Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 10 x 2 hours |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | One piece of assessed coursework | 30% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Supplementary Assessment | Repeat failed elements or equivalent | 30% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Repeat failed elements or equivalent | 70% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Have a clear understanding of marketing principles and strategies,
2. be able to apply them in a reflective way to organisations in which they have prior managerial experience,
3. be able to apply them in a prescriptive way to other organisations.
Aims
This module deals with the role of marketing in the strategic and functional management of organisations. It treats marketing as those particular behaviours whose role is to develop the link between customers and some key proceses within the organisation - these behaviours are what distinguish marketing from other functional areas of business.
Brief description
This module presents a strategic view of the distinctive role that marketing plays in core, value-delivery, business processes.
Content
Strategic marketing planning
External and internal environments of a makreting organisation
Models of buyer behaviour
Marketing strategy: segmentation, targeting and competitive positioning
Marketing tactics: the 4 Ps
Competitive marketing strategies: contexts and cases
Reading List
Essential ReadingHooley, Graham J. (2004.) Marketing strategy and competitive positioning /Graham J. Hooley, John A. Saunders, Nigel F. Piercy. 3rd ed. Financial Times/Prentice Hall Primo search Recommended Text
(2000.) The Oxford textbook of marketing /edited by Keith Blois. Oxford University Press Primo search Baker, Michael John. (1999.) The IEBM encyclopedia of marketing /edited by Michael J.Baker. International Thomson Business Primo search Doyle, P. and Stern, P (2006) Marketing Management and Strategy 4 Edition Prentice Hall Primo search Weitz, B and Wensley, R (editors) (2003) Handbook of Marketing Sage Publications Primo search Supplementary Text
Kotler, P., Wong, V., Saunders, J., and Armstrong, G. (2005) Principles of Marketing 4 European Edition London: Prentice-Hall Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7