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School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2007/08


MN50336 Marketing in context

Credits: 6
Level: Masters
Semester: 1
Assessment: CW 100%
Requisites:
In taking this unit you cannot take MN30109
Aims: The unit aims to provide a critical analysis of normative marketing practice across a number of different contexts. Specifically, the aims of the unit are: a) to create an understanding of marketing norms within: the political economy, markets in different evolutionary cycles, and non traditional applications; and b) provide an understanding of how marketing shapes, and is shaped by, these contexts.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the unit, the student should be able to: a) understand the norms which dominate modern marketing practice, b) evaluate marketing norms in terms of the political economy, c) understand the impact of marketing norms in emerging and developed economies, d) understand the relevance of marketing norms in non traditional applications, e) critically evaluate the future of marketing norms in terms of these contexts.
Skills:
Critical analysis and judgement (T, F, A); Ability to apply conceptual tools (T, F, A); Presentation skills (A).
Content:
Session 1: Normative Marketing: A Short History - S. Pervan
Session 2: Political Economy 1 - S. Pervan
Session 3: Political Economy 2 - S. Pervan
Session 4: Emerging Markets 1 - S. Pervan
Session 5: Emerging Markets 2 - S. Pervan
Session 6: Advanced Industrialised Economies - S. Pervan
Session 7: Essay Workshop - S. Pervan
Session 8: Marketing Marketing 1 - S. Pervan
Session 9: Marketing Marketing 2 - S. Pervan
Session 10: Marketing: The Future - S. Pervan
Session 11: Revision - S. Pervan.