courses: marketing 

Marketing Courses

- course is a part of the e-Business and SCM program.
- new course (as of Fall 2003)
MKTG3010 Basic Marketing (3)
A comprehensive overview of the process employed by profit and nonprofit organizations of marketing goods, services, and ideas. The modern marketing objective is customer satisfaction at a profit (or other measure of success) through product, distribution, promotion, and price. This study of basic marketing concepts and terminology is set in the real-world context of the organization, competition, the economy, regulation, culture/society, and technology. Prerequisites: Junior standing and ECON2020.
MKTG3200 Sales Management (3)
The course covers the nature of the basic selling function as well as salesperson selection, training, compensation, supervision, motivation. In addition, this course touches on how to determine sales budgets, quotas, territory designs, and sales analysis. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG3300 Applied Marketing Research (3)
This course examines the role of information in decision making with special emphasis on the applied techniques and methods used to identify marketing opportunities or solve marketing problems. The completion of an actual research project is generally required. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG3500 E-Business Models (3)

This course is a survey of the dynamic business issues surrounding the development and emergent patterns of the electronic commercialization in the global marketplace. Included is an overview of internet development and security. Leveraging new technologies to enhance business processes, unique characteristics of e-marketing, and the legal, ethical, and regulatory issues in conducting e-business. Cross-listed with MGMT3500; Prerequisite: BISI3230.
MKTG3400 Business Ethics (3)
Ethical, legal, and human relations dimensions of the business and nonprofit environments. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4020 Quality Management (3)
An integrated study of quality issues in the entire supply chain. The course will emphasize the continuous improvement of business processes, as well as the design, establishment, evaluation, and improvement of quality systems in the supply chain. Issues on Quality System Certification to meet industry and international standards shall also be addressed. Cross-listed with MGMT4020; Prerequisite: MGMT3020.
MKTG4050 Consumer Behavior (3)
An examination of the social, psychological, and decisional aspects of the buying process of individuals and households. Application of this knowledge is made via the selling organization=s service of consumers by better satisfying their needs. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4100 Organizational Marketing Management (3)
Roles, relationships and structures of organizational buying and selling with particular emphasis on the economic and social influences. Managing the marketing and channel structures is a major theme. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4150 Promotional Management (3)
This course focuses on the issues related to promotional management, and hence is not oriented towards the creative part of the advertising/communication process. Integrated marketing communication, planning implementing, evaluation and control of promotion are studied. Emphasis may be placed on learning through the application of textbook knowledge in projects. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4200 Distribution Management (3)
This course looks at the logistics environment, supply chain management, and the global nature of contemporary logistics. Information, physical distribution, inventory, storage, and the strategic importance of logistics are the focus of the course. Prerequisite MKTG3010.
MKTG4250 Retailing Management (3)
This important industry employs one out of eight people in the U.S. workforce. Exciting and challenging career opportunities are available to business graduates, plus the study of retailing creates better informed and wiser consumers. Since the retail store is a complete business, every aspect of business is brought to bear plus those unique to the field. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4300 Procurement (3)

All organizations purchase for use and some (middlemen) purchase for both use and resale. A multitude of buying principles has developed separately for each of these purposes but will be studied together in this unique course. Buying in both instances is designed to satisfy the needs of other than the one(s) doing the buying. Organizational and customer need satisfaction act as the motivations for buyers who must serve well in order to succeed. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4350 International Marketing (3)
Global trade and consumption patterns; alternative methods for international exchange; managerial and marketing issues raised by the inclusion of multiple social, cultural, and political structures in the marketing environment. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4400 Logistics (3)

Analysis of logistic and transport services. Contemporary issues in:- customer service; distribution operations; purchasing; warehousing location, design and operation; carrier selection; transportation costing and negotiation. Prerequisites: MKTG3010 and MGMT3020.
MKTG4500 Service & Non-profit Marketing (3)
This course undertakes the dual task of examining the service sector, which comprises an ever-increasing proportion of GNP, as well as the diverse set of organizations which operate under special governmental dispensation for the purpose of serving society with objectives other than achieving profit. While the basic marketing principles apply in both cases, special emphasis will be given to operational differences between these two important categories of marketers and their goods/profit-oriented counterparts. Prerequisite: MKTG3010.
MKTG4550 Marketing Strategy (3)
This is a capstone course in Marketing (to be taken near graduation). It focuses on strategic planning and operations, which integrates various topics such as the marketing concept, market segmentation, brand building, consumer attitudes, marketing research, and integrated marketing communication. A computer-based marketing simulation as well as business plan is required. Prerequisites: 9 hours of Marketing (including MKTG3010) and permission of Department Head.
 
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