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MKTG1003 – Consumer Behaviour
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Jana Bowden
Contact via Email
Room 159, 3 Management Drive
After lecture Tuesday 3-5
Oliver Manlutac
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Credit points
10
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Prerequisites
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Unit description
An important aspect of marketing is to understand the heart and mind of consumers. Understanding why consumers think, feel and act the way that they do assists businesses in making strategic, sustainable and ethical marketing decisions. This unit develops students’ knowledge about how to understand, interpret and influence consumers’ behaviour. Students gain theoretical knowledge of the internal, psychological processes and external, environmental factors influencing consumer behaviour. Students learn about consumer needs and values, how consumers perceive products and brands, ways to measure attitudes and effect attitude change, how and why consumers decide to buy (or not buy), and the importance of culture and reference group influences. By the end of this unit, students have a much deeper and richer appreciation of how consumption not only affects our lives but also how our actions influence the way that we feel about ourselves and about one another. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Identify and articulate a range of external and internal influences on consumer behaviour.
- ULO2: Critically discuss, analyse and integrate consumer behaviour literature to create coherent and theoretically rigorous arguments relating to consumption.
- ULO3: Apply consumer behaviour knowledge to develop creative solutions to consumption decisions and practices acknowledging the ethical implications to society.
Assessment Tasks
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General Assessment Information
Late assessment submissions must also be submitted through the appropriate submission link in iLearn. No extensions will be granted unless an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. Late submissions will not be accepted after solutions have been discussed and/or made available.
Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.
Delivery and Resources
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Classes:
Each week there will be a 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial
One Required Textbook
Consumer Behaviour, 6th edition
Schiffman, St John's University Aron O'Cass, University of Tasmania Angela Paladino, University of Melbourne Jamie Carlson, University of Newcastle
ISBN-10: 144256153X ISBN-13: 9781442561533
*Please note the 5th edition is also acceptable however you will need to cross check your weekly reading content against the 6th edition.
Required Reading: Journal Articles
- Balderjahn, I., Peyer, M., Seegebarth, B., Wiedmann, K.P. and Weber, A., 2018. The many faces of sustainability-conscious consumers: A category-independent typology. Journal of Business Research, 91, pp.83-93.
- Olson, J. G., McFerran, B., Morales, A. C., & Dahl, D. W. (2016). Wealth and Welfare: Divergent Moral Reactions to Ethical Consumer Choices. Journal of Consumer Research, 42(6), 879-896.
- Reczek, R.W., Irwin, J.R., Zane, D.M. and Ehrich, K.R., 2017. That’s not how I remember it: Willfully ignorant memory for ethical product attribute information. Journal of Consumer Research, 45(1), pp.185-207.
- Sheth, Jagdish N., Nirmal K. Sethia, and Shanthi Srinivas. 2011. Mindful consumption: a customer-centric approach to sustainability. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 39,1, 21-39.
Other Resources are available on the MKTG1003 iLearn website Technology Used and Required:
- Students are required to use power point, word processing and ilearn.
Unit Webpage:
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Unit Schedule
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