UWA Handbooks 2010 - Units

Unit details


MGMT8550 Marketing Principles [PG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Trimester 2, Trimester 3, non-standard teaching period, offshore teaching period
Old unit code 455.550
Content This unit studies the marketing function; marketing decision making and the marketing mix; forecasting demand; market segmentation and related behavioural issues; marketing strategies; product as a marketing variable; channel strategy; promotion budgeting and allocation, promotion and advertising strategies; pricing decisions; evaluation and control of marketing management.
Assessment Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit.
Location UWA (Crawley), Singapore, Manila
Mode on-campus
Unit web page http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]


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