An essential practice in marketing is assessing the impact of marketing strategies on business performance. Increasingly, companies are recognising marketing as a strategic board-level function, directly responsible for wealth creation. Marketers should be equipped with tools to analyse and effectively communicate the value of marketing, using the evidence of marketing metrics underpinning business performance. This unit introduces students to marketing metrics that are responsible for commercial success. Key measures are explained and applied to a wide range of business examples, using a case study approach. This unit provides an overview of marketing metrics and how they relate to business performance, providing students with the opportunity to apply these key concepts to practical business situations.

This unit explains the various sources of bias that can influence decision-making and provides strategies to improve the quality of business decisions. Understanding and using marketing information is an essential task for marketing decision-makers. However, despite very large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data being available from both primary and secondary sources, concerns exist over much of its quality and how to combine these different sources into a useful stream of information that helps decision makers make better decisions throughout the product lifecycle. The marketing planning cycle is used as the structure for this unit to explore how data can be turned into actionable marketing information. Students also learn how to assess information requirements, plan data collection and assess data quality.

This unit is about developing and managing innovative competitive marketing strategies. It not only combines concepts, frameworks and tools from across the marketing discipline, it also transcends the traditional boundaries of the discipline itself (as the modern marketer often must), drawing on materials from strategic management, entrepreneurship and finance. The central focus is on strategy development and how its management can create superior and sustainable value for both customers and shareholders, by introducing a long term perspective.

This unit explores contemporary consumer behaviour and how this knowledge can be useful in assisting marketing managers to enhance their decision-making in contemporary markets. To achieve this objective, the unit moves beyond basic consumer behaviour theory to understand how contemporary consumers behave across a wide variety of contexts, including commercial and not-for-profit markets. Where appropriate the unit explores various techniques of investigating consumer behaviour and developing a consumer centric approach. The unit also highlights how knowledge of consumer insights can appropriately be linked to various marketing practices so as to increase the likelihood of achieving marketing goals.

The dynamic nature of global markets makes international marketing a challenging topic to study. Competitive forces transcend national boundaries so that every company is touched to some extent by the impact of the global market. This unit considers international marketing from a wide range of perspectives and includes issues that impact large multi-nationals as well as smaller international and national players. Marketing concepts are addressed through current case studies with a focus on examples drawn from the Asia Pacific region.

In today's highly competitive and uncertain business environment, it is critical for marketing professionals to have a clear understanding of marketing issues and the impact of possible regulatory and ethical factors. Marketing programmes and strategies have greater chances of success if they are developed with an awareness of regulatory and ethical guidelines. This unit considers the regulatory and ethical environment of the marketing of goods and services, with particular reference to product development and management, pricing, promotion and distribution. The unit also investigates issues and implications of new media. Topics include marketing regulation in the digital environment and other technologies used in the promotion and sale of products and services.

This unit considers the role of internal marketing in motivating employees towards implementing marketing strategies. Although the principles of marketing used internally within an organisation are similar to those used externally, frequently a fresh approach is required when addressing practical issues. This unit presents current thinking and research on the topic of internal marketing and explains how it can be used to assist with implementing marketing strategy. The unit is taught mainly through practical case studies, providing an opportunity for analysing how internal marketing is used within leading organisations.

Communicating effectively and efficiently with target markets has become more challenging especially with the advent of digital media. The unit is designed to teach students how to critically assess campaigns, plan strategically, create and then present an integrated marketing campaign using a mix of both traditional and digital channels. Students are introduced to theories, concepts, frameworks, tools and processes that relate to marketing communications. They learn through practically applying this knowledge, planning, developing and presenting an integrated marketing campaign.

This is the first of two units which comprise the final project for the Master of Marketing. This consulting project provides an opportunity for students to use learning gained during the course in a real life case. A successful project applies analytical tools, research design, strategic thinking and project management skills to a real marketing issue. Students identify and approach a company and topic of their own choice. Examples of topics include: (new) product development and launch; developing a marketing strategy for geographic extension; entering a new market segment; or implementing a new marketing initiative such as CRM. Students work individually on their project with the support and guidance of a professional mentor. The unit starts with plenary sessions that introduce project scoping, project design and consulting skills. Students scope and design their project and deliver a project proposal that is approved by the client. In this first part of their project, students are assessed on quality of problem identification, analysis, creativity and relevance of the research proposal, client management skills and persuasive presentation.

This is the capstone unit for the Master of Marketing, providing an opportunity for students to use learning gained during the course. The project requires application of analytical tools and project management skills to a marketing issue within a company chosen by the student in MKTG6209. Examples of topics include: (new) product development and launch; developing a marketing strategy for geographic extension; entering a new market segment; or implementing a new marketing initiative such as CRM. This second unit encompasses the actual execution of the project that the student has proposed to the client company in MKTG6209. Student support includes sessions that build on the project management and consulting skills introduced in the previous unit and that are critical when designing and selling marketing solutions within an organisation. In addition, students are offered one-on-one supervisory sessions with an experienced marketing professional for individual guidance on their project. The deliverable is a report of up to 5,000 words, along with a presentation to the client organisation and the student's supervisor. Students are assessed on problem identification, analysis, creative and actionable solutions, client management skills and persuasive presentation. The unit assesses and assures all the program learning goals for the degree.

This is the first of two units which comprise the final project for the Master of Marketing. The international project provides an opportunity for students to work in a team over an extended period of time and use learning gained during the course in a real life case with an international dimension.

During this first unit, each team identifies and approaches an existing company interested in exploring marketing opportunities in a specified country. Students visit this country in the second part of the project (MKTG6212). The project can focus on a market analysis, developing a market entry strategy, or developing a communication or distribution strategy etc.

In this unit, students scope a project, draft a project plan and present this plan to the client. The project proposal includes a set of goals to achieve or data to be gathered when visiting the country of destination in the following semester.

Student-teams work on their project with the support and guidance of a professional mentor. Throughout the unit the teams are expected to attend workshops on project scoping, project design and consulting skills. Teams are assessed on quality of problem identification (or challenges), analysis, creativity and relevance of the research proposal, client management skills and persuasiveness of presentation. Individual contribution is assessed by peer evaluation and individual participation in the group presentation.

This is the capstone unit for the Master of Marketing, providing an opportunity for students to use learning gained during the course. Student teams attend seminars on International Business Consulting and Trade as well as briefings about a specific destination country. Following these seminars and prior to visiting the country, teams complete a preliminary market analysis of their client's industry in the country of destination and preliminary prospects for the client on the basis of desk-research and data collection in Australia. Although this preliminary report is not formally assessed, completion before embarking on the study tour is compulsory. Teams have two weeks in the designated country for immersion in the local business environment and further fieldwork to complete their project.
In this capstone unit, students demonstrate that they have achieved all the program's learning objectives. Assessment comprises a written report, a client presentation and peer-feedback to assess students' ability to work effectively in teams.