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Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 2: Cloud (online)
From 2023:
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online)
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ALR610, ALR310, ALR410
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative activities including seminar overview (recordings provided) and online seminar tasks (combined 2-hour per week equivalence)
The unit will provide an overview of the key elements of the marketing process with an emphasis on integrating public relations and marketing strategies in the formulation of campaigns. Key elements of the marketing process to be examined include analysis of the marketing environment, consumer behaviour, marketing research methods and forecasting, market segmentation and the implementation of the promotional mix (advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, public relations, personal selling). Particular attention will be drawn to the role of public relations in the promotional mix and to the concepts of relationship marketing and social cause marketing.
Compare and contrast the elements of operational marketing communication in a competitive commercial environment.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
Collect, interpret and apply relevant scholarly research and industry market research to diagnose and solve marketing communication problems
GLO5: Problem solving
Explain the key theories, principles and practices of the social and ethical dimensions of advertising and promotion.
Develop promotional planning documentation that meets professional standards
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALR710 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.
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