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MKG3121 - Marketing planning and implementation

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Marketing

Coordinator(s)

Mr Vauhgan Reimers

Offered

Gippsland

Second semester 2016 (Day)
Second semester 2016 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

The development of corporate marketing strategies; marketing planning procedure; evaluation and control in marketing planning; international case studies in corporate marketing planning and strategy; concepts of product management; designing a product strategy; monitoring planning/marketing.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

define the relationship between corporate planning and marketing planning in a business environment
demonstrate the relationship between corporate objective setting and marketing objective setting
construct or prepare a marketing plan, which incorporates the specific elements of the marketing mix to achieve specific marketing objectives
develop and enhance appropriate written and oral communications and analytical skills required for the effective presentation of a marketing plan
understand how a marketing plan is implemented in practice.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.