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BU5039: MARKETING MANAGEMENT (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

The course will apply theoretical and practical content to explore the key concepts of marketing management to provide students with an understanding of planning, coordinating and controlling marketing activities. It aims to take students understanding beyond what has been labelled as a transaction-based approach to a relationship-based approach. As such the aim is to provide students with an understanding of the role of marketing in establishing, developing and maintaining relationships for mutual gain. This will be achieved through a combination of lectures, seminars, simulations and directed private study.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Marcus Thompson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of MRes Business Research (Studied) or MSc Environmental Partnership Management (Studied) or MSc In International Business And Finance (Studied) or MSc International Business Management (Studied) or MSc Marketing Management (Studied) or Master Of Science In Cultural And Creative Communication or Master of Science Professional Communication (Studied) or MSc in Global It Entrepreneurship (Software Engineering) (Sept St) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will apply theoretical and practical content to explore the key concepts of marketing management; core competencies, competitive advantage; customer behaviour, competitive analysis and intelligence, relationships in the value chain, planning and portfolio analysis; Segmenting, targeting and positioning; buyer-seller relationships; the marketing mix; organising, implementing the marketing mix; budgeting and controlling; research and the MIS. This will be achieved through a combination of lectures, seminars, simulations and directed private study.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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Group Briefing Note

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

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