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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
MARK0773-5  Strategic Marketing
Duration :  15h Th, 5h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in management Sciences, professional focus in general management (Evening Classes), 1st yearToute l'année5
Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en MBA (H.D.), 1st yearToute l'année5
Holder(s) :  Michael Ghilissen
Language :  French language
Course contents :  This course develops a comprehensive approach to marketing, focusing primarily on concepts and methods of strategic analysis and marketing planning. It incorporates the latest ideas, methods and the most effective operational sphere of marketing, including the challenges of integrating information technology and communication.

This marketing course is intended to further your understanding of marketing as a function, a set of processes, and a business approach.
Course objective :  This course addresses the development and marketing of its rationale, the integration of strategic marketing in business processes and the value creation process, the myths and reality of the influence of marketing in the company, and the realities of "manufacture" of marketing strategies; cross functional decisions, sources of interrelationships between marketing and other functions and sub-functions and barriers: with finance, operations management, sales, research and development, customer service, human resources management, the future of marketing.
Objectives
  • Understand the role of marketing in companies; core competence in marketing.
  • Understand consumers and markets. Appreciate how companies develop relationships with customers that provide lifetime value to both the company and its customers. Integrate the customer into every aspect of business planning.
  • Develop specific recommendations and action plans; implement a marketing strategy.
  • Apply analytical tools appropriate for marketing analysis.
  • Introduce students to issues of strategic brand management and optimization of the mix of communication (media and non-media)
Organization :  This course is taught in English and is organized during the Spring semester.
Modules
I. Market orientation and marketing performance
  • Customer focus and managing customer loyalty
  • Marketing performance and marketing profitability
II. Market analysis
  • Market potential, market demand and market share
  • The customer experience and value creation
  • Market segmentation and segmentation strategies
  • Competitor analysis and sources of advantages
III. Marketing mix strategies
  • Product position, branding and product line strategies
  • Value pricing and pricing strategies
  • Marketing channels and channel mapping
  • Marketing communication and customer response
IV. Strategic marketing
  • Portfolio analysis and strategic market planning
  • Offensive and defensive strategies
  • Marketing metrics
Written notes :  Relevant course material, course's schedule, class assignments, key documents, lecture notes, or media will be made available online, at LOLA:
http://campushd.hec.ulg.ac.be/claroline/course/index.php?cid=MARK0773_3
Assessment :  Strategic thinking paper (20% of final grade)

Group presentation (40% of final grade)

Final examination (40% of final grade)

Peer to peer evaluation (possible correction of group presentation grade)
Contacts :  For information, please email Michael Ghilissen at
michael.ghilissen@ulg.ac.be

Office hours: by appointment only.
Remarks :  There is no required textbook for this course.


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