Firms and businesses‚ approach and conduct business in different ways in order to achieve their organizational goals. There are five competing concepts by which firms and business are guided in their marketing effort. The first three concepts production‚ product and selling‚ focus all on the product. The last two concepts marketing and societal marketing‚ focus on the customer. However‚ the commonality in all five philosophies is that they all have the same goal which is organizational profit. The
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motorcycles is now so strong that it can take a year or two to get one‚ even if a customer is willing to pay the thousands of extra dollars that some dealers are tacking onto the usual list price of $15‚000 or more. To catch up‚ the company has committed $200 million to expand production capacity to 200‚000 units by 2003‚ its centennial year. In the meantime‚ the inability to meet demand is decidedly a mixed blessing. On the plus side‚ Harley enjoys some of the production economies that have made
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ALTERNATIVE MARKETING I. Introduction: TRADITIONAL MASS MEDIA faces many challenges. Although advertisers are not ready to abandon traditional media alternative forms of media and marketing arises. This alternative marketing will be discussed in this chapter. II. ALTERNATIVE MARKETING PROGRAMS In developing Alternative Marketing Programs it requires creativity and imagination. Marketers seek to identify new places where a consumer’s path intersects with a brand’s presence‚ or create a new
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Five Concepts Important for Successful Communication in an Organization Jaime Leigh Plym COM 425: Communication in Organizations Jerry Simpson 08 October 2012 Five Concepts Important for Successful Communication in an Organization Successful communication is one of the most important aspects of an organization. Without it‚ nothing can be accomplished. There are many concepts of communication that must happen within the workplace. In this paper‚ I will discuss the five concepts that I feel
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Marketing assignmentQuestion: Explain the concept of market segmentation and discuss its benefits as an alternative to a mass marketing approach. “Market segmentation is the division of a market into different groups of customers with distinctly similar needs and product or services requirements.” (Smith‚ 1956) With a market segmentation‚ the whole market will be divided into different segments. In the consumer market‚ it is usually divided into 3 criteria‚ which are the behavioural‚ psychological
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Revision for marketing: Topics 1 Activity 1.1 Why is understanding customers wants so critical for marketers? How are the concepts of value and satisfaction related to each other? Explain the differences between transactions and relationships. Activity 1.2 Now apply the issue discussed in Activity 1.1 to the following questions. Consumers usually choose from a tremendous variety of products and services to satisfy a given need or want. Consider your need for nourishment. How does that
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BSBMKG514A Implement & monitor marketing activities Assessment Student Name: Introduction and instructions: The assessment for this Unit of Competency consists of three assessment tasks: 1. Case Study Activity – requiring you to review case study scenarios‚ answer related questions 2. Practical Assessment – requiring you to prepare policy and procedure manual. Result: The result of each assessment task will be either ‘Satisfactory’ (S) or ‘Not Satisfactory’ (NS). Once you have satisfactorily
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Marketing concept The marketing concept holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists of the company being more effective than its competitors in creating‚ delivering‚ and communicating customer value to its chosen target markets. The marketing concept rests on four pillars: target market‚ customer needs‚ integrated Marketing and profitability. . The selling concept takes an inside-out perspective. It starts with the factory‚ focuses on existing products‚ and calls for heavy selling
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LIST OF SIX MARKETING CONCEPTS Following are the six concepts of marketing • Production concept • Product concept • Selling concept • Marketing concept • Societal marketing concept • Holistic marketing concept THE PRODUCTION CONCEPT: DEFINITION BY KOTLER: “It is the idea that customers will favor products that are available and highly affordable and that the organization should therefore focus on improving production and distribution efficiency.” EXPLANATION: This
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CORPORATE MANAGEMENT NAME: CAROLINE WANGUI NJOROGE REG NO.: 13/00560 UNIT: MARKETING MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 11TH‚ 2013 TRIMESTER 1 YEAR 1 Question: Explain the marketing concept and its importance to an organization making particular reference to developing relationships with customers. Use an organization familiar to you for illustration. The Marketing concept is concerned with first identifying the consumer needs and then making products that give
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