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MKTG7050 Consumer Behaviour and Analysis

Offered By School of Mgt, Marketing & International Business
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Marketing
Offered in First Semester, 2010 and First Semester, 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

An understanding of the needs and behaviours of consumers is an intrinsic component of the development and implementation of successful marketing actions.  Specific topics address the consumer decision process; situational and perceptual influences in consumer evaluation of marketing messages, products and services; motivation, learning and memory, personality, attitude and attitude change in marketing contexts; the influence of consumer demographics; and contextual influences on consumer behaviour, including that of the online consumer.

Learning Outcomes At the end of the semester, students should have acquired; a comprehensive understanding consumer exchanges, of the following: the process of human decision making in a marketing context; the three major influences on customer choice: the individual customers make up; the environment in which the customer is embedded, marketing strategies of the supplier; the cognitive skills to enable the application of the aboved knowledge to marketing decision making and activities
Indicative Assessment
  • Class Presentation 20%
  • Major Assignment 40%
  • Final Examination 40%
Workload 3 hour seminar plus private study time.
Course Classification(s) TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses.
Areas of Interest Marketing
Eligibility At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills
Basic knowledge of marketing (coursework equivalent of MKTG7001 Marketing or relevant work experience)
Prescribed Texts See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=MKTG7050
Preliminary Reading

See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=MKTG7050

 

Indicative Reading List See Course Website:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=MKTG7050
Programs Graduate Certificate in Marketing, Master of Business, Master of Business, Master of Commerce, Master of Commerce, and Master of Marketing
Other Information

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