Undergraduate - UnitMKW3881 - Electronic marketing

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Berwick First semester 2013 (Day) Sunway First semester 2013 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2013 (Day) South Africa Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Manir Zaman

Synopsis

Traditional business disciplines are starting to appreciate the fundamental challenges presented by the application of technology to their knowledge base. In marketing the most visible agent of change has been WWW and online transacting which has already revolutionised a number of sectors of the world economy. This subject takes marketing and traditional views of marketing and exposes them to critical analysis in the light of technological change. It explores how marketers can utilise different ways of understanding, creating, communication and delivering customer value in the marketplace.

Outcomes

The learning goals of this unit are to:

illustrate insight into how traditional marketing structures and concepts, techniques and activities translate into the electronic marketing medium
demonstrate an integrated perspective of how electronic marketing contributes to value creation for all stakeholders
illustrate an ability to analyse the market and to create and develop innovative electronic solutions to fulfil identifiable needs
combine theory with the pragmatism required to effectively traverse the divide between marketing and delivering an electronic solution to market needs.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Manir Zaman

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed MKG1120, MKW1120 or MKW1601 before undertaking this unit.