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- Detailed Syllabus
CPM003
Marketing Strategy
- Objective:
- To inculcate in candidates a managerial, analytical and comprehensive
approach towards strategic
- marketing management. Covering the basic disciplines of economics,
behavioral science and mathematics,
- concepts and strategies that to analyze market problems and
opportunities will be used. This will be
- augmented with real company cases as illustrations. As part of the
learning process, company cases from
- the Asia Pacific region will also be used for analyses in which
candidates can meaningfully apply the
- strategies learnt. The Asia Pacific perspective is provided by way of
application of strategies to specific
- regional countries, given their distribution, legal and cultural
characteristics.
At the end of this course, candidates should be able
to:
- 1. Identify similarities and differences among
various Asia Pacific countries that have implications for a
- firms marketing
strategies; and
- 2. Understand the different stages of progress the
Asia Pacific countries are in, and hence, the applicability
- of various marketing strategies
for each market.
Contents:
1. Corporate Strategic Planning
- Understanding corporate mission
- Identifying strategic business units
- Evaluating current business portfolio
2. Analyzing the External Environment in the Asia Pacific region
- The companys microenvironment (e.g., suppliers and
intermediaries)
- The companys macroenvironment (e.g., political, legal,
demographic)
- The companys competitors
3. Opportunity Search
- Analyzing consumer trends
- Establishing a marketing intelligence system
- Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
4. Competitive Strategy
- Sources of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
- Strategies for Market Leaders, Challengers, Followers and Nichers
5. Strategies for Market Expansion in the Asia Pacific Region
6. Implementation and Delivery
- Product Strategies for the Asia Pacific
- Distribution Strategies for the Asia Pacific
- Pricing Strategies for the Asia Pacific
- Communication Strategies for the Asia Pacific
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