Course Coordinator:Meredith Lawley (mlawley1@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Please go to unisc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
The aim of this course is to understand the role of creativity in strategic marketing and explore the concepts of collaboration with both consumers and partners in the value and supply chains. The emphasis here will be on competitive advantage through unique value propositions and positive sum competition.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Lecture | 2hrs | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
700 Level (Specialised)
6 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Understand the key concepts of marketing strategy. | Knowledgeable |
| 2 | Examine and apply the key concepts of innovation and the diffusion of innovation |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 3 | Examine and apply the concepts of strategic marketing and provide clear justification for your decision making. | Creative and critical thinker |
| 4 | Demonstrate effective written communication skills. | Knowledgeable |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
EMB752 and enrolled in Program BU791
Not applicable
MBA726 or MKG701
Not applicable
Not applicable
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Assessment details and expectations will be discussed in class in the first session. Students will be encouraged to share their ideas for assignment 1 and receive verbal feedback in class prior to submission. Feedback from Assignment 1 and discussions in the second block of classes will help students to prepare for the second piece of assessment.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Written Piece | Individual | 40% | 4 pages (or digital equivalent) |
Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check | |
| All | 2 | Oral and Written Piece | Individual | 60% | 5 minute pitch presentation + 1,000 word report |
Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Company News Letter | ||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The purpose of this task is for you to develop a company news letter calling for applications for 'innovative' marketing strategy changes within the organisation |
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| Goal: | You will demonstrate understanding of breadth of knowledge and application of marketing strategy and innovation theory |
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| Format: | Acceptable formats for pitch and report are detailed on Blackboard. |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
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