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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

Pre-requisites

MRKT1001 - Marketing Principles AND 132 credit points in any SCU units

Anti-requisites

MKT00107 Export Marketing

Unit aim

Discusses the global marketing environment, how global markets are identified and evaluated, and highlights global product planning, pricing, promotion and distribution strategies. Global marketing skills are of critical importance to marketing practitioners as firms choose to compete globally due to saturated home markets, the allure of opportunities in emerging markets, and intensified global competition.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to Global Marketing

Module 2: Political and Legal Dimensions

Module 3: Social and Cultural Considerations

Module 4: Global Marketing Opportunities

Module 5: Marketing Internationally

Module 6: The Future of Global Marketing

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:
1 analyse how the international environment impacts upon global marketing activities
2 compare and contrast marketing-mix management in domestic and foreign markets
3 assess the future of global marketing.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse how the international environment impacts upon global marketing activities
  2. compare and contrast marketing-mix management in domestic and foreign markets
  3. assess the future of global marketing.

Prescribed texts

  • Keegan, WJ & Green, MC, 2017, Global Marketing, 9th edn (Global), Pearson Education, New York. ISBN: 978-1-292-15076-5.

  • Mariadoss, BJ, 2018, Core Principles of International Marketing, Washington State University, Creative Commons Attribution (ShareAlike).
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.