Marketing

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You are recommended to have completed the following subjects(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this subject:

• RMI-BUSM4521-Design Thinking for Business (Executive) (No longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

The subject builds work-ready skills in marketing within a global context incorporating digital communication and recording tools. You will appreciate these tools as you apply the marketing concepts practically within a collaborative learning network. You will also integrate design thinking and marketing planning, as you develop consumer-centric solutions to marketing problems.

Overall the subject provides knowledge of marketing function and the implementation of marketing tools, techniques and processes to achieve optimal organisational outcomes in the marketplace. You will acquire knowledge and skills in marketing process:

1. employing empathy in understanding consumers, and employing marketing tools to analyse the external and internal environments
2. utilise insights gained to adequately define marketing problems
3. employ techniques that facilitate ideation (thinking outside the box)
4. strategically design branding, positioning and marketing mix elements (product, price, promotion and distribution) in line with targeted consumer segments
5. to prototype, test, implement and amend within a process of metrics and controls.

This subject draws on student experience as managers in industry (including experience operating internationally and locally), and emphasises the importance of marketing management in a business context.

• Assessment 1 (CLOs 2, 3) (30%)
• Assessment 2 (CLOs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (40%)
• Assessment 3 (CLOs 1, 6) (30%)

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