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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Strategic Marketing Foundations and Processes

SMP811 · Strategic Marketing — Week 1 of 16

CourseSMP811
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Marketing Foundations and Processes

  1. Corporate strategy alignment
  2. Market-oriented vs product-oriented paradigms
  3. Strategic marketing planning cycles
  4. Customer value creation frameworks
  5. Marketing Planning and Strategic Planning
  6. Marketing Strategy: Market led strategic change
  7. Lecture 36: Strategy for Value Creation

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically evaluate the nature and purpose of strategic marketing in an organisation.
  • 1.2 Critically analyse and apply different marketing concepts in a range of organisational contexts.
  • 1.3 Explain the processes involved in strategic marketing.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate the nature and purpose of strategic marketing in an organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Marketing Planning and Strategic Planning · YouTube · Galton College · 41 min · for registered students
  • Marketing Strategy: Market led strategic change · YouTube · Galton College · 64 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.904 Strategic Management II (Fall 2005) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 2: Strategic Planning in Marketing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 61–106 · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 2: Strategic Planning · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 29–61 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Marketing Foundations and Processes
  • Week 2: External and Competitive Environment Auditing
  • Week 3: Internal Capabilities, Stakeholder Ecosystems, and Strategi…
  • Week 4: Strategic Market Segmentation
  • Week 5: Target Market Selection and Brand Positioning
  • Week 6: Ontology of Brands and Strategic Equity
  • Week 7: Brand Architecture, Brand Pyramids, and Strategic Brand Man…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Integrated Marketing Mix Architecture
  • Week 10: Product Lifecycle (PLC) Dynamics and Tactical Adaptation
  • Week 11: Marketing Implementation, Performance Metrics, and Strategi…
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Marketing in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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