Course Title: Analyse consumer behaviour for specific markets
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: MKTG5814C
Course Title: Analyse consumer behaviour for specific markets
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5281 - Diploma of Business (Public Relations)
Course Contact : Sally Parrott
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5173
Course Contact Email:sally.parrott@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Liz Grady
liz.grady@rmit.edu.au
039525 5423
Nominal Hours: 60
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit applies to individuals working in a marketing team who need to analyse consumer behaviour to examine the factors that impact on decisions to purchase products or services. Having thoroughly analysed consumer attitudes and behaviour, recommendations can be made on marketing strategies to increase consumption of the product or service being marketed.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBMKG402B Analyse consumer behaviour for specific markets |
Element: |
1. Confirm product/service market |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1.Gather information on the market or market segment for a product or service in accordance with the marketing plan |
Element: |
2. Assess the reasons for existing levels of consumer interest |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1.Investigate consumer need for the product or service through analysis of trends and past performance |
Element: |
3. Recommend a focus of appeal for marketing strategies for a product/service |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1.Ensure marketing strategies address innate and acquired needs of consumers and appeal to the motives that influence decision making |
Learning Outcomes
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to analyse consumer behaviour to target marketing to specific markets and specific needs.
Details of Learning Activities
This course is structured to provide students with the optimum learning experience. Students will participate in a combination of group and individual assessment activities. These assessable activities will be provided through a combination of face to face teacher/student deliveries, workshops and laboratory exercises. Additional assessable activities may also be provided to students to complete outside of the timetabled time. The concepts learned will be explored through the investigation of real world and simulated environments. There will be a large range of online materials incorporated into these learning activities with occasional online theory classes forming part of the online learning schedule.
Teaching Schedule
| Week 0 | Course Introduction and Overview |
| Week 1 | What is CB and why should I care? |
| Week 2 | Consumer Behaviour Value Framework (CBVF) |
| Week 3 | CBVF continued and theory revision |
| Week 4 | Theoretical Quiz |
| Week 5 | Non- teaching week |
| Week 6 | Internal Influences – Perception, Comprehension, Motivation |
| Week 7 | Internal Influences – Personality, Attitudes & Lifestyle |
| Week 8 | Internal Influences – Personality, Attitudes & Lifestyle (cont.) |
| Week 9 | External Influences – Culture & Group Research Skills – Library training |
| Week 10 | Consumer Decision Making Process (CDMP) |
| Week 11 | Consumer Decision Making Process (CDMP cont.) |
| Week 12 | Organisational Behaviour |
| Week 13 | Presentations and Reports Due |
| Week 14 | Presentations and Reports Continued… |
| Week 15 | Revision and Individual Feedback |
| Week 16 | Resits if Required |
| Week 17 | Final Grading |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
CB4 (Babin/Harris) Cengage Publishing 2012 |
1-111-82177-1 |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Students are required to complete 3 tasks. All tasks must successfully be completed to be deemed competent in this unit.
TASK 1 – Theory-based Quiz (Due in class Week 4)
Students will undertake a theoretical quiz of multiple choice and short answer questions based on theory from Babin/Harris CB 4th Edition. The quiz will be closed book and students will have one hour to complete the assessment.
Submission Requirements: In order to be deemed competent in this assessment, students must achieve a minimum of 50% within the allocated time frame.
Task 2 – Group Assignment Part A Report (Due in class Week 8)
Students are to select a product/service and associated marketing campaign and develop a comprehensive analysis of the consumer buyer behavioural landscape that surrounds it. Post-analysis, students are to speculate on a market motive/need change and recommend an alternative focus of appeal or positioning change to the current marketing strategy to accommodate this need.
•Structured report presentation with contents, references etc.
•Product Analysis conducted including core product, primary characteristic and augmented product
•Consumer Need that the product is fulfilling is identified in suitable detail
•Existing Marketing Strategy should be overviewed and the relevant appeals utilised identified
•Target Market Analysis performed including the total market, target market and target market profile
•Two Internal Influences relevant to the specific marketing example are identified and analysed with relevant theory referenced from the text. The importance of each influence relevant to the other is noted. Influences include perception, learning, motivation, emotions, personality, self and attitude.
•The Internal Influences of Lifestyle should be discussed as to how it has been used in the marketing example and it’s relevant importance to the other influences discussed supported by relevant theory from the text.
For further information and detailed marking guide, refer to the Student Instruction Handout that will be distributed after Task 1 is complete
Submission Requirements: Students are required to provide a written document by the due date uploaded into Blackboard. Please note that submissions are NOT to be emailed.
Task 3 – Group Assignment Part B Report and Presentation (Due in class Week 13)
A continuation of Task 2 Part A students will need to provide detailed information around:
•Structured report presentation with contents, references etc.
•Presentation using PowerPoint
•External Influences of Culture and Group should be discussed with reference to their use in the marketing example supported by theory from the text. Their importance in relevance to other influences should be discussed also.
•Organisational Behaviour – Identify and example of changes the organisation has made to its marketing over the years. Evidence is required.
•Speculate on a need Need OR Motive Change the target market may have in the future
•Adapted Marketing Strategy should be devised in line with anticipated change
•Discuss how the change in Need/Motive will modify 3 of the 9 stages of the Consumer Decision Making Process
•Suggest how two existing or other CB influences could be used to develop new marketing strategies and reference theory from the text
•Explain how it will be ensured that the new marketing strategy will be Ethical
For further information and detailed marking guide, refer to the Student Instruction Handout that will be distributed after Task 2 is complete
Submission Requirements: Students are required to provide a written document by the due date uploaded into Blackboard. Please note that submissions are NOT to be emailed. Presentations should take the form of a PowerPoint presentation and be 15 minutes in length.
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•Each page of your assessment should include footer with your name, student number, the title of the assessment, unit code and title and page numbers. For example, Julie Macpherson, 324567, Task 2, OHS2345C Ensure safe workplace, Page 1 of 10.
Assessment Matrix
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