreign airlines have also been permitted to make investmentup to 49 per cent in scheduled and non-scheduled air
transport services.• It has permitted FDI, up to 51 per cent, in multi-brand retail
trading and amended the existing policy on FDI in single-brand product retail trading.
On the other hand, India’s mobile servicesmarket is expected to touch Rs 1.2 lakh crore(US$ 21.58 billion) of revenues in 2013, an 8
per cent increase from Rs 1.1 lakh crore (US$19.78 billion) posted in 2012.
Mobile connections would grow to 770 millionin 2013, an 11 per cent increase from 712million connections of 2012, according to areport by research and analysis firm Gartner.
• India is one of the top tourism destinations in Asia,as per a CNN global travel survey.
Export of gems and jewellery from India is expectedto grow by 10-12 per cent in 2013-14 on back of revival in demand in the US and other major markets
India's domestic IT market will touch Rs 1.75 trillion(US$ 31.93 billion) by 2016, according to a study byBoston Consulting Group and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
India's mobile services market will touch Rs 1.2trillion (US$ 21.90 billion) in 2013, registering agrowth of 8 per cent from Rs 1.1 trillion (US$ 20.07billion) in 2012, highlighted a report by Gartner
The online advertising market in India is projected to reach Rs2,938 crore (US$ 536.13 million) by March 2014 , according tothe findings of Digital Advertising in India report, by theInternet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB
International. The mobile value-added services (MVAS) market is expected
to reach US$ 9.5 billion in 2015, from US$ 4.9 billion in 2012,as per a joint research report by Wipro Technologies and theInternet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). The Indian
MVAS market is predicted to grow at a compounded annualgrowth rate (CAGR) of 25 per cent between 2012 and 2015
distinguished• Pure tangible good- such as soap, coffee powder,
toothbrush, or clothing etc. Easy to evaluate.
• Tangible with accompanying services- The sale of cars,computers etc.
• Hybrid- For example, both food and service in a restaurantis important to the customer.
• Major Service with accompanying goods- For example,airline provides transportation as the major service but thetangibles like food and drinks are served.
• Pure Service- Teaching, auto repair, doctors consultancy,baby-sitting are pure intangibles. Difficult to evaluate. Highin credence qualities.