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Service Science, Management, and Engineering


   

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What is SSME?

Service Science or Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) is a growing multi-disciplinary research and academic effort that integrates aspects of established fields like computer science, operations research, engineering, management sciences, business strategy, social and cognitive sciences, and legal sciences.

Global markets are increasingly service-based economies.  Employment growth will be concentrated in the service-providing sectors of the global economy.  Service innovation is needed to maintain profits.

Service design, development, marketing and delivery all require methods to make service businesses more efficient and scalable. Practitioners need depth and breadth in combinations of technology, business, and organizational studies, even at the undergraduate level.

The goal of Service Science is to nourish productivity, quality, and learning and innovation rates across the service sector. We hope the resources on this site help you to better understand and engage in the evolving discipline.


Service Science roadmap; how to get started

The science of studying service is evolving. The call-to-action was heard around the world.  Many institutions have integrated or are beginning to integrate their studies with the service perspective. These pages offer a collection of resources for your use for the development of courses, case studies and degree curricula.  We continue to update the site as new developments occur.

1. Learn about service as a science

Visit the Service Research & Innovation Community (SRIC) site
Read selections from the recommended reading list
Attend SSME-related conferences
Use service-related materials to create your own courseware

2. Assess what your school is doing now in SSME-related studies and share with IBM and other universities. Identify gaps in curriculum and build SSME curriculum.

3. Collaborate with other universities who are leaders in service science research.

4. Participate in SSME evolution


SSME Highlights

Cambridge Service Science, Management and Engineering Symposium, White Paper

IBM Systems Journal, special issue on Service Science, Management and Engineering

Book Series; Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy, Springer (Pub)

New book: Service Science, Management and Engineering: Education for the 21st Century (Hefley, Murphy (Eds.)

New book, Services Science Fundamentals, Challenges and Future Developments, Stauss, Englemann, Kremer, Luhn (Eds.)

Frontiers in Service 2008


Related blogs

Jim Spohrer on SRIINet Services Innovation Community

Services Science and Innovation; By Prof. Robert A. Paton and Dr Stephen McLaughlin; Complex Services Innovation Research Network, University of Glasgow , United Kingdom

Irving Wladawsky-Berger

Douglas Morse