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MKTG2008 – Marketing Management

2023 – Session 2, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor/Lecturer
Pardis Mohajerani
pardis.mohajerani@mq.edu.au
Contact via Email
Room 238, 4 Eastern Road
Mondays 4pm-5pm, online or F2F by appointment
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above including MKTG1001 or MKTG101
Corequisites Corequisites
MKTG1003 or MKTG203
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

In competitive business environments, developing and managing superior value offerings for customers is vital. Managing the marketing offering of a firm is central to market success. To that end, practitioners need to own a set of skills and be able to utilise a mix of tools to target and satisfy their consumers’ needs. This unit develops students’ knowledge and skills to identify target markets, shape a product mix, deliver value to target markets through a communication mix, identify distribution channels, and formulate a pricing mix. Students develop skills of setting objectives, identifying problems, identifying and evaluating alternatives, and implementing an optimal decision.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

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

  • ULO1: Identify and discuss marketing concepts, individually and in collaboration.
  • ULO2: Critically analyse and communicate marketing management problems and opportunities.
  • ULO3: Apply and communicate actionable solutions to identify opportunities and solve marketing problems.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments)

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.   

  For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration. 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Case Study Analysis 35% No Week 8
Marketing Management Report 40% No Week 13
Practice-based activities 25% No Weeks 2 to 12

Case Study Analysis

Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22 hours
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 35%

 

Students are required to individually submit one 1500 +/- 10% word case analysis write-up (35%) via Turnitin. A number of case studies will be nominated. Students are assigned randomly to a case study.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically analyse and communicate marketing management problems and opportunities.

Marketing Management Report

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%

 

Individually, students critically analyse marketing activities/practices of a company and write a 2000-words +/-10% report.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically analyse and communicate marketing management problems and opportunities.
  • Apply and communicate actionable solutions to identify opportunities and solve marketing problems.

Practice-based activities

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Weeks 2 to 12
Weighting: 25%

 

Students will participate in weekly in-class activities working collaboratively with peers to examine professional marketing practices.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Identify and discuss marketing concepts, individually and in collaboration.

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

DELIVERY FORMAT

The unit is delivered in a combination of weekly seminars/lectures and weekly workshops.  

Starting from week 1, there will be one-hour pre-recorded seminar/lecture, one and a half hour (1.5) synchronous workshop which will be online or face-to face according to students' enrolment detail and half an hour (0.5) asynchronous workshop (e.g., discussion forum, uploaded videos, articles etc). Students are expected to be active and engaged learners, contributing fully to workshop activities and discussions.

 

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

Required Textbook: Philip Kotler and Kevin Lane Keller, Marketing Management, 15th Edition, published by Pearson. Only selected chapters from the textbook will be used. A Pearson custom book version of the textbook, including only the assigned chapters.

Recommended textbooks: 

  • Grewal, D., Levy, M. (2021), Marketing (3rd Edition), New York, McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Elliott, G., Rundle-Thiele, S., Waller, D., Smith, S, Eades, L., Bentrott, I.(2021),Marketing (5th Edition), Brisben, John Wiley & Sons. .  

 

TECHNOLOGY USED & REQUIRED

  • The course will make use of iLearn and email for communication with the teaching staff and between students.
  • Students will need access to a reliable Internet service to complete this unit.
  • Software required: e.g., Word processing, PowerPoint, video/media player, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Use of a PC, laptop and smart devices is required to complete tasks on iLearn, to access iLearn for course materials and to read the textbook.

 

SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF UNIT

Students are required to accumulate at least 50% of the total marks possible in order to satisfactorily pass this unit.

 

CLASSES

  • Students must familiarise themselves with the unit’s iLearn site.
  • Students should access the unit’s iLearn site regularly (minimum twice a week) and check for updates and posts.
  • Details of teaching times and locations are available at: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2023/
  • Students are expected to participate in classes, be prepared to discuss and particpate in class activities in each week.
  • Students are expected to arrive on time and not to leave until the class ends.

Unit Schedule

Please refer to iLearn for more detailed information about Unit Schedule. 

Policies and Procedures

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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

Academic Integrity

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Unit information based on version 2023.04 of the Handbook