Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad (Department of Business Administration)
Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad (Department of Business Administration)
LEVEL: MBA/M.Com
CHECKLIST
1. Textbook
2. Course Outline
3. Assignment No. 1 & 2
4. Assignment Forms (2 sets)
5. Tutorial & Assignments Schedule
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Allama Iqbal Open University,
H-8, ISLAMABAD.
Phone: 051-9057611-12
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
Course: Marketing Management (8511) Semester: Spring 2020
Level: MBA / M. Com. Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
Q. 1 Define and describe the holistic marketing concept and its components. For an
organization of your choice, how can you prove that it has adopted the holistic
marketing concept? Develop appropriate marketing objectives for this organization.
(20)
Q. 3 Select two organizations of your choice, and compare and contrast their new
product planning process. (20)
Q. 4 On the basis of your learning from this course develop a framework of evaluation
of packaging. Evaluate recent package redesigns of three products of your choice
using the framework. (20)
Q. 5 If demand determines the price ceiling and cost determines the price floor, what is
the role of competition in pricing? (20)
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
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one copy to your tutor/teacher for evaluation and the second copy for presentation in the
workshop in the presence of your resource persons and classmates, which will be held at
the end of the semester prior to final examination. Student studying at the approved
Study Centers of AIOU are required to present the same at their study centers.
You may use transparencies, charts or any other material for effective presentation. You
are required to select one of the following topics according to the last digit of your roll
number. For example, if your roll number is D-3427185 then you will select topic
number 5 (the last digit).
TOPICS:
0. Market Segmentation
1. Developing a Positioning Strategy
2. Sales Promotion
3. Marketing Strategies Throughout the Product Life Cycle
4. Marketing Decision Support System
5. Challenges in New Product Development
6. Management Strategies for Market Leaders and Followers
7. Integrated Direct Marketing
8. The Marketing Process
9. Factors Influencing Buying Behavior
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MARKETING MANAGEMENT (8511)
COURSE OUTLINE
UNIT-1: UNDERSTANDING MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1.1 Assessing Marketing’s Critical Role in Organizational Performance
1.1.1 Marketing Management
1.1.2 Company Orientations Towards the Marketplace
1.1.3 Adoption of Marketing
1.2 Building Customer Satisfaction through Quality, Service and Value
1.2.1 Defining Customer Value and Satisfaction
1.2.2 Delivering Customer Value and Satisfaction
1.2.3 Attracting and Retaining Customers
1.2.4 Custom Profitability: The Ultimate Test
1.2.5 Implementing Total Quality Marketing
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UNIT-4: ANALYZING MARKETING
4.1 Analyzing Business Markets and Business Buying Behavior
4.1.1 Organizational Buying
4.1.2 Institutional and Government Markets
4.2 Analyzing Industries and Competitors
4.2.1 Identifying Competitors
4.2.2 Identifying Competitors Strategies
4.2.3 Determining Competitors Objectives
4.2.4 Assessing Competitors Strengths and Weaknesses
4.2.5 Estimating Competitors Reaction Patterns
4.2.6 Designing the Competitive Intelligence System
4.2.7 Selecting Competitors to Attack and Avoid
4.2.8 Balancing Customer and Competitor Orientations
4.3 Identifying Market Segments and Selecting Market Targets
4.3.1 Market Segmentation
4.3.2 Market Targeting
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6.2 Designing and Managing Global Marketing Strategies
6.2.1 Deciding Whether to go Abroad
6.2.2 Deciding Which Market to Enter
6.2.3 Deciding How to Enter the Market
6.2.4 Deciding the Marketing Program
6.2.5 Deciding the Marketing Organization
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8.3 Managing the Sales Force
8.3.1 Designing the Sales Force
8.3.2 Managing the Sales Force
8.3.3 Principles of Personal Selling
8.4 Managing Direct and Online Marketing
8.4.1 Growth and Benefits of Direct Marketing
8.4.2 Customer Databases and Direct Marketing
8.4.3 Major Channels for Direct Marketing
8.4.4 Marketing in the Twenty-First Century and Online Marketing
8.4.5 Growing Use of Integrated Direct Marketing
8.4.6 Public and Ethical Issues in the Use of Direct Marketing
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