ULMS Electronic Module Catalogue

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Title MANAGING AND COMMUNICATING THE BRAND
Code ULMS540
Coordinator Miss VK McCall
Marketing (ULMS)
V.Mccall@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 10

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

ULMS846 MARKETING & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:

 

Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 4

12

      8

4

28
Timetable (if known) 60 mins X 1 totaling 4
 
180 mins X 1 totaling 12
 
      120 mins X 1 totaling 8
60 mins X 1 totaling 4
 
 
Private Study 72
TOTAL HOURS 100

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Individual narrated presentation and summary report. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (Wh  30 minutes & 1000 wo    100       

Aims

The module aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to design, launch and manage a brand. Students will be required to design a brand and all its components, design a launch campaign to bring the brand to market, and address strategies to leverage and manage the brand over time.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Critically evaluate theories of branding

(LO2) Apply academic concepts, theories and models to a practical scenario

(LO3) Demonstrate professional presentation skills

(S1) Adaptability. The module will include examination of overarching theories of branding that can be adapted to understanding different branding environments. Students will also be introduced to a range of marketing and branding theories that can be adapted to different scenarios and case-study situations.

(S2) Problem solving skills. Opportunities to develop critical, analytical and creative skills are provided throughout the module and expected to be demonstrated in the assessment.

(S3) Commercial awareness. The module involves applied case studies in a wide variety of commercial situations.

(S4) Organisational skills. Organisational skills will be acquired in completing the assessments.

(S5) Communication skills. Students are expected to contribute to class discussions and to demonstrate competent communication skills in the assessment.

(S6) IT skills. Students will need to use a wide range of electronic databases to find and evaluate appropriate and relevant information from electronic sources. IT will be utilised to enhance assessed presentations.

(S7) International awareness. Numerous elements of the module involve international and cross-national and multi-national commercial case-studies. Students are also encouraged to share and/or research international applications.

(S8) Lifelong learning skills. The module aims to enable students to apply concepts and techniques learned in the module to their future learning - for example, the use and interpretation of indexed statistics, the sourcing of reliable information and its effective interpretation, the application of tools, theories and techniques.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Hybrid delivery, with social distancing on campus.

2 hour online asynchronous learning per week x 4 weeks
1 hour face-to-face synchronous lecture per week x 4 weeks
3 hour face-to-face seminar every week x 4 weeks
1 hour face-to-face peer-to-peer learning every week (unscheduled) x 4 weeks
Self-directed learning x 72 hours


Syllabus

 

Designing and building the brand:

This section covers all of the elements that make up a brand: name, logo, symbols, slogan, values personality, characterisation and packaging design;

Launch and management of the brand:

The promotional plan: explanation and application of all aspects of promotional planning: target market identification and justification; external analysis of key market trends; positioning strategies; media planning (including media scheduling, reach & frequency) and measurement models;

Advertising;

Underlying perspectives: motivation, perception, learning, memory;

The communications process model;

Advertising theories and process;

IMC support tools;

Sales promotions, marketing public relations & publicity; digital marketing communications; sponsorship (event, broadcast and cause); social media.


Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.