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HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING
MARK 2120 Marketing Management
(Spring Semester 2018‐19)
Section L9
Course Syllabus
INSTRUCTOR AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT
Professor Joseph SALVACRUZ
Office : LSK 4007
Phone : 2358‐7697
Email : [email protected]
Office hours : Mondays 3:00‐4:00 p.m. or By Appointment
Ms Kitty HUNG
Office : LSK 4018
Phone : 2358‐7704
Email : [email protected]
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course is designed to provide students with sufficient knowledge of marketing principles
that will enable them to understand the role and operation of a marketing manager. It will
also help them develop skills necessary to analyse marketing problems leading to the
development of strategic and tactical plans consistent with analysis.
On a broad level, students in this course are expected to be able to:
1. Explain and discuss the general concepts about marketing management and the
marketing process.
2. Identify and explain the key elements of a marketing plan.
3. Conduct a thorough analysis of the marketing environment and identify the marketing
problems facing a company.
4. Identify sources of marketing information necessary to develop a marketing plan.
5. Discuss consumer and buyer behavior models as they influence customer purchase
decision‐making.
6. Explain the concepts of segmentation, targeting and positioning as part of a
comprehensive marketing plan.
7. Describe product, price, distribution, and promotion decisions as part of a marketing
strategy and plan.
8. Identify and explain key issues surrounding marketing ethics and social responsibility.
9. Develop a set of skills important to successful performance in marketing management
positions, including critical thinking, working in a group environment, oral and written
presentation skills.
Specific outcomes for each module
1. Introduction to Marketing Management
Define marketing and identify the steps in the marketing process.
Explain the difference between product‐, production‐, selling‐, marketing‐, and
societal marketing orientation.
Explain the key differences between a marketing strategy, plan, and program.
Identify and explain the key elements of a marketing plan.
2. Marketing Environment Analysis
Describe the environmental forces that affect the company’s aability to serve its
customers.
Explain how changes in the external and internal marketing environment affect
marketing decisions.
Identify the major trends in the firm’s marketing environment.
3. Managing Marketing Information
Explain the importance of information to the company and its understanding of the
marketplace.
Define the marketing information system and discuss its parts.
Outline the steps in the marketing research process.
Explain how companies gather, analyze and distribute marketing information.
Discuss the special issues some marketing researchers face with regards to public
policy and ethical considerations.
4. Consumer and Buyer Behavior
Define the consumer and business markets.
Explain the difference between consumer and business markets.
Discuss a simple model of consumer buyer behavior.
Identify the factors that influence consumer and buyer behavior.
Define and discuss the major types of buying behavior and identify the stages in the
buyer decision process.
Describe the adoption and diffusion process for new products.
5. Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
Discuss the steps in designing a customer‐driven marketing strategy: market
segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
List and discuss the major bases for segmenting consumer and business markets.
Explain how companies identify attractive market segments and choose a target
market.
Discuss how companies position their products to achieve competitive advantage.
6. Product Strategies
Define a product and the major classifications of products and services.
Describe the various decision points that a marketing manager makes in relation to
product management.
Explain how marketing managers build and manage brands.
Explain the product life cycle and how an understanding of the concept influences
marketing decision‐making.
Discuss the new product development process.
Explain the unique aspects of marketing a service.
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7. Pricing Strategies
Identify the factors that influence pricing decisions.
Describe the major approaches in pricing products.
Discuss how companies adjust their prices on account of different types of customers
and situations.
Discuss the key issues related to initiating and responding to price changes.
8. Distribution Strategies
Explain the importance of marketing channels.
Identify the major channel alternatives open to a company.
Explain how companies select, motivate, and evaluate channel members.
Explain the roles of wholesalers and retailers in the distribution channel.
Identify and describe the different types of wholesalers and retailers.
Explain the marketing decisions faced by wholesalers and retailers.
9. Promotion Strategies
Discuss the process of integrated marketing communication.
Define the promotion tools and discuss the factors that must be considered in
developing the promotion mix.
Outline the steps in developing effective marketing communications.
Explain the methods for setting the promotion budget.
10. Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility
Identify the social criticisms of marketing
Describe the principles of socially‐responsible marketing
Explain the role of ethics in marketing
Evaluate the performance of a communication plan and revise accordingly
CLASS SCHEDULE
Our class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:00 n to 1:20 p.m. at LSK 1001. Attendance
will be checked every session.
TEXTBOOK AND LEARNING RESOURCES
Kotler, Philip and Gary Armstrong. Principles of Marketing (17th Edition). Pearson
Education.
Students are expected to read relevant chapters of the text and other assigned readings prior
to lectures. General lecture slides/guidelines will be posted on CANVAS a few days prior to
the scheduled discussion of the topic. It is strongly recommended that students print and
bring a copy of the lecture slides to class.
Supplementary reading materials will be occasionally assigned. It is the responsibility of
students to search and reproduce a hardcopy of the relevant material if necessary. Videoclips,
on the other hand, will only be shown in class once and will not be kept in the library. It is
important, therefore, that students attend all lecture sessions so as not to miss any video
material.
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COURSE DELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT
Teaching approach
This course is primarily delivered through interactive lecture‐discussion sessions. Students are
expected to have read relevant chapters of the text and other assigned readings (e.g. text
book and cases/readings) prior to class.
Short video clips will be shown in class to supplement the interactive class discussion. At the
same time, students will have access to a collection of popular articles/ readings to
supplement their understanding of topics at hand. These materials will be kept in the reserve
section of the library.
A central requirement of the course is the “Marketing Plan” team project. It is intended to
give the students an experience in the design and implementation of a marketing plan. As the
term progresses each team will be required to use the skills they have learned in the classroom
to successfully complete their plan.
Students enrolled in MARK 2120 are also required to participate in 3 marketing experiments
(of 1 hour each) OR by completing 3 research assignments. This provides the students with a
hand‐on experience of marketing research that will reinforce their understanding of the role
it plays in marketing decision making. This coursework requirement is administered by the
departmental Marketing Experiment Coordinator.
Coursework components
The coursework requirements for this course are listed below:
Coursework Weighting Nature of Activity
(%)
Pop Quizzes 12 Individual
Attendance and Class Participation 10 Individual
Marketing Plan
Customer Analysis/ Observational 5 Group (peer‐assessed)
Research
Written Marketing Plan 10
Oral Presentation of Marketing Plan 10
Test 1* 25 Individual
Test 2* 25 Individual
Research Participation 3 Individual
* Best 2 scores out of 3 tests
Final grades will be assigned based on the School’s grade distribution policy.
GROUP PROJECT(S)/ACTIVITIES
Students will form groups consisting of around 5‐6 members each. You are expected to work
with other members of your group in undertaking the above projects/ activities. Your
individual contribution to the group efforts and accomplishments will be reflected in a peer
assessment/group evaluation that will be conducted for each group activity. No group
swapping is allowed. You are also expected to manage your group activities effectively and
efficiently.
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Each group will gather several scientific and/or popular articles related to marketing from any
publication (e.g., newspapers, magazines, internet). These articles should form a basis of an
exhaustive environmental analysis leading to identification of Opportunities and Threats for
marketing a particular product or service in a particular region and to a specified target
market. From this analysis should evolve a comprehensive marketing plan that the group has
formulated to take advantage of the opportunities explored in the earlier part of the activity.
CUSTOMER ANALYSIS/ OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH EXERCISE
To develop an effective plan based on your customers’ needs and nature, you should
be able to answer questions like:
Who are your customers?
Where are they?
What do they need?
How do they make their buying decisions?
Where do they buy?
As an integral part of your marketing plan, your group will observe activities of your
target customers for the product that you are wrting a marketing plan on. You will
then provide a 3‐page write up describing their consumer behaviour and conclude
with a value proposition statement.
WRITTEN MARKETING PLAN
The written marketing plan with a maximum length of 10 pages (inclusive of relevant
appendices) should be submitted online through CANVAS. Guidelines for writing the
report will be posted on CANVAS.
ORAL PRESENTATION
Each group will be given 15 minutes to present its final marketing plan before the class
towards the end of the semester. Presentation guidelines will be provided close to
the scheduled presentation dates, and will be posted on CANVAS. A 5‐minute Q&A
session will be allocated for each presentation.
Both written marketing plan and presentation files (Powerpoint) should be uploaded
on CANVAS not later than the submission due dates indicated on the timetable at the
end of this syllabus. Once submitted, no further alteration/ modification of the
presentation files will be allowed.
Peer Assessment/Group Evaluation
In order to recognize individual contributions in these group activities, and to prevent
free‐loading problems, peer evaluation results will be used to adjust group grades in
these coursework components in calculating the final individual grades.
Each student is required to evaluate his/ her team members’
performance/contribution to the team via the iPeer system. The student will
also conduct self‐evaluation, although the self‐evaluation score will not
contribute towards the calculation of the student’s average evaluation score.
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Evaluation criteria include:
Attendance during team meetings/ activities
Contribution of useful ideas
Quality of work done
Quantity/ volume of work done
Overall contribution
Each student is required to participate in this exercise for two events:
Event Opening Closing
Event 1: Customer Analysis/ 11 March 13 March (5:00 pm)
Observational Research
Event 2: Marketing Plan preparation 12 April 15 April (5:00 pm)
Evaluators should include qualitative comments/ evaluation for extreme scores
assigned to the member being evaluated. All iPeer events will close at the date and
time specified on the timetable. A student who fails to submit his/her peer
assessment on time will automatically earn significant score deduction in that
particular coursework component.
Individual peer assessment scores will be released on CANVAS by 5:00 p.m. within two
days of the closing date. Students have until 5:00 p.m. two days after the release of
the scores to consult with the professor in case there are questions about his/ her
peer assessment score. No queries or challenges will be entertained after that date.
TERM TESTS
Three term tests will be administered during the semester. These will test your understanding
of the materials covered in class, as well as the textbook and assigned supplementary
materials. The tests will be “closed book” and will be administered on optical scan sheets and
conventional writing pads, so you should bring HB pencils, an eraser, and a pen (blue or black
ink only).
I will consider the two best scores (out of the three) in calculating your grade. Therefore,
there will be no make‐up test regardless of the validity of the reason the student presents for
missing a test.
The tests will be administered IN‐CLASS. Please check the timetable at the end of this syllabus
for specific dates.
RESEARCH PARTICIPATION
Several research studies will be conducted during the course of the semester by faculty
members in the Department of Marketing. In a typical research study, you will be asked to
view/read an advertisement or study a product and then answer one or more research
questionnaires. If you wish to participate in a particular study, you should sign up for a session
in advance and ensure that you reach the site of the study a few minutes in advance of the
scheduled time. Make sure that you understand the procedures explained to you by the
researcher and complete all questionnaires fully. Participation in at least 3 studies is
compulsory. Guidelines and procedures are available on CANVAS.
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic integrity is a critical value of the university community. Integrity violations destroy
the fabric of a learning community and the spirit of inquiry that is vital to the effectiveness the
University. I have absolutely no tolerance for cheating and there are no acceptable excuses.
Anyone caught cheating or plagiarizing in any form will fail the class. Plagiarism is copying
anything from another source without citing that source.
Assignments identified as individual tasks must be completed without the assistance of
others. For assignments identified as group work, it is expected that all members of the group
will have contributed to the final output, and that only members of the group will have
contributed to that output. A group may not collaborate with a group from another section
of the course.
Extreme care must be taken to avoid passing of other's work as one's own. You are required
to provide appropriate citations when you use ideas and arguments or otherwise draw on
others' work.
Quizzes and tests are to be written without the assistance of notes, other material, or the help
of others during the exercise.
The value of many in‐class activities (case discussions, interactive learning exercises, etc.,) in
these courses is diminished by prior knowledge of them. You are explicitly requested not to
discuss class activities with students in other sections of the same course. If students of earlier
sections discuss class activities with students in later sections, we view that as cheating.
Similarly, it is unacceptable for students of later sections to solicit information from students
in earlier sections.
In general, any student who violates academic integrity, through such activities as duplication
of another students’ work in whole or in part, plagiarism, etc. or other means of cheating, will
receive an F for the course. There is no honor in taking someone’s work as your own.
The HKUST Academic Integrity site can be accessed at http://www.ust.hk/vpaao/integrity/
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Your professor makes strong efforts to make the class a comfortable and productive
experience for everyone. Students are expected to do their part in maintaining such pleasant
classroom environment.
Please arrive on time. If you must be late, please minimize disturbance by arriving
quietly.
Please avoid leaving the classroom unless the class is finished.
Switch off your mobile phones, or put them on silent mode. No calls may be taken or
made in the classroom.
Observe courtesy to your classmates and to your professor during class.
Since wireless connection to the internet is available in the classroom, you are
expected not to connect to the internet except for the purpose of downloading
course‐related materials (i.e., CANVAS course materials).
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MARK 2120 SCHEDULE ‐ TENTATIVE TIMETABLE (VERSION 2019 JAN 29)
Wks Dates Topics Selected Readings
Notes and Comments
Course Introduction
30 Jan (W) The Marketing Concept
04 Feb (M)
1 Holiday (Lunar New Year 5‐7
06 Feb (W) Text, Chapters 1, 2
2 February)
11 Feb (M)
13 Feb (W)
Marketing Strategy
Analysis of the Marketing
18 Feb (M) Environment
Text, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6
3 20 Feb (W)
4 25 Feb (M) Marketing Information
Marketing Plan Topic due on 20 February
27 Feb (W)
Consumer and Buyer Behavior
04 Mar (M) TEST 1
06 Mar (W)
11 Mar (M)
Market Segmentation, Targeting
Text, Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
5 and Positioning
13 Mar (W)
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13 March‐ Customer Analysis/ Observational
7 Product
18 Mar (M) Research Report due at 5:00 p.m. – uploaded on
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CANVAS
Price
20 Mar (W)
iPeer Event 2 closes at 5:00 p.m. on 13 March.
25 Mar (M)
27 Mar (W)
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01 Apr (M) TEST 2
03 Apr (W) Place Text, Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17
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10 08 Apr (M) Promotion
Written marketing plan and presentation files
10 Apr (W) Special Topics (Powerpoint) should be uploaded on CANVAS
not later than 5:00 p.m. on 14 April (Sunday).
Marketing Plan: Group
15 Apr (M)
Presentations iPeer Event 2 closes at 5:00 p.m. on 15 April.
17 Apr (W)
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22 Apr (M) Mid Term Break (18‐23 April)
12 Marketing Plan: Group
24 Apr (W)
Presentations
29 Apr (M)
TEST 3
01 May (W) Holiday (Labour Day)
06 May (M) OPEN
13
08 May (W) OPEN