...NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY J.L. KELLOGG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Marketing 430-62 Alice M. Tybout Winter Quarter 2000 Phone: 847.491.2723 Office: Leverone 468 e-mail: amtybout@nwu.edu COURSE OVERVIEW Course Objectives This is a survey course and, as such, is designed to provide students with an overview of marketing concepts and tools. While effort has been devoted to finding teaching materials that represent a variety of industries and employ a variety of media, the primary goal is to help provide you with concepts and tools that will be broadly applicable. More specifically, the course has two primary objectives: To develop your marketing decision-making skills. You should leave the course with a well-developed ability to: - analyze the marketing and business environment in which an organization is operating and identify the primary marketing problems facing the firm, - prioritize these problems and select the key issue to be addressed, - develop compelling and creative strategies for solving these problems, and - make tactical decisions that will achieve the strategy that you have selected and, thereby, solve the problems you have identified. To provide you with a set of concepts and tools that can support your decision-making. Fundamental concepts of marketing (such as marketing disciplines, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, customer satisfaction, perceived...
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...Allstar Brands Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine Group May 15, 2014 PHARMASIM Simulation Initial Strategy Report Allstar Brands Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine Group May 15, 2014 PHARMASIM Simulation Initial Strategy Report PHARMASIM Simulation Initial Strategy Report Presented by Group D This report is Part 1 of assignment for Marketing MBA 565-MBOL1 to Dr. Stephen Baglione Table of Content Executive Summary...………………………………………………………………………..2 Project Objectives………………………………………….…………….…………..2 1.0 Vision………………………………………………………………………….…………..3 1.2 Objectives…………………………………………………………………….……….…..3 1.3 Key Success Factors………………………………………………………………….…..3 2.0 Target Markets…………………………………………………………….….…….……4 2.1 Market Definition and Segmentation……………………………….….……………….4 2.2 Target Market Segment Strategy……………………………………….………………4 2.3 Distribution Channels……………………………………………….…………………...4 2.3.1 Pricing and Promotional Allowances…………………………………………………4 2.4 Competitive Forces……………………………………………………………………….4 2.5 Advertising………………………………………………………………………………..4 2.6 Product Development…………………………………………………………………….5 2.7 Expense Budget Summary…………………………………………………….…………5 2.8 Sales Forecast………………………………………………………………….………….5 2.9 Progress Measurement and Monitoring…………………………………….….……….5 3.0 Key Marketing Metrics……………………………………………………….………….5 3.1 Other Success Metrics……………………………………………………………………5 3.2 Marketing Organization…………………………………………………………………5 ...
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