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Consumer Psychology

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Brand Management

Principles and Practices of Marketing

Sport Marketing

Marketing Strategy and Analytics

Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications

Business Marketing

Sales and Negotiation

This subject introduces the principles of marketing in business and the influence of consumers and the external environment. You will explore why and how a business identifies and analyses the markets for its services, products and experiences. This will include an appreciation of the scope of the marketing practitioner, value propositions, marketing theory, brand messages, customer relationship management, marketing channels and marketing analytics. This subject aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and execute effective marketing campaigns and measure their success using data analytics.

As consumers, we live in a constantly changing world, driven by fast-paced technological, social, cultural and economic developments, resulting in access to a wide array of new products and services. These rapidly changing social and market factors significantly affect our behaviours and purchase decisions. Consumer behaviour will continue to change over the next decade and will affect our consumption choices. For marketers, understanding how consumers behave helps them to identify and offer products and services that better satisfy consumers’ needs.The focus of this subject is on providing you with a comprehensive introduction to theories and models that help explain consumer behaviour in different consumption contexts. The subject will help you to develop knowledge about the steps in the consumer decision-making process, and the internal and external factors (individual, social, and cultural) that influence consumers’ evaluation of marketing messages and subsequent purchase decisions. The subject will assist with your conceptual and theoretical learning of how nuances in consumer behaviour impact consumer decision making. The subject will help you to develop skills that enable the application of consumer behaviour knowledge to marketing strategy and tactics.

Consumer Behaviour

This subject explores the basic principles and concepts that underpin marketing. Students will be introduced to theories supporting market segmentation, target marketing, positioning and the marketing mix. This subject provides students with the foundational knowledge on how firms market products, and an understanding of the role of marketing within the organisational, business and social environment. This subject will develop students&#39; ability to apply marketing concepts to practical business problems, in order to identify potential marketing solutions.

Principles of Marketing

Brands and brand management are increasingly important for organisations in almost every industry. In many sectors, as products become increasingly similar, organisations are turning to branding as a way to differentiate their offerings and create customer preferences for them. In the modern world, branding goes well beyond the consumer goods markets, and is just as relevant to sporting teams, musicians, national parks and religions. In markets where competition is multifaceted, brands are valuable assets in developing effective marketing strategies and competitive advantage. Brands and brand equity need to be recognised as strategic assets and the basis of competitive advantage and long-term profitability.The focus of this subject is on developing students&#39; knowledge and skills to be able to develop and manage brands. The subject first builds the theoretical foundations that are needed to understand brands and brand management. It then investigates key aspects of brand management, such as the measurement of brand performance and brand equity. Students will learn how to plan and apply skills to develop and manage brands. They will also develop a critical understanding of the issues surrounding the planning and evaluating of brand strategies. The final sections of the subject focus on contemporary issues that are particularly important for branding practice.

Strategic Brand Marketing

Marketing decision-making is growing in importance in the business world. More than ever before, organisations are placing greater emphasis on the marketers&#39; ability to evaluate, anticipate, and illustrate the contribution of marketing to organisational performance. Increasingly, senior managers are requiring greater rigour and accountability for investments in marketing activities. Within marketing, there is a realisation that practitioners need to be able to justify their strategies, tactics and the associated outcomes, using relevant metrics. Marketing analytics seeks to build a link between the marketing activity of the organisation and the outcomes that result from it.The focus of this subject is on developing, analysing, and evaluating appropriate models to measure the performance of marketing activities. It will develop students&#39; knowledge of key strategic and technical decision-making models and metrics that form the foundation of marketing analytics. Students will gain knowledge and skills to predict the outcome of marketing plans in order to boost return on marketing investment.

Marketing Insights into Big Data

The increasing use of the Internet and other digital media by both business and consumers is having a significant effect on business globally. For consumers, information and communication technologies (ICT) provide more information, convenience, and a wider range of, and access to, product choices. For businesses, ICT provides new channels to market their products, new ways to build and establish value-creating relationships with their customers, as well as opportunities to expand into new markets. However, due to the rapid evolution of digital technologies, the businesses are increasingly confronted with the need to participate and manage their marketing mix in a real-time, ever-changing digital environment. Hence it is imperative for businesses to be able to take advantage of the digital technologies as a means to sharpen their competitive advantages and marketing strategies.The focus of this subject is on developing students’ knowledge of digital and direct marketing as a strategic element of the marketing mix. It will develop students’ knowledge of key concepts, principles, and models needed to strategically manage digital and direct marketing in both B2B and B2C marketing contexts. The subject will develop students’ knowledge of when and how to use the various methods of digital and direct marketing at different stages of marketing strategy. The subject will develop students’ knowledge and ability to creatively plan, effectively implement, and critically evaluate the performance of different digital and direct marketing strategies.

Digital and Social Media Marketing

For marketers, understanding how buyers and consumers behave is an integral part of correctly identifying their needs, and developing effective marketing strategies. Buyers often go through decision-making processes before making a purchase or making a decision to continue to buy and to consume a product or service. Thus, consumer decision-making, and the popular use of the term consumer behaviour, refers to the decision-making processes and behaviours of consumers. Understanding consumer behaviour enables marketing managers to critically analyse their potential or current target markets and design strategies tailored to meet their needs. The focus of this subject is on developing students&#39; knowledge of consumer decision-making processes and the factors that influence consumers&#39; decisions, purchases and consumption of products and services. The subject will help students identify, synthesise and critically evaluate how consumers perceive marketing stimuli and make decisions to purchase. The subject will develop students&#39; theoretical and applied knowledge of consumer behaviour theories and concepts in order to analyse, explain and predict consumers&#39; behaviour. The subject will help students to identify what stimuli marketers can use to influence consumers&#39; decision-making, purchase and consumption.

Consumer Decision-Making

Marketing is a business function that goes beyond the mere act of selling or advertising, it encompasses the entire marketing process through which value is created, captured and offered to customers. It is critical that organisations establish and maintain relationships with customers to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage. In order to compete effectively in an increasingly dynamic global market, managers must be cognisant of the importance of marketing and how it contributes to the achievement of strategic goals.The focus of this subject is to develop your knowledge of what marketing is, how it works and why it is important in a business context. It provides you with a comprehensive description of the key theories and concepts upon which the marketplace can be understood, assessed and targeted. This subject will equip you with the foundational knowledge and skills required to engage in and manage the process through which a firm’s value offerings are marketed to customers.

Explore the marketplace and excel within it. Gain a competitive edge with your knowledge of the customer and their behaviour. Learn to segment, target, and position, considering both products and services. Grasp this essential business function.

Foundations of Marketing

The demand for trained, experienced and effective marketing practitioners is growing. Marketing is a discipline that seeks to ‘make sense’ of the commercial world around us, a skill that can benefit any enterprise. As such, more and more firms (including government agencies and non-profit organisations) are seeking people capable of putting marketing theory into practice by formulating and implementing effective marketing plans.This subject introduces you to the theories underpinning marketing strategy, and their role in the development of an effective marketing plan. This subject also allows you to integrate and apply the knowledge gained in your previous studies to solve real-world marketing problems.

Marketing Management

This subject delves into digital and social media marketing, addressing the growing need for businesses to adapt to a real-time digital landscape. It provides students with a thorough understanding of the evolution and roles of traditional versus digital advertising. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital and social media marketing and how to craft strategies that create engaging and effective content. The subject emphasizes the strategic use of various media, focusing on integrating messages for maximum impact through coordinated use of traditional and digital advertising tools like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, and more.The subject also explores broader digital and social media marketing challenges faced by organizations of all sizes, including setting objectives, budgeting, and organising for effective delivery of digital promotional messages. Gaining insight into these complexities will be valuable for making informed marketing and business decisions in the future.

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