BUAD 251 – Principles of Marketing

Business Administration

Kellogg Community College

 

Instructor:

Mrs. Kimberly K. Montney

Office:  Classroom Building Room C260

Office Telephone:  (269) 965-3931 ext. 2505

E-Mail Address:  montneyk@kellogg.edu

Website Address:  http://academic.kellogg.edu/montneyk

 

Office Hours:

As posted on instructors office door, my website, or by appointment.

 

Catalog Description:

The functions of the marketing mix are analyzed as to how they interact with each other, with other business functions, and with several components of the business environment.  Understanding of these marketing functions is developed through a study of a variety of applied marketing problems and business case histories. 

 

Length:

One semester, 48 hours instruction, 3 credit hours.

 

Text:

Kerin, Roger A., Berkowitz, Eric N., Hartley, Steven W., Rudelius, William, “Marketing 8th Edition  McGraw-Hill Irwin

 

Email for Students:

All KCC students are provided with e-mail accounts through the College server. You will be responsible for checking your KCC e-mail regularly and should be prepared to use KCC e-mail as part of student-College interaction. For email account information, check the Web at http://www.kellogg.cc.mi.us/email/geninfo.html

 

If you wish to use your own email account, not KCC’s, it is imperative that you still check your email with Kellogg Community College.  I don’t want the responsibilities of you not getting what is needed for this class – it is YOUR responsibility to check your mail properly. 

 

What to Expect:

I highly recommend you printing out this syllabus and keeping it in a place where you can refer to it when needed.  I have tried rather hard to show you everything you need to know in this syllabus.  Please, if you find something missing, let me know because I would like to change it in the future and notify all of you quickly what I may have missed. 

 

 

Grading:

*  2 tests – 1 midterm and 1 final exam

Midterm covers – Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

          Final covers – Chapter 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22

The midterm and final will have 100 questions, made up of multiple choice questions.  Each test will be worth 200 total points. 

 

*  14 quizzes

Chapter One

          Chapter Two

          Chapters Three and Four

          Chapter Five

          Chapter Six and Seven

          Chapter Eight

          Chapter Nine

          Chapter Ten

          Chapter Eleven

          Chapter Twelve and Fourteen

          Chapter Eighteen

          Chapter Nineteen

          Chapter Twenty and Twenty-One

          Chapter Twenty-Two

 

*  Miscellaneous Assignments

          There will be a variety of miscellaneous assignments.  These will vary and can be done in many different ways.  They will be worth anywhere between 5 and 15 points.  It is imperative that you read the necessary assignment first before completing the assignment.   

 

*  Going Online Assignments

After a few of the chapters, there will be an Internet (Going Online) exercise that will be assigned.  You should go to the Internet site, look at the various questions asked, and be prepared to answer each one. 

 

*  Video Case Essay Assignments

After a few of the chapters, there is a video case at the end.  You should read the one that is assigned first, watch the video (if your computer has access to it) and then answer the questions in blackboard.  These will be completed like a quiz in blackboard and will be graded after I read your answer.  Remember to follow the grading rubrics!

         

*  Final Project

          You are going to be creating a Marketing Plan this semester.  It will be your final project, but will be completed throughout the entire semester.  Each project has different requirements and they are listed throughout the sessions.  The final project must be completed by the last day of the semester.

 

Final Grade:

Your final grade is based on the amount of points possible for the course.  The scale on the following page will be used as a guide to determine your final grade.  Take your score and divide it by the total number of points in this class. 

 

Grades are earned and NOT given.  Therefore, you should know your general level of performance at all times, and I will be willing to discuss your grade at any time during the semester.

 

TOTAL POINTS ACCUMULATED

93.5-100% to total points                             A
            89.5-93.4                                                   A-
            86.5-89.4                                                   B+
            83.5-86.4                                                   B
            79.5-83.4                                                   B-
            76.5-79.4                                                   C+
            73.5-76.4                                                   C
            69.5-73.4                                                   C-
            66.5-69.4                                                   D+
            63.5-66.4                                                   D
            59.5-63.4                                                   D-
            59.4 and below                                          F

 

Assignment Calendar

For this course you will be reading from the textbook, Marketing 8th Edition.  You will not be required to read the entire book, so please be sure to follow this outline closely and carefully!

 

Week One:

Chapter One – Creating Customer Relationships and Value through Marketing

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

AERO? LIGHTNING? THE NEXT ACT AFTER LAUNCHING AN INDUSTRY?

          A New Idea That Wasn’t So New

          Understanding the Consumer

          Success Invites Imitation, Which Stimulates Innovation

What is Marketing?

          Rollerblade Skates, Marketing, and You

          Marketing: Using Exchanges to Satisfy Needs

How Marketing Discovers and Satisfies Consumer Needs

          Discovering Consumer Needs

          The Challenge of Meeting Consumer Needs with New Products

          Consumer Needs and Consumer Wants

          What a Market Is

          Satisfying Consumer Needs

          The Four Ps: Controllable Marketing Mix Factors

          The Uncontrollable, Environmental Factors

The marketing program: how customer relationships are built

          Global Competition, Customer Value, and Customer Relationships

          Relationship Marketing

          Relationship Marketing: Easy to Understand

          Relationship Marketing: Difficult to Implement

          The Marketing Program

          A Marketing Program for Rollerblade

          Listening to Consumers to Stay Ahead of the Trends

          Focusing the Marketing Program on Four Key Segments

          Exploiting Strengths in Technology

 

Week 2:

Chapter Two – Developing Successful Marketing and Corporate Strategies

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

WHERE CAN AN “A” IN A COURSE IN ICE CREAM MAKING LEAD?

THE STRATEGIC MARKETING PROCESS

          Strategic Marketing Process:  The Planning Phase

          Step 1: Situation (SWOT) Analysis

          Step 2: Market-Product Focus and Goal Setting

          Step 3: Marketing Program

          Strategic Marketing Process:  The Implementation Phase

          Obtaining Resources

          Designing the Marketing Organization

          Developing Schedules

          Executing the Marketing Program

          Strategic Marketing Process:  The Control Phase

          Comparing Results with Plans to Identify Deviations

          Acting on Deviations

 

Week 3:

Chapter Three – Scanning the Marketing Environment

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

IT’S SHOW TIME!

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

          Tracking Environmental Trends

          An Environmental Scan of Today’s Marketplace

SOCIAL FORCES

          Demographics

          The World Population at a Glance

          The U.S. Population

          Generational Cohorts

          The American Household

ECONOMIC FORCES

          Macroeconomic Conditions

          Consumer Income

          Gross Income

          Disposable Income

          Discretionary Income

TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES

          Technology of Tomorrow

COMPETITIVE FORCES

          Alternative Forms of Competition

REGULATORY FORCES

          Protecting Competition

          Product-Related Legislation

          Company Protection

          Consumer Protection

 

Chapter Four – Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

THERE IS MORE BREWING AT ANHEUSER-BUSCH THAN BEER

          Codes of Ethics

UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN MARKETING

          Concepts of Social Responsibility

          Profit Responsibility

          Stakeholder Responsibility

          Societal Responsibility

          The Social Audit: Doing Well by Doing Good

          Turning the Table: Consumer Ethics and Social Responsibility

 

Week 4:

Chapter Five – Consumer Behavior

You will be tested on the entire chapter:       

GETTING TO KNOW THE AUTOMOBILE CUSTOM(H)ER AND INFLUENC(H)ER

CONSUMER PURCHASE DECISION PROCESS

          Problem Recognition: Perceiving a Need

          Information Search: Seeking Value

          Alternative Evaluation: Assessing Value

          Purchase Decision: Buying Value

          Postpurchase Behavior: Value in Consumption or Use

          Involvement and Problem-Solving Variations

          Extended Problem Solving

          Limited Problem Solving

          Routine Problem Solving

          Involvement and Marketing Strategy

          Situational Influences

PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

          Motivation and Personality

          Motivation

          Personality

          Perception

          Selective Perception

          Perceived Risk

          Learning

          Behavioral Learning

          Cognitive Learning

          Brand Loyalty

          Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes

          Attitude Formation

          Attitude Change

          Lifestyle

SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

          Personal Influence

          Opinion Leadership

          Word of Mouth

          Reference Groups

          Family Influence

          Consumer Socialization

          Family Life Cycle

          Family Decision Making

          Social Class

          Culture and Subcultures

          African American Buying Patterns

          Hispanic Buying Patterns

          Asian American Buying Patterns

 

Week 5:

Chapter Six – Organizational Markets and Buyer Behavior

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

ONLINE BUYING IN ORGANIZATIONAL MARKETS

          Prominence of Online Buying in Organizational Markets

          E-Marketplaces:  Virtual Organizational Markets

          Online Auctions in Organizational Markets

 

Chapter Seven – Reaching Global Markets

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

MATTEL’S GLOBAL MARKETING IS MORE THAN CHILD’S PLAY

A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN

          Cultural Diversity

          Values

          Customs

          Cultural Symbols

          Language

          Cultural Ethnocentricity

          Economic Considerations

          Stage of Economic Development

          Economic Infrastructure

          Consumer Income and Purchasing Power

          Currency Exchange Rates

          Political-Regulatory Climate

          Political Stability

          Trade Regulations

 

Week 6:

Chapter Eight – Marketing Research:  From Information to Action

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

THE ROLE OF MARKETING RESEARCH

          What Is Marketing Research?

          Why Good Marketing Research Is Difficult

          Five-Step Marketing Research Approach to Making Better Decisions

STEP 1: DEFINE THE PROBLEM   

          Set the Research Objectives

          Identify Possible Marketing Actions

STEP 2:  DEVELOP THE RESEARCH PLAN

          Specify Constraints

          Identify Data Needed for Marketing Actions

          Determine How to Collect Data

          Concepts

          Methods

STEP 3: COLLECT RELEVANT INFORMATION

          Secondary Data

          Internal Secondary Data

          External Secondary Data

          Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Data

          Primary Data

          Observational Data

          Questionnaire Data

          Panels and Experiments

          Advantages and Disadvantages of Primary Data

STEP 4: DEVELOP FINDINGS

          Analyze the Data

          Present the Findings

STEP 5: TAKE MARKETING ACTIONS

          Make Action Recommendations

          Implement the Action Recommendations

          Evaluate the Results

 

Chapter Nine – Identifying Market Segments and Targets

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

WHY SEGMENT MARKETS?

          What Market Segmentation Means

          Segmentation:  Linking Needs to Actions

STEPS IN SEGMENTING AND TARGETING MARKETS    

          Step 1: Group Potential Buyers into Segments

                   Criteria to Use in Forming the Segments

                   Ways to Segment Consumer Markets

                   Variables to Use in Forming Segments for Wendy’s

                   Ways to Segment Organizational Markets

          Step 2:  Group Products to Be Sold into Categories

          Step 3:  Develop a Market-Product Grid and Estimate Size of Markets

          Step 4:  Select Target Markets

                   Criteria to Use in Picking the Target Segments

                   Choose the Segments

          Step 5:  Take Marketing Actions to Reach Target Markets

                   Your Wendy’s Segmentation Strategy

 

Week 7:

Midterm Exam – Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

This is also a chance for you to get caught up on any assignments that should be done by now. 

 

Week 8:

Chapter Ten – Developing New Products and Services

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

3M’S NEW GREPTILE GRIP GOLF GLOVE:  HOW TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD

THE VARIATIONS OF PRODUCTS

          Product Line and Product Mix

          Classifying Products

          Type of User

          Degree of Tangibility

          Services and New-Product Development

CLASSIFYING CONSUMER AND BUSINESS GOODS

          Classification of Consumer Goods

          Classification of Business Goods

          Production Goods

          Support Goods

NEW PRODUCTS AND WHY THEY SUCCEED OR FAIL

          What Is a New Product?

          Newness Compared with Existing Products

          Newness in Legal Terms

          Newness from the Company’s Perspective

          Newness from the Consumer’s Perspective

          Why Products Succeed and Fail

          Marketing Reasons for New-Product Failures

          A Look at Some Failures

 

Week 9:

Chapter Eleven – Managing Products and Brands

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE

          Introduction Stage

          Growth Stage

          Maturity Stage

          Decline Stage

          Length of the Product Life Cycle

          Shape of the Product Life Cycle

MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE

          Role of a Product Manager

          Modifying the Product

          Modifying the Market

          Finding New Users

          Increasing Use

          Creating New Use Situation

          Repositioning the Product

          Reacting to a Competitor’s Position

          Reaching a New Market

          Catching a Rising Trend

          Changing the Value Offered

PACKAGING AND LABELING

          Creating Customer Value and Competitive Advantage through Packaging and Labeling

          Communication Benefits

          Functional Benefits

          Perceptual Benefits

          Global Trends in Packaging

          Environmental Sensitivity

          Health and Safety Concerns

PRODUCT WARRANTY

 

Week 10:

Chapter Twelve – Managing Services

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

THE NEWEST SERVICES MANUFACTURE EXPERIENCES: JUST ASK ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN CAPTURED BY A BORG!

THE UNIQUENESS OF SERVICES

          The Four I’s of Services

          Intangibility

          Inconsistency

          Inseparability

          Inventory

          The Service Continuum

MANAGING THE MARKETING OF SERVICES

          Product (Service)

          Exclusivity

          Branding

          Capacity Management

          Price

          Place (Distribution)

          Promotion

 

Chapter Fourteen – Arriving at the Final Price

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

STEP 4: SELECT AN APPROXIMATE PRICE LEVEL

          Demand-Oriented Approaches

          Skimming Pricing

          Penetration Pricing

          Prestige Pricing

          Price Lining

          Odd-Even Pricing

          Target Pricing

          Bundle Pricing

          Yield Management Pricing

LEGAL AND REGULATORY ASPECTS OF PRICING

          Price Fixing

          Price Determination

          Deceptive Pricing

          Geographical Pricing

          Predatory Pricing

 

Week 11:

Chapter Eighteen – Integrated Marketing Communications and Direct Marketing

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

WHO IS GOING TO DISNEY WORLD NEXT?

THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS

          Encoding and Decoding

          Feedback

          Noise

THE PROMOTIONAL ELEMENTS

          Advertising

          Personal Selling

          Public Relations

          Sales Promotion

          Direct Marketing

DEVELOPING AN IMC PROGRAM

          Identifying the Target Audience

          Specifying Promotion Objectives

          Setting the Promotion Budget

          Percentage of Sales

          Competitive Parity

          All You Can Afford

          Objective and Task

EXECUTING AND EVALUATING THE PROMOTION PROGRAM

DIRECT MARKETING

          The Growth of Direct Marketing

          The Value of Direct Marketing

          Technological, Global, and Ethical Issues in Direct Marketing

 

Week 12:

Chapter Nineteen – Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public Relations

You will be tested on the following from this chapter:

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD OF ADVERTISING

TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENTS

          Product Advertisements

          Institutional Advertisements

DEVELOPING THE ADVERTISING PROGRAM

          Identifying the Target Audience

          Specifying Advertising Objectives

          Setting the Advertising Budget

          Designing the Advertisement

          Message Content

          Creating the Actual Message

          Selecting the Right Media

          Choosing a Medium and a Vehicle within That Medium

          Basic Terms

          Different Media Alternatives

          Television

          Radio

          Magazines

          Newspapers

          Yellow Pages

          Internet

          Outdoor

          Other Media

          Selection Criteria

          Scheduling the Advertising

SALES PROMOTION

          Consumer-Oriented Sales Promotion

          Coupons

          Deals

          Premiums

          Contests

          Sweepstakes

          Samples

          Loyalty Programs

          Point-of-Purchase Displays

          Rebates

          Product Placement

          Trade-Oriented Sales Promotions

          Allowances and Discounts

          Cooperative Advertising

          Training of Distributors’ Salesforces

PUBLIC RELATIONS

          Publicity Tools

 

Week 13:

Chapter Twenty – Personal Selling and Sales Management

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

SELLING THE WAY CUSTOMERS WANT TO BUY

SCOPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PERSONAL SELLING AND SALES MANAGEMENT

Nature of Personal Selling and Sales Management

          Selling Happens Almost Everywhere  

          Personal Selling in Marketing

          Creating Customer Value through Salespeople: Relationship and Partnership Selling

THE PERSONAL SELLING PROCESS: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

          Prospecting

          Preapproach

          Approach

          Presentation

          Stimulus-Response Format

          Formula Selling Format

          Need-Satisfaction Format

          Handling Objections

          Close

          Follow-Up

 

Chapter Twenty-One – Implementing Interactive and Multichannel Marketing

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

REFLECT.COM:  CREATING CUSTOMIZED COSMETICS

ONLINE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND MARKETING PRACTICE IN MARKETSPACE

          The Online Consumer

          Profiling the Online Consumer

          Online Consumer Lifestyle Segmentation

          What Online Consumers Buy

          Why Consumers Shop and Buy Online

          Convenience

          Choice

          Customization

          Communication

          Cost

          Control

          When and Where Online Consumers Shop and Buy

 

Week 14:

Chapter Twenty-Two – Pulling It All Together:  The Strategic Marketing Process

You will be tested on the following items in this chapter:

MARKETING STRATEGY AT GENERAL MILLS: TOUGH COMPETITION AND CRITICAL DECISIONS

THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE STRATEGIC MARKETING PROCESS

          Is Planning or Implementation the Problem?

          Increasing Emphasis on Marketing Implementation

          Improving Implementation of Marketing Programs

          Communicate Goals and the Means of Achieving Them

          Have a Responsible Program Champion Willing to Act

          Reward Successful Program Implementation

          Take Action and Avoid “Paralysis by Analysis”

          Foster Open Communication to Surface the Problems

          Schedule Precise Tasks, Responsibilities, and Deadlines

                            

Week 15:

Final Exam – Chapters 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22

Final Paper

Final Presentation – Using Powerpoint