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“Marketing”

Assignment

Programme Leader: Rajesh Manek

Student Name:

Word Count:

Date:

knowledge. skills. practice.....

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1. PRESENTATION OF COURSEWORK (ASSIGNMENT)

Submitted work must be well presented, legible and, where appropriate, in good standard

English. The use of word processing and spell checking is essential in producing written work.

Details of specific presentation requirements will be detailed in individual Module Outlines,

however, as a rule of thumb, work should be presented in Arial font, point 11, double-spaced with

a 2.5 cm margin on either side of the page. You should always include your student number (not

student name) and module name in the header of the essay and the page number in the footer.

2. LAYOUT

The following MUST be included in your assignment:

Table of Contents

You should design this to make it easy for the reader to identify and locate the various sections

of the project. The headings and sub-headings should be listed, and page numbers shown.

Appendices should be listed (numbered or lettered) in the order in which you have referred to

them in the main body of your assignment.

References and Bibliography (Harvard Referencing Style)

This should indicate the source of articles, theories, etc referred to and developed in your

assignment as a courtesy to the originator, and to allow the assessor to follow these up in more

detail if required. Assignments with incorrect bibliography, referencing and/or quotations will be

marked down.

Appendices

This section may usefully include a glossary of any technical terms or jargon you have used, or

supporting evidence arising from the investigation, which is not appropriate to be included in the

main body of the assignment. Remember, that there must be adequate cross-referencing

between the assignment and the appendices, to allow the reader to find this supporting

information easily.

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3. SUBMISSION AND RETURN OF COURSEWORK

All assignments must be submitted in accordance with the following guidelines:

Assignment Submission Sheet: This must be completed and attached to all

assignment prior to submission. (Copies are available at the reception)

Hardcopy: The hardcopy of the assignment should be submitted at the reception by the

submission deadline. Once you have submitted your coursework, it will be logged on our

system.

Electronic Copy: You must also submit an electronic copy of your assignment by the

same submission deadline. You can either email it on [email protected] or save

it on a CD. This will serve as your coursework receipt.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Coursework MUST be submitted by the 30th November 2010.

4. WRITING THE REPORT

Keep these points in mind:

Use appropriate, professional business-like language. Write in the "third person". At this

level you will be penalised for poor grammar, spelling and punctuation

The assignment should be word-processed with double line spacing.

Use plain, white, good quality A4 paper.

You should make appropriate use of headings and sub-headings, or use numbered

sections.

Number all pages clearly and consistently.

Make sure the pages are securely fastened into a suitable bounded document

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Learning Outcomes:-

1. Understand how marketing principles apply to different businesses.

2. Understand the marketing strategies of organisations.

3. Know how sales and promotion is used to promote products within an industry.

4. Understand the role of market research in the selling of products and services.

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Coursework Assignment:-

You are required to demonstrate that you have a thorough knowledge and understanding of

developing a marketing strategy after an objective analysis of the marketing environment of an

organisation of your choice. Also, you will be required to demonstrate the understanding of the

tools and techniques as well as the skills that are needed to formulate and implement a

marketing successfully. This assignment, therefore, requires you to identify and choose an

organisation and provide a summary consisting of the following information before carrying out

the tasks below:

Content of your assignment should include the following:-

Summary- maximum 2 pages and not included in the assignment word counts

A brief account on the

Organisational profile (mission, philosophy, organisational structure, operating or

strategic business units, nature and characteristics of business etc.)

Product and market characteristics (nature and attributes of the products/services,

market size and trends, customer profile and competitions etc.) and;

Operational characteristics (type of activities and operations, operational performance by

activities and the supply chain etc.)

Tasks:-

1. Review the organisation’s marketing environment, both micro and macro and outline the

planning principles. This may require you to carry out appropriate analysis, including,

Porter’s five forces, product portfolio & BCG, PLC and SWOT analyses.

2. Examine and analyse the potential (alternative) marketing strategy options that you could

identify for the chosen organisation to grow and sustain its operations and recommend how

organisation can use the marketing mix variables to achieve the marketing objectives.

3. Examine the implication of changes in the organisation’s marketing environment and discuss

how you would plan for implementing the chosen strategy in the light of emerging changes.

Word Limit: 4500 words

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Outcomes Assessment Criteria for pass

To achieve each outcome a learner must

demonstrate the ability to:

1. Understand how marketing

principles apply to different

businesses.

Evaluate the principles of the marketing mix.

Evaluate the benefits of segmentation for

businesses

2. Understand the marketing

strategies of organisations.

Examine the advantage of branding in relation to

a product a student has researched.

Design a SWOT analysis for a company with

which the student is familiar.

3. Know how sales and promotion is

used to promote products within an

industry.

Evaluate external influences when promoting a

specific product.

Analyse marketing objectives when planning a

promotional campaign.

4. Understand the role of market

research in the selling of products

and services.

Propose advantages and disadvantages or

primary and secondary research.

Examine internal and external sources of

information available to a business when

planning an expansion.

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