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BU5039: MARKETING MANAGEMENT (2026-2027)

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Course Overview

The course provides students with an understanding of the role of marketing in creating and maintaining customer value and increasing market share of a brand. The course provides insights regarding contemporary issues such as sustainability, ethics, and digitalisation etc., affecting the marketing functions, and relevant critical strategies that reflects a brand’s objective(s). The aim of the course is creating understanding on how marketers effectively plan and control marketing activities. The course provides knowledge that helps students in developing creative and meaningful strategic recommendations and solutions for a brand.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Huda Khan

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of MRes Business Research or MSc Environmental Partnership Management or MSc International Business Management or MSc Marketing Management or Master Of Science In Marketing (September Start) or Msc In International Tourism Management (September Start) or Master Of Science In Cultural And Creative Communication or Mlitt In Film, Visual Culture & Arts Management (September Start) or Master of Science Professional Communication or Master Of Science In Global Business Communication or MSc in Global It Entrepreneurship (Software Engineering) (Sept St)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course is a core component of the MSc in Marketing Management. The course is aimed at providing knowledge on the contemporary issues in the marketing environment and how marketers tackle those challenges such that they create better value for stakeholders such as customers. The course also informs how marketing practices can contribute to sustainability and helps in gaining better market share.
The learning content includes:
• The changing Role of Marketing and Value creation
• Marketing Environment
• Marketing Strategy (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning)
• Marketing Mix
• Brand Management
• Sustainability and Ethics in Marketing


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2025 for 1st Term courses and 19 December 2025 for 2nd Term courses.

Summative Assessments

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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5-minute Presentation worth 20% of the overall grade.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate a good understanding of marketing concepts and the marketing process.
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse marketing strategies (e.g., marketing mix or segmentation, targeting and positioning) and demonstrate an understanding on how these can be planned effectively.
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse the marketing environment and apply course concepts in creating meaningful marketing decisions.

Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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1,500-word report excluding diagrams, images, visualisation and infographics.

Written feedback.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualCreateReview and analyse contemporary issues (e.g., sustainability and ethics in marketing) affecting the marketing functions and demonstrate an understanding of how these can be planned effectively
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate a good understanding of marketing concepts and the marketing process.
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse contemporary issues (e.g., sustainability and ethics in marketing) affecting the marketing functions and demonstrate an understanding of how these can be planned effectively
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse marketing strategies (e.g., marketing mix or segmentation, targeting and positioning) and demonstrate an understanding on how these can be planned effectively.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualCreateReview and analyse contemporary issues (e.g., sustainability and ethics in marketing) affecting the marketing functions and demonstrate an understanding of how these can be planned effectively
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse contemporary issues (e.g., sustainability and ethics in marketing) affecting the marketing functions and demonstrate an understanding of how these can be planned effectively
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse marketing strategies (e.g., marketing mix or segmentation, targeting and positioning) and demonstrate an understanding on how these can be planned effectively.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate a good understanding of marketing concepts and the marketing process.
ProceduralAnalyseReview and analyse the marketing environment and apply course concepts in creating meaningful marketing decisions.

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