Service

Service may refer to:

Acts of service

  • Administrative service, a part of the work load of university faculty
  • Civil service, the body of employees of a government
  • Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a punishment that may be imposed by a court
  • Customer service, provision of assistance to customers or clients
  • Table service, food served by waiters and waitresses, also known as servers
  • Domestic service, employment in a residence
  • Fan service, a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans
  • Military service, a country's armed forces
  • Public services, services carried out with the aim of providing a public good
  • Selfless service, a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award
  • Service of process or police administration — and warrants, by Sheriffs in the United States
  • Religion

  • Church service, Christian communal worship, often held in a church building
  • Divine Service (Lutheran), the public worship of Lutheran churches
  • Service (economics)

    In economics, a service is an intangible commodity. That is, services are an example of intangible economic goods.

    Service provision is often an economic activity where the buyer does not generally, except by exclusive contract, obtain exclusive ownership of the thing purchased. The benefits of such a service, if priced, are held to be self-evident in the buyer's willingness to pay for it. Public services are those, that society (nation state, fiscal union, regional) as a whole pays for, through taxes and other means.

    By composing and orchestrating the appropriate level of resources, skill, ingenuity, and experience for effecting specific benefits for service consumers, service providers participate in an economy without the restrictions of carrying inventory (stock) or the need to concern themselves with bulky raw materials. On the other hand, their investment in expertise does require consistent service marketing and upgrading in the face of competition.

    Characteristics

    Service (business)

    Business services are a recognisable subset of Economic services, and share their characteristics. The essential difference is that Business are concerned about the building of Service Systems in order to deliver value to their customers and to act in the roles of Service Provider and Service Consumer.

    Service definition

    The generic clear-cut, complete, concise and consistent definition of the service term reads as follows:

    A service is a set of one time consumable and perishable benefits

  • delivered from the accountable service provider, mostly in close coaction with his internal and external service suppliers,
  • effectuated by distinct functions of technical systems and by distinct activities of individuals, respectively,
  • commissioned according to the needs of his service consumers by the service customer from the accountable service provider,
  • rendered individually to an authorized service consumer at his/her dedicated trigger,
  • and, finally, consumed and utilized by the triggering service consumer for executing his/her upcoming business activity or private activity.
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    SERVICE

    by: The Fall

    Why do you have a cloud in your eye?
    Walked downstairs
    Got my hat and my corny brown leather jacket
    Streets were grey and clean for a change
    Must have been the rain
    Thought transference
    And this man in digs with me would spit out
    two or three teeth a night on the floor
    Winter is here, unlike yourself
    Cold, pulled my shirt up
    Service
    Kicked the leaves
    Learning about time,
    Time of the vulperines
    Time of the wolverines
    They sit rotting, the leaves
    Kick the brown branches, it is here
    I came home and found I could say the word ";entrepreneur";
    and my problem began
    Service
    (Every man wants to be what he is not.)
    At my feet, one who laughs at anything.
    And at my head, one that laughs at nothing
    And I'm just in-between
    This day's portion
    Service
    (You would not like it if you knew it)
    (Why you have tears in your eyes from infotainment?)
    Winter is here
    I've got a witch on my left shoulder
    My future's here
    Now I will kick the broken branches
    They're this day's portion of this day's portion
    Didn't want to wake up and learn,
    I've learnt the word 'entrepreneur";
    Wandered around, found out,
    Didn't want to say the word, roll it around in your mouth
    Every man jack wants to be what he is not.
    Service.
    Little boys are taking over
    They mumble through the grass
    There are not fit to be in the company of vulperines and wolverines
    Too many heads knocking about.
    Service.
    This day's portion, this day's portion.
    Why do you have a cloud in your eye from infotainment?




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