Module Identifier RD18310  
Module Title MARKETING RELATIONS  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Mr Iain McDougall  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Assessment Assignment   Marketing assignment Outcomes assessed: 3, 4   70%  
  Exam   1.5 Hours Outcomes assessed: 1, 2   30%  

Outcomes


Outcome 1
Define marketing and evaluate its importance to the business.
Performance criteria
a)   Identify the different activities involved in marketing.
b)   Evaluate and analyse relationships within the marketing system.
c)   Identify and apply analytical techniques used in marketing.
Range
Business orientation: production, sales and market orientated businesses.
Marketing chain: the relationship between suppliers, producers, competitors, intermediaries and markets: flow of information, products and services.


Outcome 2
Analyse the competitive environment in which the business operates.
Performance criteria
a)   Analyse the interactions of market forces.
b)   Identify and evaluate how the business environmental forces affect marketing.
c)   Plan and carry out a situation audit.
Range:
Market forces: economic, political, cultural, legislative, technological, implications for organisations of change in these forces.
Analytical techniques: use of indicators as predictors of market size and trends.
Data and survey planning: types and sources of data: sampling methods.


Outcome 3
Identify customers and understand their behaviour.
Performance criteria
a)   Identify and evaluate criteria used to segment markets.
b)   Identifying your customer and evaluating their behaviour.
c)   Analyse features of consumer, industrial and service markets.
Range
Segmentation: social, economic, demographic and location classification systems: lifestyle and industrial classification.
Buyer behaviour: models of purchase behaviour and decision making units.
Loyalty and image: initial and repeat purchase patterns, brand recognition and preferences.


Outcome 4
Evaluate the competitive process and identify competitive strategies.
Performance criteria
a)   Identify competitive strategies likely to generate successful results.
b)   Define and evaluate the marketing mix.
c)   Examine the ways in which businesses respond to competition.
Range
Strategies: identifying and selection of competitive strategies, resources required and expected outcomes.
Marketing mix: product, price, distribution and communication policy.
Market structure: competition, market access.

Module description


The lecture course, supported by practical sessions, will consider the different activities involved in marketing and evaluate the competitive process and identify competitive strategies. Practical sessions will consider the analytical techniques that can be used to analyse the competitive environment, identify the customers and understand their behaviour.