Branding and Strategic Marketing

Course	V-741-BRAN
Semester	20241
ETCS	7,5
Core	No

Year	1. year
Semester	Spring 2024
Level of course	N/A
Type of course	Elective
Prerequisites	No prerequisites.
Schedule	No schedule found.
Lecturer	Valdimar Sigurðsson Vishnu M. Ramachandran Girija
Content
The aim of the course is to provide an advanced understanding of brand management and strategic marketing. In the beginning, students will advance their understanding of key concepts and methods mostly focusing on marketing strategy with emphasis on choosing the right marketing metrics for different companies and industries. This beginning part of the course will be conducted by combining short lectures with cases, with an emphasis on the latter. The course is designed to help students develop a conceptual framework and marketing dashboard when making a marketing and/or branding decision. The cases will focus on service, tourism, digital marketing and luxury brands. As the course progresses more emphasis will be put on activities to review, build, measure and manage brand equity though a large project on brand auditing and strategic marketing. Students will also be given the opportunity to study a relevant topic of their choice with some depth in a critical literature review. The supplementary readings will present essential marketing strategy and branding techniques for measuring and monitoring everything from brand equity to social media marketing. By the end of the course students should have an advanced understanding of strategic marketing and brand management and be able analyse both marketing decision making as well as brand management from a clear conceptual framework.
Learning outcome - Objectives
Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by the degree holder. Knowledge can both be theoretical and applied. The student should:   1.     Understand the importance of key marketing metrics and branding conceptualisation 2.     Be able to place the latest knowledge in context within their field 3.    Be able to account for selected concepts, theories, methods and practice in both marketing strategy and branding (see e.g. the aim of the course and the course outline) 4.     Have knowledge of ethical problems in strategic marketing and brand management Entail the ability to apply knowledge. Skills can indicate general skills that are not limited to a certain scientific field or profession, as well as specific skills.   1.     Be able to discuss the strength and weakness related to the concepts, theories, methods and practice 2.     Can understand and tackle issues in strategic marketing and branding in a professional context 3.     Can collect, analyse and evaluate scientific papers and data for strategic marketing and/or for brand auditing 4.     Are innovative in developing and applying ideas in branding 5.     Can develop branding projects or marketing strategyImproved management decision-making and the ability to provide relevant, accurate, and timely information to a marketing problem. Entail the ability to apply knowledge and skills to work and study.   1.     Have developed the necessary learning skills and independence for further studies 2.     Can initiate and implement marketing strategy and/or brand management 3.     Are capable of presenting and describing marketing management issues and research findings in English 4.   Can write business texts in English. 5.     Can evaluate the suitability of the different methods and scientific issues in branding and marketing strategy
Course assessment
Reading material
No reading material found.
Teaching and learning activities
Language of instruction	English