Company Marketing Position Comparison

Module Information

MSc Marketing/ International Marketing

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

07 07003‬

Compulsory Module / 20 credits

MODULE HANDBOOK

September 2015

Module Leader: Peter Hyde

Aim

This module is a core module that aims to introduce the main marketing principles, theory and practice as it applies in consumer, industrial and service organizations.  The module’s purpose is to explore the manner in which firms can gain competitive advantage by adopting a consumer orientation. 

 Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, you will typically have knowledge and understanding of:  

Key Topic Areas

1. Introduction to and Role and Nature of Marketing

2. Marketing Concepts, Strategy Formulation and Competitive Environment

3. Consumer Buying Behaviour

4. Marketing Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning

5. Product Management, Branding and New Product Development

6. Pricing Decisions

7. Promotion Decisions

8. Distribution

9. Introduction to Services and Relationship Marketing

A final schedule of weekly topics will be issued at the start of the module.

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT

Continuous Assessment:

One group assignment to count for 30% of total mark

Examination Component:

One 3 hour exam to count for 70%

Your Group report must be handed in to Sean Brawley in the MSc office, University House before 12 noon on Monday 23 November 2015 and should not exceed 2000 words.  Exceeding the word limit will result in marks being deducted. All reports should contain a full bibliography. Any appendices attached to the report do not count as words.  

One copy of your group assignment should be loaded into TURNITIN on CANVAS for a plagiarism check. Details on how to upload are given in your handbook.

KEY TEXTS:

Essential  text-book (s): 

Principles of Marketing, Kotler & Armstrong, 16th ed,  2015

The Marketing Book, Ed. Baker M J, Butterworth Heinneman, 6th ed, 2008

The schedule for the course is as follows:

Session 1         The nature & role of Marketing

Reading           KA Ch 1, 2

                        B Ch 1

Session 2         Marketing Strategy and the Environment

Reading           KA Ch 3 & 17

                        B Ch 2 & 3

Session 3         Buyer Behaviour

Reading           KA Ch 5 & 6

                        B Ch 5 & 6

Session 4         Market Segmentation

Reading           KA Ch 7

                        B Ch 9

Session 5         Product and Brand

Reading           KA Ch 8 & 9

                        B Ch 16

Session 6         Marketing Communications

Reading           KA Ch 14, 15 & 16

                        B Ch 17

Session 7         Pricing                       

Reading           KA Ch 10 & 11

                        B Ch 14

Session 8         Distribution

Reading           KA Ch 12 & 13

                        B Ch 19

Session 9         Marketing Services and Relationship Marketing

Session 10       Revision

Recommended Reading

Piercy, Market-led Strategic Change, 4th ed, Taylor Francis 2009

C.Gronroos, Service management & Marketing, 3rd ed, Wiley 2007

G.Hooley, B. Nicolaud, N. Piercy, Marketing Strategy & Competitive Positioning, 5th ed, Prentice Hall, 2012

O.C.Ferrell, Hartline, Marketing Management Strategies, 5th ed, South Western, 2011

D.West, Ford, Ibrahim, Strategic Marketing, 2nd Ed, Oxford, 201Kotler, K.L.Keller  Marketing Management: Analysis, Planning, Implementation and Control.    14th ed 2012, Prentice-Hall.

F. Lusch, S.L. Vargo,The Service-dominant Logic of Marketing, 2006 ME Sharpe

MJ Baker, S Harte, The Marketing Book 6th Ed 2008 Butterworth Heinemann

D Ford.  Managing Business Relationships  2nd ed 2003.  Wiley.

Payne. Handbook of CRM 2006 Butterworth Heinnemann

deChernatony. From Brand Vision to Brand Evaluation 3rd 2010, Butterworth Heinemann

deChernatony M McDonald Creating Powerful Brands 4th Ed; 2011, Butterworth Heinemann

Ambler Marketing and the Bottom Line2nd ed 2003 Prentice Hall

J Davis Measuring Marketing  2007, Wiley

Doyle. Value Based Marketing 2000, Wiley         

M McDonald Marketing Plans 7th ed 2011 Butterworth Heinemann

N.Kumar, Marketing as Strategy, 2004 HBS

.Zeithaml, M.J.Bitner, DD. Gremler Services Marketing  6th  Ed. 2012

Enis and K.K. Cox.  Marketing Classics: A Selection of Influential Articles. Allyn and Bacon

Solomon, G. Bamossy, S. Askegaard, M. Hogg, Consumer Behaviour European European Ed 2013 Pearson

K.L.Keller, Strategic Brand Marketing, 4th Ed 2008 Pearson

P.J. McGoldrick.  Retail Marketing.    McGraw-Hill.