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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Anti-requisites
Unit aim
Introduces students to the concept and philosophy of marketing underpinning our contemporary business environment. Looks at aspects of marketing management: different markets, customer focus, relationship marketing, monitoring of the environment, buyer behaviour, marketing research, marketing planning, the marketing mix, and brand strategy. Concepts are applied to goods and services in a global context.
Unit content
Topic 1: Marketing planning and the marketing concept
Topic 2: Knowing and researching your target audience
Topic 3: Segmenting, targeting, positioning and branding
Topic 4: Product strategies
Topic 5: Price decisions, value networks and marketing channels
Topic 6: Integrated marketing communications
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | discuss the role of marketing in today's contemporary business environment | |||||||
2 | analyse buying behaviour in order to develop effective marketing communications | |||||||
3 | critically evaluate the marketing strategies of organisations | |||||||
4 | design a marketing plan. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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discuss the role of marketing in today's contemporary business environment
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- GA5:
- GA6:
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analyse buying behaviour in order to develop effective marketing communications
- GA2:
- GA5:
- GA6:
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critically evaluate the marketing strategies of organisations
- GA2:
- GA5:
- GA6:
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design a marketing plan.
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- GA5:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- This text is compulsory: Kotler, P & Keller, K, 2015, Marketing Management, 15th edn (Global), Pearson, Essex. ISBN: 9781292092621.