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MKG2460

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Marketing
OfferedGippsland Second semester 2014 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)Dr Rowan Kennedy

Synopsis

This unit is designed to provide students with a theoretical and practical appreciation of the central role marketing communication plays in the general business environment. The unit provides a framework for examining, analysing and evaluation various aspects of the marketing communications process and the relevant marketing communications tools most commonly used. It is further designed to assist business managers to make choices regarding which marketing tools to use under a variety of dynamic environments. Topics covered include: advertising, PR, personal selling, direct selling, Internet marketing, sponsorship, sales promotion, emerging technologies and their potential.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. demonstrate a detailed understanding of the marketing communication strategies used to build brands
  2. understand and apply marketing communication functions
  3. analyse and apply the marketing communication processes as they apply to specific targets
  4. analyse the social, legal, and ethical issues associated with marketing communication from both a national and international perspective
  5. determine and apply the processes associated with evaluating the effectiveness of marketing communications across a range of media vehicles.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rowan Kennedy

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of MKW1120 or MKG1120 and one of MKW2402 or MKG2402 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

MKB2420, MKC3460, MKF3461, MKW2211, MKW2460