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Service designs and mindsets - extracting experiential knowledge from service realisation

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  • Henri Karppinen
  • Janne Huiskonen
  • Kaisa Seppänen

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Effective service operations management leans heavily on information systems and humans. In practice, operational decisions require time-consuming information mining, and time is money. If an employee can interpret the environment and operational information without shared rules, the risk of making costly wrong assumptions and decisions is high. We propose that creating better understanding of how an employee experiences an operational event can reveal information that is not currently available. This study focuses on conceptualising the employee experience by designing a method for extracting experiential knowledge from the employee's perspective and using this knowledge during resource configuration. The designed artefact has been field-tested and evaluated in a healthcare system according to design science principles. The results provide an innovative contribution to service operations management when trying to release time for right and productive activities. By utilising the experiential knowledge, service managers will be able to decrease the complexity in service systems.

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  • Henri Karppinen & Janne Huiskonen & Kaisa Seppänen, 2013. "Service designs and mindsets - extracting experiential knowledge from service realisation," International Journal of Procurement Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(5), pages 561-577.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpman:v:6:y:2013:i:5:p:561-577
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