Marketing

Teacher(s)

Kervyn de Meerendré Nicolas;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

Part 1: The role of marketing in a company Part 2: Strategic marketing - The analysis of buyers' behaviour - Segmentation and selection of target markets - attractiveness analysis - competition analysis - Positioning - choice of development strategies

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	This course is intended to teach students: - the basic concepts of marketing in the field of marketing management. - How to apply marketing analysis in concrete management situations and to a range of sectors of activity

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.

Evaluation methods

1/20 point will be awarded for the preparation of all practical exercices (individual preparation, thoughtful and delivered within the allotted time).
1/20 point will be awarded during one of the practical exercice sessions (TP).
18/20 points will be awarded during an individual written exam in session.
This exam will consist of a MCQ, a case study and open questions.
NB: in the event of failure in January, the evaluation relating to the preparation of the practicals and the production of a work during one of the practicals (2/20 points) will be automatically transfered to the September session.

Online resources

Cfr Moodle

Bibliography

LAMBIN JJ, & de MOERLOOSE (2021), Marketing stratégique et opérationnel, 10°ed. Dunod 

Faculty or entity

ESPO