Principles and Practices of Marketing

Module code: MN7546

Module Outline

This module will enable you to become familiar with the principles and practices of marketing. Emphasis is given to the long-term or strategic dimension of the senior executive’s tasks and it will also consider the relationship between theory and practice; encouraging students to question the dominant approaches to the subject area.

Topics covered

• The role of marketing and a customer orientation in contributing to organisational ability to deliver customer value.
• The nature and impact that external and internal factors have on the design and operation of marketing strategies.
• The management of marketing, operations and the supply chain to enable delivery of value to the customer.
• Marketing methods and frameworks for improving marketing performance with a focus on understanding customers.
• The role of morality in the management of marketing.