Marketing Principles

Course coordinator: prof. Daniele Dalli

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to the field of marketing; a survey course covering strategic marketing, consumer behaviour, marketing research, and management of price, promotion, distribution, and product.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Skills:
    - Develop analytic capabilities about marketing problems and apply marketing concepts
    - Sharpen critical thinking
  • Knowledge:
    - Ability to define marketing mix issues according to given marketing conditions
    - Understand different marketing contexts from the cultural perspective
  • Attitudes:
    - Develop and apply the marketing concept
    - Critical appraisal of marketing strategy and operations

MAIN CONTENTS:

  1. Introduction, Marketing Concept, Recent Developments in Marketing Theory
  2. Strategic Marketing: Segmentation, Positioning, and Branding
  3. The Marketing Mix concept and The 4 Ps: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion
  • Case studies