MN20073: Marketing
[Page last updated: 15 October 2020]
 Academic Year: | 2020/1 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Requisites: | This unit is not available to students on BSc (hons) Business Administration or BSc (hons) International Management and Modern Languages. |
| Description: | Aims: This module examines marketing management. The module aims to develop an understanding of the role and practice of marketing as a management function and organisational philosophy. To provide practice in assessing and solving marketing problems - reflecting the belief that the most effective learning comes from making marketing decisions. To lay the foundations for students wishing to take more specialised courses in marketing. Learning Outcomes: After completing the unit, the student should be able to a) understand the principles of building brands and implementing promotion and advertising activities and b) prepare a marketing plan. Skills: Develop the ability to conceptualize marketing problems by using a series of analytical tools. Develop the ability to plan and rationalize marketing activities Develop presentation skills in the classroom. Content: The course will contain a range of lectures, in-class assignments and case-studies and exercises for the following topics: * Introduction to Marketing Concepts * Segmentation * Targeting/Positioning * Marketing Planning & Writing Marketing Plans * Branding * Pricing * Marketing Strategy * Product Policy & NPD * Promotion and Advertising * Distribution Strategy * Information and Research * Revision. |
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MN20073 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take either as a Director of Studies approved option within their programme of study or as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.
MN20073 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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