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Relationship Marketing, Stakeholders & Society - 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: 2021-22
  • See module specification for other years: 2019-20 2020-21

Module summary

This module emphasises marketing as requiring a long-term focus on networks of stakeholder relationships, and of the need to coordinate marketing efforts throughout the organisation and these networks (not just in the sales or marketing department).

It considers practical and academic developments in relational and service-driven marketing, and of the role of marketing relationships for wider society and for the environment.

The private/for-profit sector as well as not-for-profit and public sectors are included, in relation to a spectrum of sectors and industries, and from tangible goods to pure services. Emphasis is placed on how different sectors intersect, and on the implications of marketing relationships for wider society and the environment.

The module will be interesting and relevant to students focused on various career paths including but not limited to) strategic or operational marketing, account management, business development, public relations, purchasing and procurement, fundraising, or consultancy.

Module content covers the philosophy, methodology, practices, culture and technologies of service-driven and relationship marketing, as well as marketing report writing and planning.

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching cycle
A	Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

The overall aims are to develop critical understanding of:

• Contemporary developments regarding relational and service-driven marketing practices, service eco-systems and the ‘customer journey’.

• The longer-term nature of marketing relationships, both along the supply chain and with internal and external customers and publics.

• The ability to challenge narrow definitions of marketing and to critically revisit many of the core concepts of marketing itself.

• The importance of a relationship marketing culture or orientation.

• Implications for interacting globally with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders operating in different national contexts.

• The usefulness of service and relational marketing orientation beyond the private sector, i.e. for government, non-government organisations (NGOs) and charities.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content

• Understand critically the philosophy, practice, methodology, culture and technologies of relationship marketing.

• Define and differentiate service-dominant logic from goods-dominant logic, and relationship marketing from transactional marketing, and understand the interaction between these concepts as a continuum or spectrum.

• Define the scope of relationship marketing by its various types of stakeholder relationships

• Understand market research requirements for relationship marketing

• Critically understand and measure service and relationship marketing performance

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 where this opportunity is available.

• Apply the theories and tools of relationship marketing to a “real world” business environment and/or organisation.

• 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:

• Contemporary developments and the ‘future’ of marketing in terms of relational and service-driven marketing theory and practice

• The role of relational and service-driven marketing for wider society and for the environment.

• Transactions, Relationships, and Networks in Marketing

• Relationship economics and the significance of customer retention

• Relationship drivers

• The Scope of relationship marketing

• Customer Relationships

• Supplier Relationships

• Internal and External Partnerships

• Relationship Management and Control

• The Role of Technology in relationship Building/Development

Assessment

Task	Length	% of module mark
Essay/coursework Individual report	N/A	100

Special assessment rules

None

Reassessment

Task	Length	% of module mark
Essay/coursework Individual report	N/A	100

Module feedback

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

Indicative reading

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

Palmatier, R.W. and Steinhoff, L., (2019). Relationship marketing in the digital age. Routledge.