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Applied Strategic Marketing, 4 th edition<br />

ISBN: 9781775781271<br />

Authors: Chris Jooste, Johan<br />

Strydom, Flip du Plessis and<br />

Adele Berndt (editors)<br />

Copyright: 2011<br />

Extent: 512pp<br />

Format: Soft cover<br />

Description<br />

Applied Strategic Marketing discusses<br />

the strategic role of marketing<br />

management in modern organisations.<br />

The focus is on how managers choose<br />

and manage the markets they serve,<br />

how they handle competition and<br />

what strategies they devise in order<br />

to build brand value and customer<br />

relationships. This book guides the<br />

reader through the different phases<br />

of the strategic planning process and<br />

provides a framework for designing<br />

and implementing a marketing plan.<br />

Building on the success of the third<br />

edition’s chapters on Customer<br />

Analysis, Brand and Relationship<br />

Building Strategies and Measurements<br />

of Marketing Strategies, the<br />

revised fourth edition also deals<br />

with contemporary issues such as<br />

Globalisation, Sustainability and<br />

Innovation.<br />

Applied Strategic Marketing is anchored<br />

in the South African environment<br />

and discusses the impact of global<br />

trends. This book offers great value to<br />

students and practitioners of strategic<br />

marketing.<br />

Features<br />

• Chapter outcomes outline key content<br />

and skills<br />

• Strategy in action scenarios illustrate<br />

application of concepts<br />

• Examples support learning<br />

• Expanded mini case studies place ideas<br />

in context<br />

• Chapter summaries assist students in<br />

preparing for tests and examinations<br />

• For the reader’s reflection sections<br />

evaluate fundamental theories<br />

• Three large case studies on sustainability,<br />

product, and B2B on the lecturer<br />

resource CD<br />

• Full colour sections engage learners.<br />

Contents<br />

1: The nature of strategic marketing<br />

Part One<br />

2: Macroenvironmental analysis<br />

3: Market analysis<br />

4: Customer analysis<br />

5: Competitor analysis<br />

6: Internal analysis<br />

Part Two<br />

7: Strategic marketing planning<br />

8: Identification of a sustainable<br />

competitive advantage<br />

9: Competitive strategies<br />

10: Strategies in the product life cycle<br />

11: Global strategies<br />

12: Relationship-building strategies<br />

13: Brand strategies<br />

14: Building brand and customer equity<br />

Part Three<br />

15: Strategy implementation and control<br />

15: Measurement of marketing strategies<br />

and processes<br />

Sales Management, 3 rd edition<br />

ISBN: 9780796225870<br />

Authors: Brian Connett, Russell<br />

Abratt and Michael Cant<br />

Copyright: 2010<br />

Extent: 256pp<br />

Format: Soft cover<br />

E-BOOK AVAILABLE<br />

IN 2013<br />

Description<br />

The third edition of the highly<br />

successful Sales Management<br />

focuses on the requirements of<br />

sales management in the twentyfirst<br />

century. It offers the latest on<br />

the role of information technology<br />

and incorporates environmental<br />

factors and their impact on sales<br />

management.<br />

Key topics are the globalisation<br />

of markets, the strategic role of<br />

sales, relationship management,<br />

sales management planning,<br />

forecasting market demand and sales<br />

budgeting. This edition includes<br />

chapters on personal selling and<br />

new challenges in global selling. It<br />

tackles the organisation of the sales<br />

effort through sales force planning,<br />

recruitment and selection. There are<br />

practical chapters on sales training<br />

and development, compensation and<br />

incentives and the role of information<br />

in sales management.<br />

Contents<br />

1: Sales management in the 21 st century<br />

2: The personal selling function<br />

3: The personal selling process<br />

4: Sales management planning<br />

5: Forecasting market demand, sales<br />

forecasting and sales budgeting<br />

6: Organising the sales effort<br />

7: Sales force planning, recruitment and<br />

selection<br />

8: Sales training and development<br />

9: Salesperson compensation and<br />

incentives<br />

10: The crucial role of information in sales<br />

management<br />

11: Leading and motivating the sales force<br />

12: Evaluation and control of the sales<br />

programme<br />

Marketing 21

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