MGMT212-10S2 (C) Semester Two 2010

Marketing Research

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 12 July 2010
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 25 July 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 10 October 2010

Description

An introduction to marketing research and its applications, with an emphasis on research as an aid to management decision-making. Students in this course will be provided with a background in research methods, issues related to conducting marketing research, data analysis, and methods of evaluation related to marketing.

The emphasis in this course is on marketing research as an aid to management decision-making. Accordingly, it primarily is intended for prospective users of research results, rather than for specialists in research. However, the latter group, if intending to continue on to Advanced Marketing Research (MGMT312), will benefit through a better understanding of the needs of clients and the range of possible applications.

Topics include:
Secondary data sources
Qualitative methods
Survey methods
Measurement and questionnaire design
Hypothesis testing and data analysis

The specific objectives are to:
1. Develop the participant’s problem analysis skills, and their ability to translate a management problem into a feasible research question;
2. Provide participants with a working knowledge of the concepts and methods of marketing research;
3. Increase sensitivity to the biases and limitations of marketing data;
4. Develop participant’s ability in, and understanding of questionnaire design and sampling theory;
5. Provide participants with an understanding of attitude measurement and its application to marketing research; and
6. Provide participants with an understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods and their application to marketing research.

Prerequisites

1) MGMT102; 2) ECON104 or ECON106; 3) MSCI110 or STAT101 or STAT111 or STAT112 or STAT131; 4) 15 points 100-level MGMT or MSCI courses. RP: MSCI210

Restrictions

BSAD202, MGMT202

Recommended Preparation

Timetable Note

Tutorials will be held in the Crypt from 9:00am - 12:00 noon on the following dates:
Friday 24th September
Friday 1st October
Friday 8th October

Contact Person

Ekant Veer

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1: Secondary Data 05 Aug 2010 20% Assignment 1: Secondary Data
Assignment 2: Data Analysis 21 Oct 2010 20% Assignment 2: Data Analysis
Term Test 16 Aug 2010 20% Term Test
Final Examination 40% Final Examination

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Hair, Joseph F; Marketing research ; 2nd ed; McGraw-Hill Australia, 2008.

Recommended Reading

Coakes, Sheridan J. , Steed, Lyndall G., Ong, Clara; SPSS : analysis without anguish : version 16.0 for Windows ; John Wiley & Sons Australia, 2009.

Notes

Relationship to Other Courses
This course is a prerequisite for all Stage Three marketing courses and any advanced study in marketing.

Grading
The marks for assessment work may be scaled before a final grade is determined. You should not regard a raw score of 50% as a pass mark.

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Departmental Academic Policies
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 35 of the Enrolment Handbook 2010 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $435.00

International fee $1,862.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

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