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MKTG8014 – Managing Customer Relationships

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
Con Korkofingas
con.korkofingas@mq.edu.au
Contact via con.korkofingas@mq.edu.au
Rm 144, 3 Mgmt Drive
Monday 1-2pm
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
BUS651 or MGMT6051 or MKTG696 or MKTG6096 or BUS827 or MGMT8027
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

The increasingly globalised and competitive market environment, together with technological disruption, has led to a shift of market power from organisations to customers. Maintaining profit and market share in this environment has necessitated organisations adopting strategies that place greater emphasis on customers and developing relationships with them. In this unit, students will apply knowledge to develop strategies supporting the initiation, maintenance and progression of relationships with customers. Further, students will learn to compare and contrast potential CRM strategies available to organisations operating in diverse contexts. Students will also learn to critically analyse organisations' CRM technologies and systems and provide suggestions for improvements.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Develop strategies supporting the initiation, maintenance and progression of relationships with customers
  • ULO2: Critique the operationalisation and use of CRM strategies in diverse contexts
  • ULO3: Justify firms' use of CRM technologies and systems and recommend best-practice approaches

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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This unit is delivered on campus through weekly 3-hour seminars. The seminars comprise lectures, case studies and other interactive learning activities. 

Prescribed Text: Francis Buttle and Stan Maklan (2019) “Customer Relationship Management – Concepts and Technologies” (4th ed) Routledge - Print ISBN: 9781138498259, 1138498254;  eText ISBN: 9781351016537, 1351016539

Recommended Journal Articles: 

Ascarza, E., Ebbes, P., Netzer, O., & Danielson, M. (2017). Beyond the Target Customer: Social Effects of Customer Relationship Management Campaigns. Journal of Marketing Research, 54(3), 347-363.

Foltean, F., Trif, S., & Tuleu, D. (2018). Customer relationship management capabilities and social media technology use: Consequences on firm performance. Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Research, 11/2018.

Frow, P, Payne, A, Wilkinson, IF & Young, L (2011). Customer management and CRM: addressing the dark side. Journal of Services Marketing, 25(2), 79-89.

Jafari Navimipour, N., & Soltani, Z. (2016). The impact of cost, technology acceptance and employees' satisfaction on the effectiveness of the electronic customer relationship management systems. Computers in Human Behavior, 55, 1052-1066.

Maklan, S, Peppard, J & Klaus, P (2015). Show me the money: Improving our understanding of how organizations generate return from technology-led marketing change. European Journal of Marketing, 49(3-4), 561-95.

Ritter, T., & Geersbro, J. (2018). Multidexterity in customer relationship management: Managerial implications and a research agenda. Industrial Marketing Management, 69, 74-79.

Thakur, R., & Workman, L. (2016). Customer portfolio management (CPM) for improved customer relationship management (CRM): Are your customers platinum, gold, silver, or bronze? Journal of Business Research, 69(10), 4095-4102.

Unit Schedule

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

Results

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Changes from Previous Offering

The changes from the previous offering are mainly in assessment as below;

The class test assessment in week 5 (20%) has been removed and replaced by a multi-media presentation in Week 4 (30%)

The case study report in Week 13 (40%) has been replaced by 4 in-class case studies (30%). Students will be assessed on their contribution to class discussion on these case studies (best 3 out of 4 marks will count)