MKT389 Strategic Marketing and Planning (8)
AbstractThis subject focuses on strategic approaches to marketing management and deals with the process of developing and implementing a marketing strategy. Further it examines how these processes can be managed to gain and sustain superior performance in the competitive market place.
A closer examination of the business mission, strategies and objectives provide a framework for the development of the strategic marketing planning process.
An in depth situation analysis combined with concepts such as market segmentation and sustainable competitive advantage provide input into the marketing strategy decision process. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
Session 1 | On Campus | Jilin Uni- Finance & Economics | On Campus | Tianjin University of Commerce | Term 3 | On Campus | Yangzhou University | On Campus | Yunnan Uni-Finance & Economics |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MKT389
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Management and Marketing |
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Enrolment restrictions
Students completing Stages I, II and III of the Bachelor of Business Studies China Program or students enrolled in a Transnational Education Partner Program only. Not available to students who have studied MKT381 or MKT340. |
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Incompatible subject(s) | Related subject(s) |
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MKT340 MKT381 | MKT340 significant overlap in content MKT381 significant overlap in content
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to assess the role, concept and nature of marketing strategy;
- be able to apply appropriate analytical tools to analyse and better understand both the customers and competitors of a business;
- be able to analyse concepts and theories of market segmentation and positioning to a market;
- be able to evaluate the various competitive positioning strategies, and explain ways a business can create sustainable competitive advantage; and
- be able to analyse and explain the challenges of strategy implementation, and explain approaches to improving strategy implementation in a business.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Marketing strategy and planning
- Competitive market analysis; customer analysis, competitor analysis
- Understanding the organisational resource base
- Market segmentation and positioning
- Creating sustainable competitive advantage
- Competitive positioning strategies
- Strategy implementation
- Strategy implementation and internal marketing
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.