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Contents
Unit1
IntroductiontoMarketing 1
Unit2
StrategicMarketingprocess 18
Unit3
Marketingenvironment 35
Unit4
Understandingthemarketinginformationsystems 53 69
Unit5
Consumerbuyerbehavior
Unit6
BusinessbuyerBehavior 91 102
Unit7
Segmentation,TargetingandPositioning
Unit8
ProductManagement:decisions,developmentand lifecyclestrategies Edition:Fall2008 123
Contents Unit9
ProductManagement:Servicesandbrandingstrategy 144
Unit10
Pricing 160
Unit11
DistributionManagement 176
Unit12
PromotionManagementmanagingthe nonpersonalcommunications 204 240
Unit13
Anintroductiontosalesmanagement
Unit14
Customerrelatoioshpmanagement 264 275
Unit15
InternationalMarketingmanagement
Edition:Fall2008
BKIDB0672
Prof.K.V.Varambally
Director, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal
Ms.VimalaParthasarathy
Mr.ShankarJagannathan
Ms.SadhanaDash
SenorManagerHR MicrosoftIndiacorporation( Pvt)limited
Mr.AbrahamMathews
Chief FinancialOfficer InfosysBPO,Bangalore
Mr.PankajKhanna
Director,HR,FidelityMutualFund
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1.PrasadKulkarni Prof.N.S.Vishwanath SeniorLecture,SikkimManipalUniversityofHealth, ResidentDirectorBhanvanMarshal MedicalandTechnologicalSciencesInstituteofManagement,Bangalore Edition:Fall2008 Thisbookisadistanceeducationmodulecomprisingofcollectionoflearningmaterialforourstudents. All rights reserved. No part of this work may bereproduced in anyform by anymeans without permission in writingfromSikkimManipalUniversityofHealth,MedicalandTechnologicalSciences,Gangtok,Sikkim. PrintedandPublishedonbehalfofSikkimManipalUniversityofHealth,MedicalandTechnologicalSciences, Gangtok,Sikkim byMr. Rajkumar Mascreen, GM, Manipal Universal Learning Pvt. Ltd., Manipal 576 104. PrintedatManipalPressLimited,Manipal.
INTRODUCTION
st In the emerging environment of 21 century, marketing management automatically occupies the centrestageinthesocioeconomicdevelopmentinallnations.Organizationstodaystronglybelieve that profit goals will be reached through satisfied customers. This courseware deals with various facetsofmarketingandconsumerbehavior.Ithasbeencarefullydesignedtogiveabasicknowledge of marketing to the students. It aims at presenting how marketing process takes place and its
business implications. Moderntrends in marketing have been dealt with in detail. This courseware comprises15units:
Unit1: IntroductiontoMarketing
Describesthemeaning&modernconceptofmarketingwithitsevolutionarybackground andmarketingenvironment.
Unit2: StrategicMarketingprocess
Providesanoverviewofstrategicmarketingprocessintheorganization
Unit3: Marketingenvironment
Dealswithenvironmentalfactorsthataffectorganization.
Unit4: Understandingthemarketinginformationsystems
Dealswithmarketinginformationsystems
Unit5: Consumerbuyerbehavior
Analysesthefundamentalsofconsumerbehavior
Unit6: BusinessbuyerBehavior
Explainsthebusinessbuyerbehavior
Unit7: Segmentation,TargetingandPositioning
Explainsthesegmentation,TargetingandPositioning
Unit8: ProductManagement:decisions,developmentandlifecyclestrategies
Discussesthedecisions,development,andlifecyclestrategiesoftheproduct.
Unit9: ProductManagement:Servicesandbrandingstrategy
Describestheserviceandbrandingstrategiesoftheproduct.
Unit10: Pricing
Explainsthepricingstrategiesofdifferentcompanies
Unit11: DistributionManagement
Discussesthebasicsofdistributionmanagement
Unit12: PromotionManagementmanagingthenonpersonalcommunication
Describesthenonpersonalcommunicationchannelsusedinthepromotionmanagement
Unit13: Anintroductiontosalesmanagement
Providesanoverviewofsalesforcemanagement
Unit14: Customerrelatoioshpmanagement
OutlinestheimportanceofCRMinmarketing
Unit15: InternationalMarketingmanagement
Discusstheinternationalmarketingmanagementconcepts.