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Unit description
Presents a set of normative procedures that can be utilised to generate a range of innovative strategic options and a basis to choose a rational program for action. Issues in strategic marketing planning will be explored in depth and at a relatively advanced level. Understanding of the conceptual and theoretical basis of strategy is developed in an applied context.
Unit content
Topic 1: Planning and Strategy Concepts
Topic 2: Strategic Marketing
Topic 3: Corporate Appraisal, Understanding Competition
Topic 4: Focusing on the Customer, Scanning the Environment
Topic 5: Measuring Strengths and Weaknesses
Topic 6: Setting Goals and Objectives
Topic 7: Portfolio Analysis
Topic 8: Strategic Tools
Topic 9: Market and Product Strategies
Topic 10: Pricing Strategies
Topic 11: Distribution Strategies
Topic 12: Promotion Strategies
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Critically discuss elementary analytical concepts for application to companies, customers, competitors, environmental trends, market characteristics, company capabilities, and cost dynamics. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||
| 2 | Undertake formal strategic planning methods including portfolio analysis, market attractiveness-business position assessment, experience curves and the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategy) project. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||
| 3 | Organise for effective strategic marketing and implementation of the market planning process. | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Critically discuss elementary analytical concepts for application to companies, customers, competitors, environmental trends, market characteristics, company capabilities, and cost dynamics.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
- Undertake formal strategic planning methods including portfolio analysis, market attractiveness-business position assessment, experience curves and the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategy) project.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
- Organise for effective strategic marketing and implementation of the market planning process.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
Prescribed texts
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Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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