Marketing Plans and Strategy

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

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This subject examines the task of preparing and implementing marketing plans. It also introduces students to the tasks of identifying and evaluating a variety of marketing strategies and gives students the opportunity to learn, examine and apply strategic marketing decision processes in a variety of business environments. The subject is applications oriented: it makes extensive use of case studies.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Describe the concepts and models used to guide the development of marketing strategies and plans;
• Explain and apply strategic marketing concepts;
• Explain and analyse alternative research methods to understand customers, competitors and the broader environment;
• Evaluate and synthesise various strategic marketing theories and models and be able to apply these concepts in case study analyses and marketing group projects;
• Critically evaluate the appropriateness of marketing strategies and tactics.

On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:

• Collaborative learning and teamwork, which should be developed through syndicate case study and marketing group projects. Teamwork will be fostered through collaborative learning, which is necessary to analyse, write-up and present the case and group projects
• Problem solving and critical thinking, which should be enhanced through the application of theory to case studies and group projects
• Oral and written communication, which should be developed through the presentation and write-up of a case assignment
• Synthesis and application of all areas of marketing for the purpose of developing marketing programs designed to serve target markets in a manner superior to the competition.