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Service Industries: An Overview of Selected Issues

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is to present the most important functions of services and the essence of service activity. Considerations lead to the identification of problematic areas in management of service organizations. In the first part, the author presents the definitions of services and service enterprise. The second item contains a summary of the most important features of services that distinguish them from other activities. In the third and fourth part, the author focuses on the functions of services sector, components of a service enterprise and problems in managing them. The research object is the service itself and associated service activity that plays an increasingly important role in Polish economy. The article contains an analysis of literature in the field of quality management, service economics, marketing and the methods of induction and deduction. According to the data of the Ministry of Economy from 2015, every second working Pole finds employment in services. In highly-developed economies, as much as 80% of the national income is generated by service companies. On the other hand, the contribution of the service sector to the creation of Polish GDP increased from around 50% in the 1990s to around 65% today. The quality of services provided has a significant impact on the financial results of entities in this sector. Success in a very competitive services market can be ensure only by the provision of top quality services.

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