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Marketing 447
Fundamentals of Consumer Behavior
( 3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 340. Study of how consumers select, purchase, use, and dispose of goods and services. Includes analyses of how markets and others influence these processes. Application of concepts and methods of the behavioral sciences to marketing management decision making.

Marketing 443
Strategic Marketing Management
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: 444, 447. Analysis of major elements of strategic marketing management. May include case studies or business simulations involving decision making using marketing tools from previous courses. (For marketing majors only.)

Syllabus Competitor analysis Segmentation & positioning Communication management
Strategic role of mkt management Customer analysis Product/brand management 3DV-LS Case
Market orientation & mkt based management CRM Pricing management Frigidaire Case
SWOT analysis Mkt strategies Distribution management  

Marketing 504
Marketing Opportunities Analysis and Marketing Mix Decisions
Cr. 2. Prereq: Graduate Classification. Overview of issues related to and the practice of marketing management in business. Specific content areas include the role of marketing in business, customer analysis, competitive analysis, market segmentation and target market positioning, market forecasting and demand, market strategy, product/brand management, price management, distribution management, and marketing communications management.
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Marketing 547
Consumer Behavior

Cr. 3, Prereq: MKT 504 or permission of the instructor. Overall purpose of the course is to address the fundamental question of why consumers behave as they do and to consider the practical and theoretical implications of this knowledge to business.

} Marketing 491X 

Marketing Experiential Learning                                                                                      

Cr. 3, Prereq: Permission of instructor. Marketing related projects will be completed by student teams composed of marketing and ag business students. Students will learn project management, communication, and interdisciplinary team skills, as well as have the opportunity to apply specific marketing and ag business concepts in a practical setting.

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} Global Marketing Strategy

Graduate course taught in Asolo, Italy, as part of the Consortium Institute of Management and Business Analysis (CIMBA) MBA program.

PowerPoint Slides
1. Global mkt overview 4. Product strategy 7. Pricing strategy 10. Communications
2. Mkt segmentation 5. Brand management 8. Channel strategy 11.Implementation/control
3. Global mkt strategy 6. CRM 9. Sales management  

Readings
1. The Secret to Estee Lauder's Good Looks
2. Why Customers Buy is More Important than What
3. Expert Advice: Positioning Your Company Ahead of the Pack... 
4. Better Branding
5. Why Big-Box Retailers Often Fumble in their Global Growth Strategies
6. Uses and Repercussions of the Internet on Global Market Entry Strategies
7. Culture Based Product Classification in Global Marketing for Competitive Advantage
8. Extending Brands within a Global Marketplace
9. Brand Building in Emerging Markets
10. Can Chinese Brands Make it Abroad?
11.Customer Retention is Not Enough
12. Which Customers are Worth Keeping, Which Aren't?
13. Using Loyalty Analytics to Grow from Data Infancy
14. How to Make After-Sales Services Pay Off
15. Choosing the Wrong Pricing Strategy can be a Costly Mistake
16. The Price is Right, or Is It? Determining the Impact of Price on Sales
17. Build Relationships by Leveraging Supply Chain
18. Taking Wal-Mart Global
19. Understanding the Domain of Cross-National Buyer-Seller Interactions
20. Global Advertising Which Acts Locally: The IBM Subtitles Campaign
21. Global Reach and Local Touch: Achieving Cultural Fitness in TV Advertising

 


 

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