Customer Orientation Management of Employees as Part of Value-Oriented Growth of Organization

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.017How to use a DOI?

Keywords

customer orientation, value-oriented growth, services, retail chain

Abstract

This study is aimed at the scientific substantiation of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of customer orientation exercised by retail chains and areas of respective management solutions. The scope of study covers retail chains using methods of economic indicators comparative analysis. Despite the variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the formation of customer and employee orientation in company management, theoretical and methodological provisions are necessary, including approaches to managing labor efficiency of retail chains, a personnel management system, which makes a customer-oriented approach happen taking into account the specifics of trade services. This paper describes an analysis done on Bakhetle, a regional chain and presents the predicted values according to the employees-oriented labor efficiency model proposed by the authors. The paper defines the terms related to the concept of “customer orientation”, offers aspects for how to manage the customer orientation of employees in retail chains based on the principle of authority and responsibility delegation. The methodology for assessing the labor efficiency of retail chains is presented in the format of a model of three main parameters (labor productivity, sale proceeds, and profit). The development of retail services in Russia is widely discussed in theoretical and practical literature. However, Russian undertakings do not sufficiently apply the practice of foreign retailers aimed at optimizing costs and obtaining benefits from the influence of the retail chain. The purpose and objectives of the study arise out of the need to develop theoretical approaches and practical recommendations on how to increase the efficiency of retail companies and increase their competitiveness in the uncertain environment.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yu.S. Valeeva
AU  - E.A. Gatina
AU  - E.A. Bagrova
AU  - O.V. Fedorova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/18
TI  - Customer Orientation Management of Employees as Part of Value-Oriented Growth of Organization
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Volga Region Conference on Economics, Humanities and Sports (FICEHS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 77
EP  - 82
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.017
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.017
ID  - Valeeva2020
ER  -