NBS8124 : Marketing
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Salma Alguezaui
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
Marketing starts with understanding consumer needs and wants, determining target markets the organisation can serve best, and developing a compelling value proposition by which the organisation can attract and grow valued customers. Then, more than just making a sale, today’s marketers want to engage customers and build deep customer relationships that make their brands a meaningful part of consumers’ conversations and lives. In this digital age, to go along with their tired-and-true traditional marketing methods, marketers have a dazzling set of new customer relationship-building tools for engaging customers anytime, anyplace to shape brand conversations, experiences, and community. If marketers do these things well, they will reap the rewards in terms of markets share, profits and customer equity. In this module, students will learn how customer value and customer engagement drive a good marketing strategy.
As such the NSB8124 Marketing takes a practical marketing-management approach providing relevant case studies that engage students with marketing concepts and bring modern marketing to life.
Outline Of Syllabus
Nature and Scope of Marketing
The (Global) Marketing Environment
Contemporary) Marketing Research
Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
Understanding Consumer Behaviour
Products, Services and Brands
Pricing Strategies
Marketing Channels and their Management
Integrated Marketing Communications
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 9 | 1:15 | 11:15 | Pre-recorded lectures supported by 1/2 hour module surgeries |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 2:00 | 18:00 | PIP Seminars (1 1/2 hours) and module surgeries (1/2 hour) |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 1 | 0:15 | 0:15 | Recorded Module Introduction |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 18:00 | 18:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured non-synchronous discussion | 9 | 1:20 | 12:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 1 | 0:30 | 0:30 | Online Live Pre-assessment Clinic (delivered via Zoom) |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures provide a framework for student centred learning. Case studies are used to enable students to apply the
marketing tools, frameworks and techniques to analyse the key issues and problems facing
organisations. The emphasis is on linking theory with practice.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 1 | M | 85 | Group exercise "Marketing Plan" of 5000 words |
| Written exercise | 1 | M | 15 | Peer evaluation of contribution to Marketing Plan |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 1 | M | Group presentation of draft marketing plan |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Summative assessment: group work to prepare a 5000 word marketing plan for an organisation of the group's choice subject to approval of module leader
Formative assessment: group presentation of a draft marketing plan with in class feedback
If students are eligible to a second attempt, the resit will be an assignment and the resit calculation will be based 100% on the submission.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- NBS8124's Timetable