School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Course Code MKTG 334
Course Title in English Strategic Marketing
Course Title in Turkish Stratejik Pazarlama
Language of Instruction EN
Type of Course Ters-yüz öğrenme
Level of Course Orta
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 127 hours per semester
Number of Credits 5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites MKTG 201 - Marketing
Co-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Registration Restrictions Only Undergraduate Students
Overall Educational Objective To learn to think strategically when making and implementing marketing decisions (“strategic decision making”) and develop an appreciation for the relationship between marketing and the other functional areas of business.
Course Description This course examines the marketing management concepts underlying both consumer and industrial marketing strategy and tactics. Demanding customers, fast-change technologies, increasing global competition, deregulation and social changes in global markets are just a few of the recent changes that create new challenges and opportunities for a wide range of businesses throughout the world. Strategic marketing focuses on the concepts and processes involved in developing market-driven strategies. Competitive marketing strategies which necessary for different type of sectors and economic conditions and analyze theoretic infrastructure from example situation which necessary for applying marketing content and system with strategic perspective.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) explain what is involved in making marketing decisions, including product, price, promotion, and place decisions to create a marketing mix
2) understand the key marketing concepts and fields of their application
3) define different types of markets (consumer markets – b2c, industrial markets – b2b, service markets)
4) conduct market analysis including market evaluation and prognostics, could produce marketing strategies about determined product or service
5) define strategic marketing: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP)
6) analyze micro and macro actors in the periphery of marketing and can make SWOT analysis.
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6
1) Relates economic knowledge with other social sciences and mathematics, and utilizes it in interdisciplinary analyses
2) Differentiates between the interactions of various fields of economics and synthesizes these distinctions
3) Analyzes economic phenomena by modeling microeconomic and macroeconomic theories using mathematical and statistical tools
4) Evaluate alternative theoretical approaches to solving complex economic problems and rationally apply their findings in decision-making processes
5) Analyze and compare different economic systems using quantitative techniques
6) Apply economic theoretical knowledge and models to issues related to the Turkish and global economies and design evidence-based policy recommendations
7) Analyzes economic data using econometric and statistical methods and presents the results using appropriate software programs
8) Conducts and reports on all stages of economic analysis in accordance with scientific and ethical principles
9) Uses written and spoken English (at least CEFR B2 level) in scientific knowledge sharing
10) Integrates social responsibility into economic decision-making processes
11) Develops the learning competencies necessary for further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) Relates economic knowledge with other social sciences and mathematics, and utilizes it in interdisciplinary analyses N
2) Differentiates between the interactions of various fields of economics and synthesizes these distinctions N
3) Analyzes economic phenomena by modeling microeconomic and macroeconomic theories using mathematical and statistical tools N
4) Evaluate alternative theoretical approaches to solving complex economic problems and rationally apply their findings in decision-making processes N
5) Analyze and compare different economic systems using quantitative techniques N
6) Apply economic theoretical knowledge and models to issues related to the Turkish and global economies and design evidence-based policy recommendations N
7) Analyzes economic data using econometric and statistical methods and presents the results using appropriate software programs N
8) Conducts and reports on all stages of economic analysis in accordance with scientific and ethical principles H
9) Uses written and spoken English (at least CEFR B2 level) in scientific knowledge sharing H
10) Integrates social responsibility into economic decision-making processes H
11) Develops the learning competencies necessary for further studies with a high degree of autonomy H
Prepared by and Date ŞİRİN GİZEM KÖSE , December 2018
Course Coordinator CEYHAN MUTLU
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Introduction
2) Introduction to marketing plan and strategy
3) Marketing Area
4) Micro and Macro (SWOT and 5force model)
5) Consumer Strategies
6) Marketing Mix: product and branding strategies
7) Midterm
8) Marketing Mix: Pricing Strategies; Review Project draft
9) Marketing Mix: Distribution Channels
10) Marketing Mix: Communication Strategies
11) Case study
12) Case study
13) Case study
14) Case study
15) Final Examination Period
16) Final Examination Period
Required/Recommended ReadingsMarketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 6/E
Teaching MethodsStudent work modes (independently and/or in teams). Any work with the outside community – geographic or industry sector.
Homework and ProjectsThe students will be making one presentation as a group at the end of the course. The groups will be formed, and the details of the projects will be announced later by the instructor. Each group will have maximum 5 members and each team member will present their part individually. Before the presentations, the group projects have to be submitted as a PPT file within a deadline provided by the instructor. Late assignments will not get full points.
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UsePersonal
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Attendance 1 % 15
Homework Assignments 1 % 25
Project 1 % 25
Final Examination 1 % 35
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration berksoyb@mef.edu.tr

In this course, active participation is key to learning and applying. Thus the grading of the class participation will be done based on the quality of active student participation and contribution to in-class activities. Students are expected to attend all sessions and be in class on time. When they can not attend due to a sickness (which should require a report from a full facility hospital) or an excuse accepted my MEF regulations, they should inform the instructors by mail. As the feedback and questions are very valuable for making the course a distinctive learning experience, students may visit the instructors during office hours or send e mails, for any course related issues. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will be subject to the YÖK disciplinary regulation.

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 2 3 2 98
Midterm(s) 1 8 2 10
Final Examination 1 16 3 19
Total Workload 127
Total Workload/25 5.1
ECTS 5