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Chapter 2
Midterm 1
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Marketing
Undergraduate 2
03/05/2013

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Term
kinds of organizations today
Definition
  • organization
  • business firm (profit)
  • industry
  • offerings
  • nonprofit organization
Term
board of directors
Definition
oversees the 3 levels of strategy in organizations: corporate, business unit, and functional
Term
visionary organizations
Definition
  1. establish a foundation
  2. set a direction
  3. create strategies to successfully develop and market their offerings
Term
organizational foundation
Definition
  • core values
  • mission/vision
  • organizational culture
Term
organizational direction
Definition
  • business
  • goals (objectives)
  • long term
  • short term
  • SMART
Term
S.M.A.R.T.
Definition

goals or objectives 

  • specific
  • measurable
  • attainable
  • relevant
  • time-based
Term
organizational strategies
Definition

by level

  • corporate
  • sbu
  • functional

by offering

  • product
  • service
  • idea 
Term
diversification analysis
Definition
  • market penetration
  • market development
  • product development
  • diversification
Term
strategic marketing process 3 phases
Definition
  1. planning
  • swot analysis
  • market product focus and goal setting
  • marketing program
  1. implementation
  2. evaluation
Term
planning phase step 1
Definition
  1. swot analysis
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • opportunities
  • threats
Term
planning process step 2
Definition
  1. market-product focus and goal setting
  • market segmentation
  • points of difference
Term

planning process step 3

Definition
  1. marketing program
  • product strategy
  • price strategy
  • promotion strategy
  • place (distribution) strategy
Term
implementation phase
Definition
  • obtaining resources
  • designing the marketing organization
  • developing planning schedule
  • executing the marketing program
Term
evaluation phase
Definition
  1. comparing results with plans to identify deviations
  • planning gap
  1. acting on deviations (positive or negative)
Term
profit
Definition

the money left after a business firm’s total expenses are subtracted from its total revenues and is the reward for the risk it undertakes in marketing its offerings.

Term
strategy
Definition

an organization’s long-term course of action designed to deliver a unique customer experience while achieving its goals

Term
corporate level
Definition

the level in an organization where top management directs overall strategy for the entire organization.

Term
strategic business unit (SBU)
Definition

a subsidiary, division, or unit of an organization that markets a set of related offerings to a clearly defined group of customers    

Term
functional level
Definition

is the level in an organization where groups
of specialists actually create value for the organization.

Term
cross-functional teams
Definition

consist of a small number of people from different departments in an organization who are mutually accountable to accomplish a task or common set of performance goals.

Term
core values
Definition

the fundamental, passionate, and enduring principles of an organization that guide its conduct over time.

Term
mission
Definition
a statement of the organization’s function in society that often identifies its customers, markets, products, and technologies.  The term is often used interchangeably with vision
Term
organizational culture
Definition

consists of the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of behavior that is learned and shared among the members of
an organization.

Term
business
Definition

the clear, broad, underlying industry or market sector of an organization’s offering.

Term
business model
Definition
the strategies an organization develops to provide value to the customers it serves
Term
goals or objectives
Definition

the statements of an accomplishment of a task to be achieved, often by a specific time.

Term
market share
Definition
the ratio of sales revenue of the firm to the total sales revenue of all firms in the industry, including the firm itself
Term
marketing dashboard
Definition
the visual computer display of the essential information related to achieving a marketing objective
Term
marketing metric
Definition
a measure of the quantitative value or trend of a marketing activity or result
Term
marketing plan
Definition
a road map for the marketing activities of an organization for a specified future time period, such as one year or five years.
Term
business plan
Definition
a road map for the entire organization for a specified future time period, such as one year or five years.
Term
competitive advantage
Definition
an unique strength relative to competitors that provides superior returns, often based on quality, time, cost, or innovation.
Term
business portfolio analysis
Definition
a technique that managers use to quantify performance measures and growth targets to analyze its clients’ strategic business units (SBUs) as though they were a collection of separate investments.
Term
diversification analysis
Definition
a technique that helps a firm search for growth opportunities from among current and new markets as well as current and new products.
Term
business portfolio analysis
Definition
a technique that managers use to quantify performance measures and growth targets to analyze its clients’ strategic business units (SBUs) as though they were a collection of separate investments.
Term
diversification analysis
Definition
a technique that helps a firm search for growth opportunities from among current and new markets as well as current and new products.
Term
strategic marketing process
Definition
the approach whereby an organization allocates its marketing mix resources to reach its target markets
Term
situation analysis
Definition
involves taking stock of where the firm or product has been recently, where it is now, and where it is headed in terms of the organization’s marketing plans and the external factors and trends affecting it.
Term
SWOT analysis
Definition
an acronym describing an organization’s appraisal of its internal Strengths and Weaknesses and its external Opportunities and Threats
Term
market segmentation
Definition
involves aggregating prospective buyers into groups, or segments, that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action.
Term
points of difference
Definition
those characteristics of a product that make it superior to competitive substitutes.
Term
marketing strategy
Definition
the means by which a marketing goal is to be achieved, usually characterized by a specified target market and a marketing program to reach it.
Term
marketing tactics
Definition
the detailed day-to-day operational decisions essential to the overall success of marketing strategies.
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