CIM Coursebook Strategic Marketing Decisions


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BH CIM Coursebooks are crammed with a range of learning objective questions, activities, definitions and summaries to support and test your understanding of the theory. The 07/08 editions contains new case studies which help keep the student up to date with changes in Marketing strategies. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students which can be accessed at any time.




Management Development


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Recognizing a significant need to continually update the current body of knowledge on management development with the latest innovations in high quality research and practice in various parts of the globe, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on the state of research and practice in management development.Hill and Stewart p




Graphic Showbiz


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Fashion Marketing: Contemporary Issues


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'Fashion Marketing' is a book of key chapter contributions from renowned academics and practitioners that addresses many of the contemporary issues facing one of the world's largest and most global of industries. With international contributions from the UK, USA and China, 'Fashion Marketing' covers all of the key themes and issues of this area, including: * forecasting * sourcing * supply chain management (demand management) * new product development * design management * logistics * range planning * colour prediction * market testing * e-commerce * strategy Ideal for use on any undergraduate or postgraduate courses in Fashion, Textiles, Apparel and Retailing Management where there is a need to address the topic of fashion marketing, this book will also serve as a useful, informative and authoritative text for senior managers in the fashion marketing industries wanting to gain further understanding of current and future developments within the industry.




Internal Marketing


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A clear-sighted introduction to a complex subject, 'Internal Marketing' provides the reader with a succinct overview of the most recent thinking and practice. The text begins by defining what internal marketing is and how it can work, and from this foundation: * Outlines state-of-the-art thinking and practice * Demonstrates how internal marketing can be used to facilitate such diverse strategies as TQM, New Product Development and Change Management * Highlights the techniques managers need to understand to use IM effectively within their organizations * Contains a range of international and up to the minute examples and cases of best practice from companies around the world Throughout the book the emphasis is on understanding the principles that have made internal marketing such a potent force within leading corporations. This is combined with a pragmatic assessment of the many challenges involved in making it a reality within an organization.




Market-Led Strategic Change


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The third edition of Market-Led Strategic Change builds on the massive success of the previous two editions, popular with lecturers and students alike, presenting an innovative approach to solving an old problem: making marketing happen! In his witty and direct style, Nigel Piercy has radically updated this seminal text, popular with managers, students, and lecturers alike, to take into account the most recent developments in the field. With a central focus on customer value and creative strategic thinking, he fully evaluates the impact of electronic business on marketing and sales strategy, and stresses the goal of totally integrated marketing to deliver superior customer value. "Reality Checks" throughout the text challenge the reader to be realistic and pragmatic. The book confronts the critical issues now faced in strategic marketing: · escalating customer demands driving the imperative for superior value · totally integrated marketing to deliver customer value · the profound impact of electronic business on customer relationships · managing processes like planning and budgeting to achieve effective implementation At once pragmatic, cutting-edge and thought-provoking, Market-Led Strategic Change is essential reading for all managers, students and lecturers seeking a definitive guide to the demands and challenges of strategic marketing in the 21st century.




eMarketing eXcellence


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'eMarketing eXcellence' offers an exciting new approach to help you build a customer-driven e-business. As the core text for the CIM's E-marketing award, the book offers a highly structured and accessible guide to a critical subject, providing a useful reference point for all students and managers involved in marketing strategy and implementation. A practical guide to creating and executing e-marketing plans, this book combines established approaches to marketing planning with the creative use of new e-models and e-tools. It is designed to support both marketers who are integrating e-marketing into their existing marketing and communications strategies and experienced e-marketers looking to optimise their e-marketing. The book shows how to: · Draw up an outline e-marketing plan · Evaluate and apply e-marketing principles & models · Integrate online and offline communications · Implement customer-driven e-marketing · Reduce costly trial and error · Measure and enhance your e-marketing · Drive your e-business forward As the core text for the CIM's new professional E-marketing Award, it provides comprehensive, critical coverage of the key areas of e-marketing planning for marketing professionals. Established marketing concepts such as customer relationship management, the marketing mix and the widely adopted SOSTAC® planning system, are re-examined in the new media context - and new approaches are defined, including business models, traffic building and web site design.




Fundamentals of Corporate Communications


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The Fundamentals of Corporate Communications gives professionals and students in marketing a comprehensive and incisive overview of what modern corporate communications is, and what it can achieve. The author has drawn on extensive business experience in the area and wide ranging research in major corporations to produce an authoritative account of best practice - backed by numerous cases and examples. The book demonstrates how corporate communications affects today's marketing mix and explains how it can support wider marketing objectives. The key elements are covered in depth: * Who are the key audiences in the present business climate * The role of Corporate Image and Identity in the communications process * How communications informs and affects corporate strategy development * What are the tools of modern communications- from lobbying to brand building * Using communications in a crisis * Who should be communicator and why The book is both highly practical, it is grounded in real business issues, and rigorous in covering the concepts accessibly. It will be an essential text and reference for practitioners and students of marketing.




Direct Marketing in Practice


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Direct Marketing in Practice is a practical manual for all managers and marketers getting to grips with the powerful techniques available to skilled direct marketers. The book shows how to: · Plan a direct marketing campaign · Integrate new technology with conventional direct marketing practice · Maximise the impact, efficiency and return on investment of your activites · Evaluate the success of a campaign - and improve on it next time! Accessible and illuminating, each chapter in the book includes review questions and exercises to help you practice what you have learnt. In addition, the authors have used their considerable experience in the field to assemble many examples of best practice worldwide. These place the theory in a practical, real-world context, and demonstrate what a dramatic effect direct marketing can have on sales and profitability. Those contemplating or starting a career in direct marketing will find Direct Marketing in Practice an invaluable guide to contemporary practice. It is essential reading for all undergraduate students of marketing and business, as well of those undertaking professional examinations in this area.




Marketing Briefs: A Revision and Study Guide


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Complementing Dibb and Simkin's established reputation in their field, this text presents a punchy overview of the leading 50 themes of marketing, each concisely summarized for revision purposes or quick-learning. While appealing primarily to students undertaking marketing exams, many practitioners will also find this 'glossary of current marketing' hard to resist. The title builds on the earlier works of Dibb and Simkin, whose Houghton Mifflin text, 'Marketing: Concepts and Strategies', is the current business school market leading text in the United Kingdom, while their Thomson Learning text, 'The Marketing Casebook: Cases and Concepts', has just been revised and is the most widely used marketing casebook. From understanding customers, branding and positioning, relationship marketing, social responsibility through to value-based marketing and one-to-one marketing, this book covers all the issues the modern marketer must address. The text itself is organized into short structured chapters, the Briefs, each including: * Core definitions * A bulleted key point overview * Thorough yet concise explanation of the concept and primary issues * Illustrative examples * A selection of examination style case, essay and applied questions * Recommended further reading and sources. Together these offer a rounded, concise and topical appreciation of each theme within a clear and accessible framework designed to aid revision. Also included are revision tips and 'golden rules' for tackling examinations, specimen examination papers with answer schemes, and a full glossary of key marketing terms.