LO 1 | Essential Context :

Task

Explain the role of marketing and how it interrelates with other functional units of an organisation

A

Definitions and the marketing concept:


B

The role of marketing:


  • The structure and operations of marketing departments. | B.1 |

  • Overview of marketing processes that include analysis, strategic planning and | B.2 |

  • The marketing mix. | B.3 |

  • The different roles of marketing within both a B2C and B2B context. | B.4|

C

The interrelationships of functional units:


  • Marketing as a business function. | C.1 |

  • The different roles of business units and the interrelationships between these functional units and marketing. | C.2 |

Power-point Resources: 

Learning objective  1

Assignment 1: Due date: October 2026