Analyse and address organisational challenges using real world examples  Service Operations Management,  5th Edition,  by Robert Johnston et al. is a market-leading text on service operations management and provides a clear understanding of how service performance can be improved inorganisations.  This textbook applies underlying theories to the real world challenges faced by service operations managers on a daily basis, by providing a diverse range of examples and illustrations.  Each chapter provides a range of tools, frameworks and techniques designed to help you better analyse existing operations and understand ways to deal with operational challenges. This book can be used to support a dedicated Service Operations Management course, or a service-focused course in Operations Management. The book is also ideal if you who want to build on knowledge of the basic principles of operations management, and it serves as a handbook for operations managers in service organisations as they seek to develop and implement operations strategies.  About the authors Robert Johnston was Professor of Operations Management at Warwick Business School.  He had a management degree from the University of Aston and a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick. Michael Shulver is a Senior Lecturer in the Information, Decision and Operations Division at Bath School of Management where he is the Director of Online Teaching.  Nigel Slack is Emeritus Professor of Operations Management and Strategy at Warwick Business School, an Honorary Professor at Bath University and 'Honorary Fellow of the European Operations Management Association'.  Graham Clark is Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Cranfield School of Management and Director of the Executive MBA Programme.  Pearson, the world’s learning company.