mgehc1316  2020-2021  Charleroi

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6 credits
30.0 h + 10.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Kervyn De Meerendré Nicolas; Lambert Nicolas;
Language
French
Main themes
1. The role of marketing in the company and in general
2. Understanding the behavior of customers
2.1. Needs and Motivation
2.2. Customer' response process
2.3. Marketing Information System
3. Key concepts in strategic Demand analysis
3.1. Marketing segmentation
3.2. Targeting and Positioning
3.3. Products life cycle and New Products
4. The Product and the Brand
5. Retailing
6. The Price in Marketing
7. Marketing communication
8. Ethical issues and social responsability of marketers
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 On completion of this course students will be able to:
Describe the role of marketing in the company and in the
environment
Define, describe and develop the key concepts in Strategic
Marketing with an emphasis on segmentation and product
life cycle
Chronologically distinguish the steps in the set up of an
experiment
Decompose the marketing strategy into product, price,
retail and communication decisions
Integrate price, products, retail and communication
decisions identifying their importance and their respective
roles.
Assess the societal impact and the ethical issues in any
marketing decision.
 
Content
What the introductory course in marketing will bring the students to understand how a direction marketing al-lows the company being more efficient in the design and the marketing of its products. The course will put more emphasis on the strategic marketing that on the operational marketing. The strategic marketing will ad-dress the themes of the analysis of needs and behavior of consumers, the segmentation, analysis d'attractivité and competitiveness of markets, of targeting and positioning of the product. The operational marketing will cover the concepts of product, brand, price, distribution and communication. Some exercises will be discussed during and will require an active presence of students.
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Ex cathedra
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Examen individuel en session
Online resources
Cfr Student Corner
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Management (shift schedule)