Course Outline Marketing
Course Outline Marketing
The entire course will acquaint the students with various aspects of marketing principles and
practices, various marketing tools, basic concepts and practices being employed in the market.
Course objective:
The basic objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the concepts and tools of
marketing as applicable to decision making in contemporary marketing environment. The course
is intended to give the students an insight into the competitive environment of marketing. The
course focuses on the basic understanding of the marketing functions, its role in building
customer satisfaction, quality, service and customer orientation values.
Evaluation System:
Evaluation Marks
Parameters
Class Participation 10
Assignment 10
Quiz 10
Presentation 10
Mid-Term
Examination (1 Hr.
20
30 Minutes) (after 15
instructional Hrs.)
End-Term (3 Hrs.) 40
Total 100
Syllabus:
Nature & scope of Marketing, Marketing Management –An Overview, Definitions & Marketing
Applications; Selling Vs. Marketing, Orientations to the Market Place -Concepts & Philosophies;
Marketing in 21st Century –recent marketing practices being employed in markets; The
Marketing environment; Introduction & need to study & analyze the marketing environment;
Internal Environment & external environment of firm. Micro & Macro Environmental Forces;
Why segment the Market? Need & its importance; Market Segmentation; Methods & Bases for
segmentation; Market Targeting; Steps in Target Marketing; Target marketing Applications &
Case Study; Four P's of Marketing; Interaction between Marketing Mix and environmental
variables; Factors affecting marketing mix, environmental variables; Branding – Introduction &
Definitions; Why & what of Branding; Selecting the Brand name- How of Branding; Branding
Strategies & Decisions; Brand Equity; Positioning – Introduction & Definitions; Positioning &
its Bases;
Re-positioning; Packaging- Introduction & Definitions; Functions of Packaging; Packaging
Strategies; Complete Overview of the Subject.
Course Outline
Why segment the Market? Need & its importance; Market Kotler Keller 207-226
11-12
Segmentation; Methods & Bases for segmentation
Kotler Keller
13-14 Presentation-1
15 Revision Session
MID TERM
Market Targeting; Steps in Target Marketing; Target Kotler Keller 227-233
16-17
marketing Applications & Case Study
The Marketing environment; Introduction & need to study Etzel, Walker, 65-83
& analyze the marketing environment; Internal Pandit
18-20
Environment & external environment of firm. Micro &
Macro Environmental Forces;
Branding – Introduction & Definitions; Why & what of Kotler Keller 234-263
21-23 Branding; Selecting the Brand name- How of Branding;
Branding Strategies & Decisions; Brand Equity;
Positioning – Introduction & Definitions; Positioning & its Kotler Keller 267-289
24-25
Bases;Re-positioning;
26-27 Presentation - 2
Packaging- Introduction & Definitions; Functions of Etzel, Walker, 273-274
28
Packaging; Packaging Strategies; Pandit
29 Class Test
30 Course Recap and Wrap-up Kotler Keller