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MKTG1001 – Marketing and Value Creation

2024 – Session 1, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer
Lisa Rohanek
lisa.rohanek@mq.edu.au
E4A 209
Thursday 10-12pm
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This unit focuses on the fundamentals of marketing in any organisation and how to create value for the customer offering.
Students learn how to understand the relationship between the organisation and the customer and how to develop strategies to create value. Students will learn the fundamental skills of marketing by applying these skills through practical workshops on a range of real-world case studies. Students will learn skills on how to present themselves and work in collaboration with others.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

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

  • ULO1: Understand fundamentals of marketing, concepts, frameworks and theories.
  • ULO2: Apply marketing concepts, frameworks and theories to a range of real world scenarios.
  • ULO3: Use a variety of tools to understand the customer, and create value through marketing efforts.
  • ULO4: Communicate marketing solutions to a range of scenarios in a collaborative environment.

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
Practice-based activities 30% No Week 4 and Week 7
Oral Presentation 20% No Week 11
Group Project 30% No Week 13
Active Engagement 20% No Weekly

Practice-based activities

Assessment Type 1: Poster
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 4 and Week 7
Weighting: 30%

 

Each task is 500 words in the format of your choice, whether a website, presentation, or infographic. Each task is weighted at 15% and assesses the students ability to apply basic marketing framework knowledge to a real situation.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Understand fundamentals of marketing, concepts, frameworks and theories.
  • Use a variety of tools to understand the customer, and create value through marketing efforts.

Oral Presentation

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 20%

 

Assessment 2 is an oral presentation where the student will pre record a 5 minute presentation explaining the marketing mix.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Understand fundamentals of marketing, concepts, frameworks and theories.
  • Use a variety of tools to understand the customer, and create value through marketing efforts.

Group Project

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 30%

 

Assessment 3 is a group project and requires you to work collaboratively with a group to product a marketing report on an Australian business assigned to you. This report is 1500 words and produced by 4-5 students. The report is worked on during weekly workshops to ensure each student works in a collaborative environment.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Understand fundamentals of marketing, concepts, frameworks and theories.
  • Use a variety of tools to understand the customer, and create value through marketing efforts.

Active Engagement

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%

 

Weekly workshop participation is expected throughout the session. Students are expected to attend all workshops and participate in activities. Student performance in these activities will be assessed.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Understand fundamentals of marketing, concepts, frameworks and theories.
  • Apply marketing concepts, frameworks and theories to a range of real world scenarios.
  • Use a variety of tools to understand the customer, and create value through marketing efforts.
  • Communicate marketing solutions to a range of scenarios in a collaborative environment.

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 is delivered by active learning workshops. On-campus, live lectures will run on key dates, with additional lecture material being available for viewing online. There are weekly active learning workshops that form part of your active participation. These workshops are designed to involve you and let you learn while doing. 

Further details can be found on iLearn. 

Unit Schedule

Week

Date

Topic

Task

1

19 Feb

Marketing and Value Creation

 

2

26 Feb

Segmentation and Target marketing

 

3

4 Mar

Differentiation and positioning

 

4

11 Mar

Consumer Behaviour

 (Ass 1) Portfolio 1

5

18 Mar

Big Data and Customer Insights

 

 

6

25 Mar

Product and Service Delivery

 

7

1 Apr

Pricing and Value Proposition

 (Ass 1) Portfolio 2

8

8 Apr

Distribution channels and supply chain

 

 

 

 

RECESS (Two weeks)

 

9

29 Apr

Integrated marketing communications

 

10

6 May

Digital and Social media marketing

 

11

13 May

Experiential marketing and customer relationship

(Ass 3) Oral Presentation

12

20 May

Marketing Ethics and CSR

 

 

13

27 May

The Future of Marketing

(Ass 2) Final Report

Policies and Procedures

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

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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

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Academic Integrity

At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.

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Unit information based on version 2024.04 of the Handbook