BUA5MKG

MARKETING

BUA5MKG

2018

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

You will be provided with an introduction to the theory and practice of marketing from a critical marketing management perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the marketing concept and the associated strategic and tactical frameworks that give rise to marketing plans. The learning experience embedded in the curriculum is designed to develop both the communicative competence and critical professionalism skills of participants, with a view to building a foundation for future self directed learning and professional development in marketing practice.

SchoolLa Trobe Business School

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorNicholas Shipley

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites Students must be enrolled in LMMBA or HZMBHA or LMMBAH or LMMBAA or LZFABA to do this subject.

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjects BUO5MKG

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Marketing Management 15th ed.	Prescribed	Phillip Kotler and Kevin Keller, 2014	Pearson Education

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Apply ethical and sustainable reasoning, standards or codes of practice relevant to the discipline and make decisions that are informed by social and cultural understanding

Activities:: Assessment tasks (marketing plan, presentation and essay) constructed in such a way to enable to candidates to demonstrate ethical and sustainable reasoning.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

02. Communicate effectively through professional oral presentations appropriate to varied contexts and audiences

Activities:: Assessment task - oral presentation
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

03. Communicate effectively through written tasks appropriate to varied contexts and audiences

Activities:: Assessment tasks (marketing plan, presentation and essay) constructed in such a way as to enable candidates to develop the requisite competences and skills.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving,Inquiry/Research); Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)

04. Demonstrate effective team skills in order to contribute appropriately to the production of a group output

Activities:: Assessment items (marketing plan and oral presentations) provide the opportunity to critically evaluate these techniques by working as a team
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking)

05. Identify, research and critically analyse information relevant to an organizational problem or issue, be able to synthesise that information in order to evaluate potential solutions, develop programs and make recommendations or otherwise effectively address the problem or issue

Activities:: Assessment tasks (marketing plan, essay and test) constructed in such a way as to enable candidates to develop the requisite skills and expertise.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking)

06. Integrate and apply marketing theory and skills to practical situations

Activities:: Lectures, discussion and readings cover key concepts and theoretical frameworks. Assessment items provide the opportunity to critically engage with issues relating to their operationalisation in terms of marketing practice.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking); Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking)

Subject options

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City Campus, 2018, Semester 1, Night

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment information

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorNicholas Shipley

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays at night from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
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Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
Individual formative assessment -Part A (2000 word written, 30%); Part B (10 min presentation, 10%)	(2000 words written, 10 min presentation 500 words equivalent)	40	01, 02, 04, 05, 06
One Marketing plan, group assignment, 1500 words per student		30	01, 02, 03, 05, 06
One Case study, individual assignment, 2000 words		30	01, 03, 04, 05, 06

Shepparton, 2018, Week 37-43, Day