| 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 |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 127 hours per semester | |||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | |||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | |||||
| Pre-requisites |
MKTG 201 - Marketing |
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| 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 CompetencesUpon 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Readings | Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning, 6/E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Student work modes (independently and/or in teams). Any work with the outside community – geographic or industry sector. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | The 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 Work | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | Personal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment Methods |
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| 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. |
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| 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 | ||||||