Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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ECGE1322 - Marketing



Credits : 5

Lecturer :
Teaching assistant :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory and 15 hours of exercises.

Timetable :
First term
Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:30 at 119 Marais 1100

Language of instruction :
French

Learning outcomes :
The goal of this course is to give students the important elements (concepts, strategies, tools, methods, …) to : a) understand and analyze the problems related to marketing management; b) think about marketing policies to implement in different practical cases.

Analysis and reflection prevail over implementation and control. The course emphasizes strategic marketing instead of operational marketing.


Prerequisites :
For the Bachelor in Law :

For the Bachelor in Information and Communication :

For the Bachelor : Business Engineering :

For the Bachelor in Economics and Management :


Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
The course proposes an introduction to Marketing. The first part presents the general aspects to better understand marketing management. What is marketing? What is marketing management? Marketing is situated in its context : the company and society. Its fundamental principle, i.e., market-orientation, is developed and its process, i.e., strategic planning, is explained.

Then the different steps of marketing management are investigated. First, the analysis step deals with the analysis of the environment, the markets and the competition to better understand the market opportunities of the company. Then the strategic reflection is presented. It involves the development of marketing strategies to identify market segments and targets and to position products.The course ends with the planning of the marketing policies related to each variable of the marketing mix, i.e., price, product, place, and promotion.

Part I - To understand Marketing Management
Part II - To analyze the market
Part III - To develop strategies
Part IV - To plan policies




Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Equilibrium is found between lecturing and active learning of students.



Assessment methods and criteria :
The evaluation of students will be made by means of a final written exam (80%) and of practice sessions (20%).

The final written exam covers all the topics discussed in the classroom, the chapters of the textbook, the student notes and the articles or case studies presented during class. It represents 80% of the final grade.

The practice sessions consist in the analysis of case studies and marketing questions, through their relations with the theoretical concepts developed during lectures. The attendance to these practice sessions as well as the resolution of the exercises (in groups) are compulsory and represent 20% of the final grade.



Recommended or required reading :
Kotler, Ph., Keller, K., & Manceau, D.(2015). Marketing Management. Paris : Pearson Education (15e éd.).

Other information :
Students must have a copy of the slides presented during class. They are invited to complete these slides by their notes and the chapters' reading of the textbook.