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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
GEST0232-5  Marketing principles

Duration :  50h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor degree in Business Engineering, 2nd year5
Advanced Master in Biotechnology and Applied Biology6
Lecturer :  Chantal de Moerloose
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The course is about the general principles of marketing.
(1) Marketing in context, (3) Buying motivation, (4) Buying process, (5) Marketing information system, (6) Segmentation, (7) Attractiveness, (8) Competitiveness, (9) Targeting and positioning, (10) Portfolio analysis and strategic decisions, (11) New products, (12) Product, (13) Pricing, (15) Communication. (Numbers refer to Lambin & de Moerloose's (2012) chapters).
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The course aims to make students familiar with basic notions in marketing and management with tools of analysis.
It attempts to develop students' management reasoning which integrates these notions into a progressive approach resulting in a strategic decision.
Through exercises and case studies, this course aims to give students the possibility to implement their reasoning in concrete management situations.
Conferences will make a link between theory and practice.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Non mandatory preparation of case studies and exercises
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Course given during the first semester from Friday September 21st till Friday December 22nd included, 1.30pm-4.30pm, local Domat (check the local again before the first course). Friday November 2nd will be off. The course is in French. Students following the 3 credits version of this course will exclude chapters after 10 from their program, but will include the conferences.
Recommended or required readings :  
Additional notes are available on Lol@. As slides are extracted from the (copyrighted) reference textbook, no copies will be available.
Basic and mandatory reference: Lambin J.J., & de Moerloose Ch. (2012), Marketing stratégique et opérationnel, 8st Ed, Paris, Dunod.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The written exam in January verifies (1) concepts knowledge, (2) concepts understanding (tested via examples or exercises) and (3) student's diagnosis ability (via exercises or mini-case studies). Weighting between theory and practice is approximately 50-50.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
C. de Moerloose meets students every Friday morning in her office 2.18, Sart Tilman, on appointment taken on chantal.demoerloose@ulg.ac.be. (Prof. Ch. de Moerloose, Service Marketing (bte 34), Bd du Rectorat, 7 (Bat31), 4000 Liège). The assistant may be contacted by e-mail.


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