MBA704 - Marketing, Consumers, and the Marketplace
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Paul Harrison Trimester 3: Paul Harrison |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in M701, M501, M543, M601, M703 and M743 |
| Previously: | Marketing, Positioning and Consumers |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | MBA720, MBT720, MMK732, MMT732, MPR732 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Trimester 2: 1 x 3 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week. Trimester 3*: 3 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided). Plus, 3 full days intensive online seminars* (recordings provided). Students are encouraged to attend and participate in project-based activities online on the scheduled day(s) during the intensive period. *Trimester 3 2025 Intensive period will be taught on the following dates:
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| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The unit examines the role of marketing, consumer behaviour and the organisation’s interface with the with the marketplace through the three main domains of marketing activity, viz., market orientation, diagnosis, and strategy while also considering the impact of consumption on people, planet, and profits. It blends foundational marketing concepts with a focus on decision-making at an executive level, emerging phenomena in marketing, risk assessment, stakeholder management, and problem solving.
We have designed the unit to provide you with a strategic coherence focusing on foundations of marketing diagnosis to help you to situate marketing activities within a broader strategic context.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Evaluate the key concepts, models and theories upon which the practice of marketing in small, medium and large organisations is based. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply the fundamental principles involved in managing marketing from an executive and director perspective to achieve appropriate organisational outcomes. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Analyse marketing problems and be capable of applying relevant concepts, models and theories to generate appropriate solutions. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Communicate a sophisticated understanding of a range of issues, practices, models and phenomena in marketing. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Group of 5) | 20 minutes | 40% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Analytical) | 4000 words | 60% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MBA704 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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