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MKG3200

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 24 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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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 First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)Dr Vaughan Reimers

Synopsis

The unit introduces the omnipresence of sport in Australian society, the interconnectedness of sport and business, particularly marketing, and those factors that differentiate sport marketing from mainstream marketing. The unit will draw on the rapidly expanding body of literature on sport marketing and sponsorship. Students will also be introduced to the most current marketing concepts and their relevance to sport marketing and sponsorship. Students will develop an appreciation of sport sponsorship as a co-marketing alliance.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. discriminate between the marketing of sport properties, and the marketing through sport properties in the form of sponsorship and the implications for strategy development
  2. critically assess the relevance of the contingency marketing planning framework for sport marketing
  3. develop a fan profile based on level of team identification as an indication of fan loyalty
  4. determine the role of sponsorship in marketing and in particular in marketing communication and branding strategy
  5. critically analyse effective methods for evaluating sponsorship.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Vaughan Reimers

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following: MKF1120, MKW1120, MKC1200 or MKG1120 and one of MKW2402 or MKG2402 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

MKX3200