Course Title: Strategic Marketing
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Strategic Marketing
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
MKTG1071 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
625H Economics, Finance and Marketing |
Internet |
JulDec2024 (All) |
Course Coordinator: Dr Sandy Fitzgerald
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 9925 5973
Course Coordinator Email: sandy.fitzgerald@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Melbourne Campus, Building 80
Course Coordinator Availability: By Appointment via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Enforced Requisites:
You must complete the following courses in a semester before you take Strategic Marketing:
- 008953 - Marketing Principles
- 008963 - Buyer Behaviour
- 008956 - Marketing Communications
- 008961 - Market Research
- 052187 - Digital Marketing
Course Description
To develop an effective strategic plan, a company needs to address four broad questions: What is our present situation? What is the likely future situation? Where do we want to go from here? And how are we going to get there? In this course you will apply these questions to generate strategic recommendations for a real Australian company. Your work will be based on current and credible industry reports and peer reviewed journals, and you will learn how to adapt and apply widely recognized strategy models to organize and analyse the information. After completing this course, you will have the necessary skills and knowledge to critically evaluate or conduct your own strategic business plan and be comfortable communicating with industry and strategy professionals.
Successful completion of this course contributes to attaining the following Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) Marketers’ professional competencies:
3. Strategy
You will also work towards developing the following AMI professional competencies:
16. Commercial awareness and financial acumen
18. Planning, project management and performance measurement
20. Innovation and quality management
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
CLO1. Identify problems and questions in relation to contemporary strategic marketing and be aware of strategies to investigate them.
CLO2. Critically evaluate advanced strategic tools, concepts and theories and understand the complexities associated with the application of these in marketing practice.
CLO3. Apply marketing theory in business settings and broader social contexts with intellectual curiosity.
CLO4. Adapt your knowledge in relation to marketing theory and /or practice to be a more effective strategic problem solver.
CLO5. Work on complex multidisciplinary projects with minimal supervisory oversight and articulate outcomes
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; debating selected topics; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 4
Assessment Task 2: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Assessment Task 3: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.