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Unit description

Introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of marketing in a hospitality context.  Students focus on the marketing mix, market segmentation, and the 7Ps in services development as the foundation of marketing strategies.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to the marketing function
  2. The marketing mix - product and place
  3. The marketing mix - promotion and price
  4. Marketing segmentation and target marketing
  5. Identifying and meeting customer needs and wants
  6. The marketing plan

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1demonstrate knowledge of the marketing mix, market segmentation, the 7Ps, and their roles in the marketing function
2identify and analyse the relationship between the elements of the marketing function and its impact on the target market and customer service
3demonstrate the capability to design and propose a marketing strategy that fully integrates the key elements of the marketing function
4demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of using the marketing mix.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of the marketing mix, market segmentation, the 7Ps, and their roles in the marketing function
  2. identify and analyse the relationship between the elements of the marketing function and its impact on the target market and customer service
  3. demonstrate the capability to design and propose a marketing strategy that fully integrates the key elements of the marketing function
  4. demonstrate the knowledge and skills to reflect upon the challenges of using the marketing mix.

Teaching and assessment

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