IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) MARKETING STRATEGIES Code 16665103
Study programme
Business Management (2016)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
4.5 Compulsory First 1Q
Language
Castellà
Prerequisites
Department Business Management
Coordinator
RYAN , GERARD ANTHONY
E-mail gerard.ryan@urv.cat
Lecturers
RYAN , GERARD ANTHONY
Web http://www.jaumegene.com
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Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Desenvolupar estratègies per dirigir empreses i les seves àrees funcionals de forma competitiva i eficient.
 A2 Aplicar mètodes avançats d'anàlisi per a la presa de decisions empresarials.
 A4 Gestionar la innovació i introduir-la amb èxit en l'empresa i / o crear nous projectes empresarials que responguin a les necessitats detectades a través d'una anàlisi rigorosa.
 A5 Avaluar i integrar informació economico-financera rellevant a través d'informes directius de qualsevol àrea funcional de l'empresa per optimitzar els seus resultats.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and complex contexts.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Reconèixer i analitzar la importància de l'estratègia de màrqueting per a l'assoliment dels objectius empresarials i conèixer els fonaments teòrics en què es basen aquestes estratègies.
Analitzar les decisions estratègiques en l'àmbit de màrqueting preses per diferents empreses a través del mètode del cas.
 A2 Analitzar les decisions estratègiques en l'àmbit de màrqueting preses per diferents empreses a través del mètode del cas.
Exercitar la presa de decisions estratègiques en màrqueting a nivell individual i en equip, imaginant la realitat a través d'un simulador .
 A4 Reconèixer i analitzar la importància de l'estratègia de màrqueting per a l'assoliment dels objectius empresarials i conèixer els fonaments teòrics en què es basen aquestes estratègies.
 A5 Exercitar la presa de decisions estratègiques en màrqueting a nivell individual i en equip, imaginant la realitat a través d'un simulador .
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT4 Students understand the team’s objective and identify their own role in complex contexts.
Students communicate and work with other teams to achieve joint objectives.
Students are committed to the team’s objectives and encourage any changes or improvements that will help to achieve them.
Students must trust in their own abilities, respect differences and use them to the benefit of the team.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Marketing in Contemporary Society
2. History and development of Marketing
3. The Marketing Discipline
4. Strategic Marketing Management
5. Creativity in Marketing
6. The Marketing Environment
7. Marketing Research
8. The Consumer
9. Segmentation
10. Positioning

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 4 6
Lecture
A1
A2
A4
A5
32 36.5 68.5
Presentations / oral communications
A1
A2
A4
A5
CT4
5 5 10
Personal attention
2 4 6
Assignments
A1
A2
A4
2 18 20
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
A5
2 0 2
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introductory sessions are carried out to explain how the different topics that will be explained throughout the semester are linked together. In addition, basic concepts will be explained to facilitate the best contextualization of the student.
Lecture About theoretical concepts, main bibliographic antecedents, relationship between the concepts and their application.
Presentations / oral communications Debates that will allow the student to reflect on their understanding of the contents discussed.
Personal attention With tutorials throughout the course.
Assignments Written and oral presentation of projects.

Personalized attention
Description
Personalized tutorials in the profesor's office with prior appointment or e-tutorials.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / oral communications
A1
A2
A4
A5
CT4
Case studies and debates about new tendencies in marketing 50%
Multiple-choice objective tests
A5
Exam that is partially multiple choice and partially essay questions 50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

In order to pass the subject, it is necessary to pass, on the one hand, the work of the continuous assessment, and on the other hand, the final individual exam (test type).

A minimum of 5/10 in the assignments and a minimum of 5/10 in the final exam must be achieved in order to pass the subject overall.

The retake examination will involve a final exam (no continuous evaluation).


Sources of information

Basic

There is a wide and varied range of learning and support materials available for this subject. Whenever possible, these resources can be accessed in (or via links through) the Moodle classroom. These resources include;

1. class notes

2. class summaries

3. reading lists

4. playlists (videos)

5. Electronic and online resources.

Complementary Philip Kotler et al., Marketing Management, 4th European Edition, 2019, Pearson Education
Philip Cateora et al., International Marketing, 18, 2021, McGraw-Hill
Eric Arnould & Craig J. Thompson, Consumer Culture Theory, 1, 2018, Sage

Recommendations


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.