MRKT20052 Marketing for managers

Marketing and competitive environment

Written Assessment

Assessment Title Individual Written Task 3

Task Description

Individual Written Task 3

This individual written task 3 is directly related to your midterm assessment (i.e., individual written task 2). This final task is a summative assessment and a portfolio that builds upon the assessment task 2. Therefore, this final task requires your knowledge, skills, experience, and feedback that you learned from the assessment task 2. In fact, about 50% discussion of your written task 3 will be generated from the assessment task 2. However, please make sure that the “turnitin” matching rate is still less than 30%.

While the assessment task 2 asked you to analyze and prepare a report on ‘marketing and competitive environment of a University Brand’, the assessment task 3 requires you to prepare a marketing plan for 2018 for the same University Brand based on your analysis of ‘marketing and competitive environment of a University Brand’. The marketing plan should include (but is not limited to): executive summary, background, market summary and demand analysis, demography including segmentation & target market analysis, PEST analysis, competitor analysis including their aim, objective and marketing promotion analysis (write about a close competing brand), SWOT analysis, value & brand positioning analyses, proposed marketing aim and promotional objectives for 2018 with justification, marketing mix strategies, competitive strategies, media and budget allocation for 2018 with justification, expected outcomes and conclusion, and finally, references.

Notes:

The word limit for this report is 3000, excluding abstract or executive summary and references. It is expected that the report will be based on research findings, including data and information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Austrade, relevant and authentic Websites, textbooks, recent (i.e., 20122017) and relevant journal papers, personal experience and observation, and your formative assessment (i.e., individual written task 2).

This report requires students to demonstrate an understanding of relevant concepts, theories, tools, and models discussed in this unit.

You need to follow similar examples that are available in your textbook, Moodle site and/or on the Web.

You are strongly suggested to attend the lecture, tutorial, and online discussion sessions.

Each assessment must be uploaded as a .doc or .docx file (word file).

The “Turnitin” matching rate must not exceed 30%. The unit coordinator in consultation with DDLT will decide about the nature of a penalty for a greater than 30% matching rate.

Please familiarize yourself with the policies, such as assessment extension, late submission penalty and the like.

Please cite and reference relevant data and information, where applicable. The examiners expect authentic citations/references for GDP data, per capita income, sales data, demographic data, market share and growth related data and the like.

For data related to media and budget allocation, BCG matrix, industry competitors’ sales/market share, product life cycle (PLC), market share and growth data, and the like can be hypothetically developed (if you do not find those). In these cases, simply write “source: assumed and prepared for this assignment task only”.

Please remember that the data/info that is readily available on the Web or in other published resources cannot be ‘assumed’ for the purpose of this assessment task.

If you have any difficulty, please discuss this with your lecturer/tutor and unit coordinator.

Assessment Due Date Week 12 Friday (02Jun2017)

Return Date to Students Exam Week Friday (16Jun2017)

Weighting 40%

Assessment Criteria

Title page, table of contents, executive summary: 3 marks

Background: 2 marks

Market and demand assessment, including demography, segmentation & target market analysis: 3 marks

PEST analysis: 2 marks

Competitor analysis including their aim, objective and marketing promotion analysis: 3 marks

SWOT analysis: 2 marks

Value & brand positioning analyses: 2 marks

Marketing aim and promotional objectives for 2018: 4 marks

Marketing mix strategies: 5 marks

Competitive strategies: 5 marks

Media and budget allocation for 2018: 5 marks

Expected outcomes and conclusion: 2 marks

Citation, language, format, and references: 2 marks

Referencing Style American Psychological Association (APA)

Submission Online