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MKT3130 Principles of Marketing

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Code
MKT3130
Title
Principles of Marketing
Prerequisites
none
Credits
3
Description
In today’s a globally competitive business world, marketing is a dynamic and an exciting field, viewed as central to creating and delivering value both to a private or public organization and to the final customers. Therefore, a broad and in-depth understanding of marketing is required for any potential business students to survive at the competitive arena. This course will be introduced to ensure that the student understands the major concepts and theories, reflecting the breadth and diversity of marketing. It concentrates on customer responses to a variety of marketing decisions (product mixes, pricing, distribution channels, promotions, etc.) undertaken by profit and non-profit organizations to create, develop, defend, and sometimes eliminate, product markets. While this course heavily relies on theory, practical application of the marketing concepts to “real world” environments is also essential through a group project. Specific topics of this study include: marketing processes and planning; product decisions; marketing mix; market segmentation, positioning and product differentiation; new product development; branding strategies; the changing global marketing; and customer database management.
Objectives
The course approaches marketing from theoretical and practical points of view with the aim of explaining the generic role of the marketing function in both manufacturing and service organizations. It uses a value based approach that is essential in practice in order to overcome the business constraints and to solve real life business problems.
Outcomes
The Course Learning Outcomes are what you should be able to DO by the end of this course if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the assessment items.
Assessment
60 % -first and second assessments
40 % -final assessment
Tentative course outline
Week1
Chapter 1
Week2
Chapter 2
Week3
Chapter 3, 4
Week4
Chapter 5, 6
Week5
Chapter 7
Week6
Chapter 8
Week7
Chapter 9
Week8
Chapter 9, 10
Week9
Chapter 10, 11
Week10
Chapter 12
Week11
Chapter 14
Week12
Chapter 17
Week13
Chapter 19
Week14
Group Presentations
Week15
Group presentations & Course Review Final Exam