MPH_MAEU Marketing in the EU

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MPH_MAEU/01: Wed 12:50–14:30 VT203, A. Klapalová
MPH_MAEU/02: Wed 7:40–9:15 VT203, A. Klapalová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The entrepreneurial environment of the European Union is highly competitive and many aspects of entrepreneurship are guided and regulated through common policies set out by the integrated countries. On the other hand even despite the obvious impact of globalization and integration, entrepreneurs come to terms with a range of different national, regional and local specifics that significantly influence entrepreneurial activity. The course focuses on development of basic marketing skills of prospective managers and employees of companies engaged in international business environment.
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand specifics of marketing within the EU market, be able to apply various techniques of marketing management in the international environment and be aware of the specific use of marketing methods, techniques or tools. These must be adapted to different conditions of individual EU member countries resulting from either cultural differences, different legislation or from other particularities of the environment. He or she should understand how to seek opportunities and to spot threats in areas in which they do not appear (not until now) in the home market and to use the results of the environmental analyses to make marketing decisions with regards to the marketing mix applied in European Union markets.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the subject of marketing in the EU
  • 2. The EU environment
  • 3. The EU Cultural environment
  • 4. Cultural dimensions and marketing in the EU
  • 5. Consumer and Customer behaviour on the EU market
  • 6. International marketing research and MIS
  • 7. Marketing strategies on the EU market
  • 8. Segmentation and positioning on the EU market
  • 9. Marketing product and the EU
  • 10. Marketing price and the EU
  • 11. Marketing place and distribution and the EU
  • 12. Marketing promotion and the EU
  • 13. Fairs and tradeshows in the EU
Literature
    required literature
  • HOLLENSEN, Svend. Essentials of global marketing. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2012, xxxiv, 524. ISBN 9780273756545. info
  • KOTABE, Masaaki and Kristiaan HELSEN. Global marketing management. 5th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010, xxiii, 725. ISBN 9780470381113. info
  • USUNIER, Jean-Claude and Julie Anne LEE. Marketing across cultures. 4th ed. Harlow: Prentice-Hall, 2005, xx, 573. ISBN 0273685295. info
  • KLAPALOVÁ, Alena. Marketing v Evropské unii (Marketing in the European Union). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003, 111 pp. ISBN 80-210-3072-0. info
    recommended literature
  • BRADLEY, Frank. International marketing strategy. 5th ed. Harlow: Prentice-Hall, 2005, xxvii, 408. ISBN 0273686887. info
  • SVĚTLÍK, Jaroslav. Marketing pro evropský trh. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 272 s. ISBN 8024704226. info
    not specified
  • MACHKOVÁ, Hana. Mezinárodní marketing : nové trendy a reflexe změn ve světe. 3., aktual. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009, 196 s. ISBN 9788024729862. info
  • ONKVISIT, Sak and John J. SHAW. International marketing : strategy and theory. 5th ed. London: Routledge, 2008, xxiv, 710. ISBN 9780203930069. info
Teaching methods
The course proceeds in a form of lectures with the active involvement of students in the form of discussions and case studies solving as well as in the form of group project and its presentation.
Assessment methods
Seminars are held weekly during the semester. The course finishes with a presentation and defence of one seminar work. In the case of low quality of this work and insufficient activity during seminars passing the test at the end of the semester is required. Any copying, keeping a record of tests or carrying the tests out, using forbidden aids including any communication devices or any other breach of objectivity of the exam is regarded as a failure to meet the obligations of the subject and as a serious breach of study regulations. As a consequence, the teacher grades the student with "F" and the dean is allowed to initiate a disciplinary action, which might lead to the termination of the studies.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět nebude v semestru vypsán, pokud se nezhapíše minimálně 10 studentů.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019.
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