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. 

This unit will be delivered through 2 hours F2F workshop. You have one-hour self-directed learning to prepare yourself for the workshops before coming to the workshop. You have to complete reading materials and do prescribed exercises.

Your learning experiences in this Unit - and your expected commitment

To be successful in this unit, you must:

• Read all materials in preparation for your workshops, and follow up each with further study and research on the topic; 
• Start your assessment tasks well ahead of the due date;
• Read and listen to all feedback carefully, and use it in your future work;
• Attend and engage in all timetabled learning experiences as follows:
  • Timetabled: 1 x 2 hour F2F workshop per week
  • Not timetabled: 1 hour of directed learning each week (you will be directed and guided by the teaching team on iLearn or in workshops to learning activities that you will have to self-manage and complete outside of classes each week)

ALL STUDENTS NEED TO NOTE that we use an activity-based teaching and learning approach in this unit. What this means is that you will need to participate fully in the workshops which will be based around activities you will be doing. To be an effective and enjoyable learning experience you MUST PREPARE AND COMPLETE all readings and tasks before your workshops.

Essential learning resources

You will require online access. Specifications for online access, use, communication and standards are listed in Macquarie University policies and procedures.

Prescribed textbook(s) and other resources which you must acquire or to which you must have access:

There is no prescribed text for this unit. All readings are available on iLearn. These readings will need to be supplemented by your own self-directed reading and research. Some textbooks that you may find helpful in explaining strategic marketing management concepts include:

• Ferrell, O.C. and Hartline, M. 2017, Marketing Strategy, 7th edition, Cengage Learning, Boston.
• Hooley, G., Nicoulaud, B., Rudd, J., and Lee, N., 2020, Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 7th edition, Pearson, Harlow.
• Rajagopal, 2019, Contemporary Marketing Strategy: Analyzing Consumer Behaviour to Drive Managerial Decision Making, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 
• Tomczac, T., Reinecke, S. and Kuss, A., 2018, Strategic Marketing, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. 
• Walker, O., Mullins, J.W., Mavondo, F.T., Gountas, J.I., Kriz, A., and Osborne, C., 2015, Marketing Strategy: A Decision-Focused Approach, McGraw-Hill, North Ryde.

Recommended learning resources

The Macquarie University Library MultiSearch provides students with access to software that you may need or find useful for your study at Macquarie. The Macquarie University Library contains a wealth of information that will assist you in this unit, particularly the electronic databases which include academic peer-reviewed journals such as:

• Journal of Marketing
• Journal of Consumer Research
• Journal of Marketing Research
• Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
• European Journal of Marketing
• Journal of Strategic Marketing
• Journal of Retailing
• Journal of Service Research
• Journal of Advertising
• Journal of Marketing Management
• Journal of Consumer Psychology

TECHNOLOGY NEEDS

Please note the iLearn URL is:  http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

Here you will find the unit resources, Unit Guide, learning materials, important announcements, Assessment Guidelines, marking rubrics, assessment drop boxes and much more.  It is each student’s responsibility to regularly check iLearn. 

You also need to have a personal laptop to engage in activities inside and outside of the classroom.

Please refer to iLearn page.

A reflection assessment is added to the assignments.