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Relationship Marketing - MAN00034H

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Alex Gillett
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2020-21

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching cycle
A Spring Term 2020-21 to Summer Term 2020-21

Module aims

This module aims for the students to develop:

This module challenges the short term view of business relationships with customers and presents arguments for a longer-term focus. It considers the concept of relationship marketing from the perspectives of organisations and consumers, and in relation to tangible goods as well as services.  For-profit and not-for-profit sectors will be included.

The overall aims are to develop

  • An understanding of the longer-term nature of relationships, both along the supply chain and with internal and external customers and publics.
  • To challenge the validity and appropriateness of the traditional ‘Ps’ view of marketing and critically to revisit many of the core concepts of marketing itself.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content

  • Understand critically the philosophy and practice of relationship marketing.
  • Understand features which define and differentiate service-dominant logic and relationship marketing from goods-dominant logic and transactional marketing.
  • Define the scope of RM by its various types of stakeholder relationships.
  • Understand market research requirements for RM.

Academic and graduate skills

  • Acquire and organise information from a wide range of source materials.
  • Present and discuss ideas in public and to work in groups.
  • Apply the theories and tools of relationship marketing.
  • Demonstrate the ability to conduct research into marketing, business and management issues.

Other learning outcomes (if applicable)

  • Further, develop the ability to write concisely and to use relevant library resources.
  • Demonstrate that the ability to work both independently and in teams, set goals, and complete tasks within deadlines has been mastered.
  • Produce logical and structured arguments supported by relevant evidence.

Module content

Indicative content:

  • Transactions, Relationships, and Networks in Marketing
  • Relationship economics and the significance of customer retention
  • Relationship drivers
  • The Scope of RM
  • Customer Relationships
  • Supplier Relationships
  • Internal and External Partnerships
  • Relationship Management and Control
  • Relationship Technology

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Written report (3500 words)		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
Written report (3500 words)		 N/A 100

Module feedback

The timescale for the return of feedback will accord with TYMS policy.

Indicative reading

Egan, J. (2011) Relationship Marketing: Exploring relational strategies in marketing (4th Edition). Financial Times/Prentice Hall.


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