MBT704 - Marketing, Positioning and Consumers (Tour)

Unit details

Note: You are seeing the 2023 view of this unit information. These details may no longer be current. [Go to the current version]
Year:

2023 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2 Study Tour

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Paul Harrison
Cohort rule:

For students enrolled in D713, M701, M501, M601 or M703

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MBA704, MBA720, MBR704, MBT720, MPK732, MPT732
Typical study commitment:

This unit is based on a study tour. Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

In-person attendance requirements:

The tour involves a compulsory online pre-departure orientation session. The MBT704 (combined with MPT732) tour is designed as a collaborative and independent guided learning experience with activities in multiple, international settings, held over ten days. There will be approximately 22 hours dedicated to actively engaging in learning and assessment activities. There are in-tour and post-tour assessment tasks to be completed which relate to the international experience. In addition, there is an experiential learning component of approximately 27 hours where students undertake a combination of company site and business institution visits; and cultural experiences relevant to the destination. The program is designed to be interactive, collaborative and reflective. The international experience will provide students with a greater understanding of how the business and cultural environment impacts on business and management decision making and how these insights can be transferred across international boundaries.  

Note:

Faculty-led Study Tours are by application only and have limited places available.

Visit the Business and law study abroad website for further information and how to apply.

Please contact the Faculty WIL team at bl-wil@deakin.edu.au for any enquiries.

Content

The unit covers the three main domains of marketing activity, viz., marketing management, segmentation and positioning, and an understanding of the consumer. It blends foundational marketing concepts with a focus on decision-making at an executive level, emerging phenomena in marketing, risk assessment, and problem solving. 

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
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
GLO4: Critical thinking

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
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Analyse marketing problems and be capable of applying relevant concepts, models and theories to generate appropriate solutions.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Communicate a sophisticated understanding of a range of issues, practices, models and phenomena in marketing.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1:
Part A: (Group of 2) Poster (Business) 
 

Part B: (Group of 2) 

In-class presentation 

Part A: 1000 words equivalent 

Part B: 10 minutes 

Part A:20% 

Part B: 20%  

Information not yet available

Assessment 2: (Individual) Reflection Blog 

1000 words 20% Information not yet available
Assessment 3: (Individual)

 Case Study Report (Analytical) 

3000 words 40% 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

Texts and reading lists for units can be found on the University Library via the following link. 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

Click on the fee link below which describes you: