This assessment requires students to produce a 2,500-word report evaluating the customer experience (CX) strategy of one selected company in one specific country. Students choose one company from H&M, Chen One or M&S and analyse how its customer experience contributes to business success. The report is written from the perspective of a CX consultant for the company’s Board of Directors and should apply relevant customer experience concepts, literature and business examples. The report examines four key areas. First, students explain the concept of customer experience and critically review its importance to business success, including mutual benefits for the organisation and its customers, business and financial performance, and the use of CX to achieve competitive advantage. Second, students evaluate how the selected company delivers a seamless omnichannel customer journey. This includes developing a research- and data-informed customer persona and a customer journey map covering stages, needs, activities, feelings, pain-points and opportunities for improvement. Third, students critically evaluate three CX performance metrics and consider their effectiveness, benefits, weaknesses and relevance to the selected company. Fourth, the report critically reflects on the company’s customer-centric culture in the context of increasing digitalisation, with particular attention to CX leadership, CX governance and one additional critical success factor such as people, CX structure or innovation. Practical recommendations for improving the customer experience should be provided. The assessment requires academic writing, evidence-based critical analysis and Harvard referencing. The report should use appropriate figures, diagrams and research evidence and follow the specified presentation requirements. The assignment assesses students’ ability to understand the importance of CX, evaluate CX performance metrics, assess seamless omnichannel journeys, and critically reflect on CX strategies and digitalisation.
Customer Experience · CX Strategy · Customer Journey · Omnichannel Experience · Customer Persona · CX Metrics · Customer-Centric Culture · CX Leadership · CX Governance · Digitalisation
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