Postgraduate Course: Principles of Marketing Management (CMSE11110)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course aims to provide students with an introduction to marketing both as an academic discipline and as a managerial activity. Academically, the objective of the course is to provide a grounding in the core theories, concepts and frameworks that have been developed to understand and explain marketing phenomena, and to offer the opportunity for critical reflection on these. In terms of a managerial activity, the course aims to furnish students with an appreciation of, and critical reflection on the concepts, frameworks, tools and techniques that can be employed in the management of marketing activities. Students will consider many aspects of marketing in an organisation including the examination of marketing strategy formulation and implementation issues through the concept of the integrated marketing mix: the product/service offering and customer service, communications, pricing and channels. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 21,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
124 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Principles of Marketing Management | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
A. Knowledge and understanding of
* the key terms and concepts in marketing;
* the relationship between the marketing concept, the marketing planning process, segmentation, targeting and positioning activities and each element in the marketing mix;
* the tools and frameworks used in environmental and competitor analysis;
* the tools and frameworks used in the internal analysis of an organisation;
* the marketing functions and the role that marketing plays in achieving organisational success;
* the many challenges marketing decision-makers have in a variety of modern organisations;
* the ethical and environmental issues linked to marketing activities.
B. Intellectual skills
Students will develop analytical skills such as:
* the ability to apply key analytical frameworks and tools to the analysis of marketing problems, situations or cases;
* the ability to critically evaluate concepts, frameworks and tools;
* the ability to identify and explain problems in pursuing certain courses of action in response to marketing problems or situations.
C. Professional/subject specific/practical skills
Students will gain:
* the ability to utilise information on a firm's external and internal marketing environment to identify and prioritise appropriate marketing objectives, strategies and mixes;
* the ability to identify and evaluate the ethical and environmental implications of alternative courses of marketing action;
* the ability to locate appropriate academic and practitioner resources on marketing topics;
* the ability to present marketing data and analysis in written format according to accepted disciplinary conventions.
D. Transferable skills
By the end of the course students will be expected to:
* be able to competently communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings;
* be able to employ analytical and problem solving skills;
* be able to plan, organise and prioritise work effectively.
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Assessment Information
Group Marketing Plan - 40% - 4000 words.
Presentation of Marketing Plan. Feedback only. Ten minute presentation (plus 10 minute questions and feedback) of group marketing plan to Prof D Marshall and Caroline Marchant.
Peer Assessment - 10% ndividual forms handed in at the same time as the Group Report.
Final exam - 50%. Time allowed: 120 mins. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Kotler, P. and Armstrong, G.. (2013). Marketing: An Introduction. Global Edition. (11th ed.) Pearson Education. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | PMM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Caroline Marchant
Tel: (0131 6)50 3807
Email: Caroline.Marchant@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Malgorzata Litwinska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3028
Email: Maggie.Litwinska@ed.ac.uk |
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