chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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define strategic planning

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developing a strategic fit between organizations goals/capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities.

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2
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describe the company-wide strategic planning

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  • define mission
  • setting goals and objectives
  • design business portfolio
  • planning other mkt startegies
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3
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define mission statement

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organizations purpose

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4
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product vs market oriented business definition

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P–> ´´we sell coffee´´
M–> we sell ´´the starbucks experience´´

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5
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business vs marketing objectives

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Business: increasing sales, improving profits
Marketing: increase market share, increase promotion.

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6
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define business portfolio

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collection of businesses +products making up a company

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7
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define portfolio analysis

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activity in strtegic planning where products and businesses are evaluated

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8
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How to plan the business portfolio:

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  1. analyze current business portfolio+ find out which businesses should receive more, less or no investment.
  2. shape future–> develop strategies and growth/downsizing.
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9
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How to analyze the current business portfolio

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  1. identify strategic business units (SBU´S) makign up company
  2. assessing SBUS attractiveness
  3. decide how much support each SBU deserves
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10
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strategic business units can be

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  1. single product
  2. company division
  3. product line within division
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11
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The BCG growth-share matrix

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  1. stars: high growth, high share businesses/products
  2. cash cows: low-growth, high-share businesses
  3. question marks: low- market share, high-growth
  4. dogs: low-growth, low-share
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12
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problems with matrix approaches

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  • difficult to undertake
  • time consuming
  • costly
  • may not apply well to certain markets with structural changes.
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13
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the product/market expansion grid

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  • uses to identify growth opportunities
  • developing new markets for existing products (market development)
  • existing markets/existing products (market penetration)
  • developing new product’s in existing markets (product development)
  • new products and new markets (diversification)–> buying businesses outside market
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14
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downsizing definition:

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company must eliminate buisnesses that are unprofitable/no longer fit startegy

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15
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define value chain

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  • each department has a value-creating activity to design, produce, market, deliver and support firms products.
  • also partner with other company departments to have more sails+customer relationships
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16
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define value delivery network

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  • suppliers, distributors, customers partnering with each other to improve performance of entire system.
17
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describe the marketing strategy and marketing mix

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  1. segmentation/targeting: ´´Which customers will we serve´´
  2. differentiation/positioning: ´´how will we create value´´
  3. marketing mix (the 4PS)– >intended value for customers
  4. creating customer value +building profitable customer relationships
18
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define marketing strategy

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  • mkt logic focused to create customer value+achieve profitable customer relationships.
19
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define market segmentation:

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dividing market into different groups of buyers with distinct needs, behaviour’s, characteristics

20
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define market segment

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group of consumers respond similarly to marketing efforts

21
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define market targeting

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  • evaluating segments and choosing which segment to enter
22
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define positioning

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  • arranging for product to occupy a distinctive place relative to competing products in minds of target customers.
  • distinguishing products from competing brands–> standing out
23
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define brand audit

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  • examination of a brands current position in market compared to competition
  • strengths+weaknesses of brand/ opportunities for improvements
23
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explain differentiation

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  • differentiating company´s marketing offerings to create superior customer value compared to competition.
24
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define marketing mix

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4PS
price
place
product
promotion

25
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define swot analysis

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evaluates:
1. Strength’s (internal capabilities)
2. weaknesses (internal limitations interfyung with objectives)
3. opportunities (external factors favoring company
4. threats (external factors challenging)

25
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how to manage the marketing effort

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  1. planning (develop strategic plans)
  2. implementation and organisation: (carry out the plans) PLANS–> ACTIONS
  3. control: measuring and evaluating results +taking corrective action if needed
26
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define marketing plan

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documents helping reach long-term strategical goals by focusing in one year

27
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The parts in a marketing plan

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  1. executive summary
  2. current marketing situation
  3. SWOT
  4. objectives and issues
  5. marketing strategy
  6. execution plans
  7. budgets
  8. controls
28
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arrangement of marketing departments

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  1. functional organisation
  2. geographic organization
  3. product management organization
  4. market/customer organization.
29
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define marketing implementattion

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  • turning PLANS into ACTIONS
30
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four steps in marketing control

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  1. setting mkt goals
  2. measuring performance in marketplace
  3. evalauting current and expected performance
  4. take corrective action if needed
31
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operating vs strategic control

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operating–> checking ongoing performance against annual plan
strategic—> looking if strategies are well matched to the opportunities

32
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define marketing ROI

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  • net return from marketing investment divided by cost of investment
  • measures profits made through investments