MARKETNG 1001 - Introduction to Marketing

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2021

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of Marketing. There will be a focus on the management of the marketing activities and how marketing relates to overall organisational functioning, including the management of exchange processes between business units and consumers and between firms. It will include topics such as environmental analysis, industry and competitor analysis, objective setting, marketing strategies and marketing mix components such as pricing, distribution, product and service development and promotion including both traditional and digital marketing communication. Additionally, the course will provide opportunities for the practical implementation of the concepts covered and the development of problem solving skills by means of face-to-face seminars and tutorials and online learning.

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Course Details

Course Code	MARKETNG 1001
Course	Introduction to Marketing
Coordinating Unit	Marketing
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Mr Nigel Barker

Adelaide Semester 1 & 2 and Melbourne Campus Trimester 2:

Course Coordinator: Mr Nigel Barker

Email: nigel.barker@adelaide.edu.au

Phone: 08 8313 0424

Location: Room 13.30, Level 13, Nexus 10 Building

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Adelaide students in this course are expected to attend one 2-hour lectures each week starting in Week 1; and a 1-hour tutorial each week starting in Week 2. A detailed timetable will be available on MyUni.

Melbourne Campus students
◾Students in this course are expected to attend two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour practical (tutorial) class each week.
◾PRACTICALS (tutorials) commence in WEEK 2 and ASSESSMENT in practicals BEGINS in WEEK 2.
◾Melbourne Campus students are asked to refer to MyUni for applicable timetable and assessment information.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of marketing. Basic marketing concepts and elements of marketing practice are applied to marketing activities within Australia and the global economy. This course will introduce you to the principles of marketing and, through analyses of real-world marketing issues, will allow you to apply these concepts to address problems and opportunities facing Australian marketers, both domestically and internationally.
Leaning Outcomes
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Understand the importance in business practice of being marketing oriented;
2. Evaluate market conditions and customers needs when forming marketing strategies;
3. Describe a range of common strategies for use with each of the various Marketing mix tools: product, pricing, promotion anddistribution;
4. Recommend and justify an appropriate mix of such strategies to form a cohesive overall strategy to address given marketing tasks or situations;and
5. Use examples from current events and real-world marketing situations to apply, illustrate and discuss different marketing strategies.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2, 3, 4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	3, 4
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	3
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1-6
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	6
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	3, 5, 6

Learning Resources

Required Resources

The textbook for the course will be Lamb, C.W., Hair, J.F., McDaniel, M., Summers, J., and Gardiner, M. (2018) MKTG4, 4th Asia-Pacific Edition, Cengage Learning Australia Pty Ltd

This text is also available as an e-book. The textbook has a related website address which provides additional and updated material including relevant websites and self-testing tools.

Recommended Resources

To be provided via MyUni page.

Online Learning

Resources for this course are available from the relevant MyUni site.

Learning & Teaching Modes

As outlined in the course timetable, this course uses face-to-face lectures and tutorials.
Specific details will be given in the first lecture (week 1) and also will be available on MyUni

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self-directed study).

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week.

Tutorial classes will be held weekly commencing week 2. Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the third week of the semester.

Learning Activities Summary

Week	Topic	Readings (Chapters)	Tutorials
1	Introduction	1	No tutorial
2	Marketing Strategy	2	Tutorial 1
3	Consumer Decision Making	4	Tutorial 2
4	Marketing Research	7	Tutorial 3
5	No lectures	n/a	Tutorial 4
6	Segmentating and Targeting Marketing	6	No Tutorials
7	Products/Services Marketing	8 & 9 & 10	Tutorial 5
8	Distribution and Pricing	11 & 14	Tutorial 6
9	Promotion Part I	12 & 13	Tutorial 7
10	No lecture	n/a	Tutorial 8
11	Promotion Part II	16	No Tutorials
12	Course Summary	n/a	Tutorial 9
13	Revision workshop	n/a	Tutorial 10

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment item	Due Date and Time	Weighting	Related Learning Outcome
Tutorial Engagement	On- going	10%	All
Test 1 Individual Assessment	Week 5	20%	3, 4, 5
Test 2 Individual Assessment	Week 10	20%	3, 4, 5
Weekly online MCQ quizzes (x10 @ 1% each)	Ongoing	10%	1, 2, 3
Final Exam 2 hours; online exam	TBA	40%	All
Total		100%

Assessment Related Requirements

To gain a pass for this course, a mark of at least 45% must be obtained on the examination as well as a total of at least 50% overall. Students not achieving the minimum exam mark will be awarded no more than 49.

All assignments are to be lodged prior to the due date and time. A late assignment where no extension has been granted will be penalised by a reduction of 5% of the mark given for each day, or part of a day, that it is late.

Extensions to the due date of individual assessment may be granted under special circumstances. An extension request or application for supplementary exam based on illness or compassionate grounds must include the "Supporting Statement / Certification Form" that is page 4 of the Supplementary Assessment application available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/pdfs/supp_applic.pdf Students applying for an extension based on medical reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with that approved University form, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted.

Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted in the final examination because of poor hand-writing.

Students in this course are not permitted to take a DICTIONARY (English or English-Foreign) into the examination. In this course, the use of calculators in the examination is not permitted. Also, students are not permitted to bring mobile phones into the examination.

Assessment rubrics will be provided in the tutorials and posted on MyUni.

Assessment Detail

To be made available on MyUni and discussed in the first lecture.

Submission

Extensions to the due date of individual assessment may be granted under special circumstances. An extension request based on illness or on exceptional personal circumstances must include the "Supporting Statement / Certification Form" that is page 4 of the Supplementary Assessment application available at: www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/pdfs/supp_applic.pdf

Students applying for an extension based on medical reasons must visit their medical practitioner, with that approved University form, and have the medical practitioner complete it. A normal doctor's certificate will not be accepted. For supplementary examination on compassionate grounds refer to: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/pdfs/supp_applic.pdf
Quality of English expression is considered to be an integral part of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted because of grammar and spelling.

Presentation of Assignments

Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
Markers can refuse to accept assignments which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s Policy on Plagiarism: www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/.
For this course, students are required to submit their assignment via MyUni
It is the students’ responsibility to ensure that copies of assignments have been received by the teaching staff.

Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details

A copy of the Communication Skills Guide will have been given to you at the beginning of your program. This guide will assist you structure your assignments. A copy of the guide can also be downloaded from http://www.business.adelaide.edu.au/about/publications/colour_communication_skills.pdf

This publication also provides guidelines on a range of other important communication skills including writing essays and management reports, making oral presentations etc. In preparing any written piece of assessment for your undergraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used. Correct referencing is important because it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism.

Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.

Late Assignment Submission

Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extensions must be emailed to the lecturer in charge of the course before the due date. Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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