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MMBA8020 – Marketing Management

2020 – MGSM term 4, Intensive attendance, Hong Kong

Notice

As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.

To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Abas Mirzaei
abas.mirzaei@mq.edu.au
Contact via Email
By appointment via ZOOM
Oliver Manlutac
oliver.manlutac@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MBA or PGDipMgt or GradDipMgt or GradCertMgt or MSocEntre or GradCertSocEntre
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

Marketing is a vital component to the success of any business. In a dynamic and competitive world, where consumers’ preferences are changing rapidly, marketing helps business gain insights into customers and how to create value that is unique and relevant for customers, the business, and society as a whole. Marketing ensures that value is communicated and delivered effectively to customers in order to generate sustainable profit. Thus, it is critical to understand the role, the contribution, and the process of marketing within an organization.
The focus of this unit is to develop students’ knowledge of key marketing concepts and the marketing process in an organization. Students will develop the skills to make strategic and tactical marketing decisions, and analyse the impacts of these decisions and their potential outcomes. Further, this unit will help students build the capabilities to apply the marketing concepts and tools to plan the marketing strategy and activities of a new business.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

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

  • ULO1: Analyse and apply marketing concepts, frameworks, and tools to address marketing problems.
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate the strategic and tactical marketing decisions and their outcomes.
  • ULO3: Formulate and plan marketing for a new or existing business.
  • ULO4: Apply ethical and responsible thinking in evaluating marketing decisions and practices.
  • ULO5: Work effectively in teams in developing marketing solutions.

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: Further information on submitting an Application for Special Consideration can be found at https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Marketing Plan 50% No To be provided on iLearn
Individual Project 30% No To be provided on iLearn
In-class Group Work 20% No Ongoing

Marketing Plan

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 14 hours
Due: To be provided on iLearn
Weighting: 50%

 

Each student needs to write a report based on the marketing plan they have been working on during the sessions. Specially, students need to write a report covering the following topics:

1. What is the role, contribution, and process of marketing in the organization?

2. What alternative tactical decisions do you recommend, please justify

Length: 20 minutes group presentation, and 2,000-word limit individual report

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and apply marketing concepts, frameworks, and tools to address marketing problems.
  • Critically evaluate the strategic and tactical marketing decisions and their outcomes.
  • Formulate and plan marketing for a new or existing business.

Individual Project

Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 24 hours
Due: To be provided on iLearn
Weighting: 30%

 

Each student needs to write a case analysis, evaluating the key decisions in the case and their outcomes, and applying ethical thinking to critically assess the decisions and practices. Students need to individually write a critical analysis of a case they choose, evaluating the key decisions made in the case and their outcomes, and applying ethical thinking to critically assess the decisions and practices.

Length: 2,000-word limit

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the strategic and tactical marketing decisions and their outcomes.
  • Apply ethical and responsible thinking in evaluating marketing decisions and practices.

In-class Group Work

Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%

 

Each session, students will participate in class activities in forms of case study discussions and solutions, weekly challenges, online discussion forum, quizzes, etc. Each session, students have to work in the same group on the marketing plan of a business (idea generated in session 1). One or two groups will be randomly picked to provide an informal oral presentation (3-5 minutes), briefing class about their work. Presentations will be marked and counted towards in-class groupwork. Each group will on average have 2 presentations throughout the course (depending on the class size).

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and apply marketing concepts, frameworks, and tools to address marketing problems.
  • Formulate and plan marketing for a new or existing business.
  • Work effectively in teams in developing marketing solutions.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

This unit will be a block mode delivery (online), based on the prescheduled dates and times. 

A full list of readings will be provided on iLearn. 

Unit Schedule

Unit Schedule to be provided on iLearn, 

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

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

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

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Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.

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