A marketing plan clarifies the key marketing elements of a business and maps out directions, objectives, and activities for the business and its employees. This course tackles several aspects of a company's marketing and promotion plan such as the marketing mix (the 4Ps), the evaluation of marketing opportunities, researching, analyzing and identifying target markets, and developing a strategic position for the company to implement the strategy. The course covers everything from the preparation and implementation of the marketing plan to measuring and evaluating the results of the organizational marketing efforts.
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Apply a logical step-by-step process to produce a sound marketing plan
Devise a marketing plan that builds on marketing audit findings
Use marketing audit findings to identify effective strategies and tactics
Develop the components of the strategic marketing plan
Identify and implement the different marketing warfare strategies (offensive, defensive, and flanking)
General Managers
Marketing Managers
Product and Sales Managers
Market Researchers
Planning Managers
Marketing Professionals
Scope and functions
Competitive pressures changing the world
The smart bomb strategic approach
Definition of strategic planning
Organizing the general planning framework
The benefits of planning
Reasons to write a marketing plan
The marketing plan format
The marketing planning process
Setting 'SMART' objectives and goals
Linking the marketing strategy to the vision, mission, and objectives of the company
The components of a company’s environment
The framework for competitive analysis
Components of internal analysis
Components of the external analysis
Competitive and customer analysis
Environmental analysis
'SWOT' analysis
The five forces diagram
Portfolio analysis and design (the Boston Consulting Group matrix)
Basis for segmentation
Benefits of segmentation
The market segmentation process
Criteria for B to B segmentation
Effective positioning
Steps in market segmentation, targeting, and positioning
Creating a powerful value proposition
Crafting a value proposition and positioning
Considering different strategic alternatives ('TOWS' analysis)
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.