Module
Marketing Planning and Strategy
- Module code
- 4088
- Module leader
- Beverley Hill
- Module level
- 7
- Module credits
- 15
- Prerequisites
- None
- Min study time
- 150 hours
- Contact Hrs within study time
- 30 hours
- Teaching period
- Semester 2
Module content
The global marketing environment. Preparing a marketing audit. Customer analysis. Segmentation, targeting and positioning. Product and brand management. Marketing research. Pricing decisions and strategies. Analysing the competition. The role of channel intermediaries. Marketing communications – tools and techniques. Relationship marketing. Socially responsible marketing.
Module outcomes
To achieve credit for this module, students must be able to:
- Review and critically evaluate major contemporary research and debates in the field of marketing;
- Debate and critically evaluate the characteristics of holistic marketing and the methods used to develop effective marketing in organisations;
- Critically discuss the major theories related to marketing strategy, brand management, consumer motivation and decision making and how these are put into practice by organisations;
- Manage both individual and group marketing research and produce professional written marketing reports;
- Review and evaluate the processes and skills required for presenting marketing research findings to an audience.
Assessment
| Assessment | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Individual marketing report (4,000 words) | 75% |
| Coursework | Group presentation | 25% |
Key texts
Students should be familiar with the content of at least one of the following:
- Kotler, P. and Keller, K.L. (2016). Marketing management, 15th ed. Pearson Education.
- Jobber, D. and Chadwick, F.E. (2013) Principles and Practice of Marketing, 7th ed. McGraw-Hill.
- Baines, P., Fill, C. and Page, K. (2011) Marketing, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press.
- Solomon, M.R., Bamossy, G., Askegaard, S. and Hogg, M. K. (2013) Consumer Behaviour: a European perspective, 5th ed. Prentice Hall.
- The European Journal of Marketing
- Journal of Consumer Behaviour
- The Harvard Business Review, Marketing, Marketing Week, The Grocer, The Economist.
Supporting texts
Students are expected to be familiar with academic journals in the field of marketing, a selection are available online from RAU library and in print versions.
Students are also expected to regularly read a selection of UK Broadsheet newspapers such as The Times, The Financial Times, The Independent and The Guardian.