Marketing Strategy and Planning

MKT80010 12.5 Credit Points Hawthorn

Duration

  • One Semester or equivalent

Contact hours

  • 36 hours

2021 teaching periods

Hawthorn

Higher Ed. Semester 1 Higher Ed. Semester 1

Dates:
1 Mar 21 - 30 May 21

Results:
6 Jul 21

Last self enrolment:
14 Mar 21

Census:
31 Mar 21

Last withdraw without fail:
16 Apr 21

Dates:
1 Mar 21 - 30 May 21

Results:
6 Jul 21

Last self enrolment:
14 Mar 21

Census:
31 Mar 21

Last withdraw without fail:
16 Apr 21
More teaching periods
Higher Ed. Semester 2 Higher Ed. Semester 2

Dates:
2 Aug 21 - 31 Oct 21

Results:
7 Dec 21

Last self enrolment:
15 Aug 21

Census:
31 Aug 21

Last withdraw without fail:
17 Sep 21

Dates:
2 Aug 21 - 31 Oct 21

Results:
7 Dec 21

Last self enrolment:
15 Aug 21

Census:
31 Aug 21

Last withdraw without fail:
17 Sep 21

Prerequisites

100 Credit Points
and
Enrolment in Master of Marketing 

Corequisites

Nil

Aims and objectives

This unit focuses on fostering strategic marketing leadership. Students will develop their strategic thinking and analysis skills and their application in an organisation. The unit aims to give students a deeper understanding of how to structure and organise the firm to more effectively identify and implement innovative ideas, know what analysis is required before strategy is created and how to research and anticipate the issues which may arise during implementation.


Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate a firm's entrepreneurial and innovative abilities drawing on a range of evidence sources.
 
2. Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to develop strategies to enhance the firm’s innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities and to provide innovative solutions to complex problems.
 
3. Critically analyse the structure and organisation of the firm making recommendations for improvement in effectiveness at implementing innovative ideas.
 
4. Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of the analysis required prior to strategy creation and the issues that may arise in the successful implementation of strategy.
 
5. Apply advanced knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence.
 
6. Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences and function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team.