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Week4 of 16

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This week’s topics

Developing SMART strategic marketing objectives

Situation analysis of market, industry and organisation environment; conduct and performance
SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound)
Portfolio analysis techniques: Ansoff matrix, BCG matrix, Product Life Cycle model
Porter’s Five Forces model; PEST (political, economic, social, technological) analysis; marketing audit

What you will be able to do

2.1 Develop SMART strategic marketing objectives for an organisation.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: The nature and purpose of strategic marketing
Week 2: Marketing concepts across organisational contexts
Week 3: Processes involved in strategic marketing
Week 4: Developing SMART strategic marketing objectives
Week 5: The external and competitive environment
Week 6: The internal and stakeholder environment
Week 7: Strategic options within environmental constraints
Week 8: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Market segmentation and evaluating target segments
Week 10: Designing a differentiated brand position for targeted segm…
Week 11: The integrated marketing mix
Week 12: The product lifecycle, marketing mix dynamics and marketing…
Week 13: The nature of brands and the significance of branding
Week 14: Brand pyramid, positioning and brand management; strengthen…
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment

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