Branding

Course aim

To equip students with key concepts and skills that underlie brand management and enable evidence-based decision making for routine brand management tasks.

Course content

History and importance of branding, how brands grow, brand competition, brand loyalty and heavy buying, mental availability, physical availability, building brand equity and distinctive assets, brand awareness, positioning and differentiation, segmentation and targeting, managing the marketing mix variables of 'product', 'price', 'promotion' and 'distribution/physical availability' and consideration of brand management from international perspectives.

Textbook(s)

Romaniuk, J & Sharp, B 2021, How brands grow: Part 2 (revised), 2nd edition, Oxford University Press ANZ, Melbourne, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
MARK 1008	Consumer Behaviour

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	30 hours x N/A
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Workshop	35 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Interview, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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