INM351

Marketing Principles and Practices

Course ID
INM351
Department
Industrial Engineering & Management
Level
Undergraduate
Instructor
Dr. Sonia Irshad Mari
Semester
6th Semester
Credit
3.0

After completion of this course each student would be able to:

  • INTERPRET the complex marketing issues and problems using relevant theories, concepts and methods with regard of ethical conduct.
  • APPLY contemporary marketing theories to the demands of business and management practice.
  • ANALYZE a professional sales solution for a product or service to a prospective business-buying customer using appropriate sales methodologies.

The Marketing Principles and Practices is a compulsory course and has been offered by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.

Course Learning Outcomes

CLOs                                      

Description

Taxonomy Level

PLO

1

INTERPRET the complex marketing issues and problems using relevant theories, concepts and methods with regard of ethical conduct.

C3

8

2

APPLY contemporary marketing theories to the demands of business and management practice.

C3

11

3

ANALYZE a professional sales solution for a product or service to a prospective business-buying customer using appropriate sales methodologies.

C4

3

Course structure and modules

Course Contents:            

  • Introduction:

role & scope of marketing, Role & functions of marketing, Different definitions of Marketing, Scope of Marketing Management.

  • Marketing concept

Needs, Wants & Demands, Exchange and Transactions Process, Company Orientation Toward the Market Place, Marketing Mix, and Marketing Environment.

  • Building consumer satisfaction

Defining Customer value & satisfaction, Retaining Customers.

  • Consumer buying behavior

Social influence on consumers.

  • Buying decision process, Market segments & targets

Levels of Market segmentation, segmenting consumer targets, market targeting, Principal Marketing Strategies, Strategic Alternatives, Marketing program strategies,

  • Pricing decisions

Selecting the pricing objectives, Factors effecting price sensitivity, Selecting a Pricing Method.

  • Advertising

Setting Advertising objectives, Deciding on Advantaging Budget, Deciding on Advertising Message.

  • Product Identification and Classification

Branding, Trade Mark, Labeling & Packaging.

  • Marketing information and Marketing Research

Introduction, objects of market research, undertaking market research, marketing functions. Components of modern marketing information system, Marketing research system, marketing research process.

Recommended Books

  • Marketing Management, By: Parag Diwan, Progressive International Agency, London, Latest Edition
  • Marketing Management, By: Kotler, Philip, Prentice Hall,Latest Edition
  • Marketing Management, By: TullDonalds S and Kahle, Lynnr, Max Well Macmillan,Latest Edition
  • New Marketing Strategies, BY: Ian Chaston, Response Books, …Latest Edition
  • Marketing Management, BY: DR. M.M. Varma & R.K. AGARWAL, KING BOOKS,Latest Edition