Arab Academy For Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
College Of Logistics & International Transport
Principles of Marketing
PROJECT OUTLINE
Project Dates :
Start: 2nd Week
Report submission: 11th week.
Final Presentations: 12 & 13th Week. (Lecture)
Phase one: Group Structure and Identity
1 - Class shall be divided into groups – Marketing consultants
(From 3-5 per group)
2 – Each Marketing consulting company must have a
NAME, LOGO and SLOGAN.
3- Organize tasks amongst team members.
4 - READ carefully chapter 1 first together, to get a basic idea of
Marketing.
Phase two: Marketing Department Profile
1- Introduce your company, its products/ services,
size, location, history, mission statement, and profile.
2- Describe the marketing department for your
assigned company (organizational structure, # of
managers, employees…etc.)
3- What marketing functions does the marketing
department perform? (sales, public relations, advertising,
research, branding, distribution, promotion…etc.)
Phase three: Application and Analysis
1- How does your company achieve the two- fold goal of
marketing? (attract new customers by promising superior
value, and to keep current customers by delivering
satisfaction.)
2- Is it a smart company? i.e. does it under promise and over
deliver?
3- Using the Boston Consulting Group matrix, place all the
company's products on the matrix at their appropriate place.
(whether they are stars, cash cows, dogs or question marks)
4- Apply the marketing process (Segmentation, Targeting and
Positioning, STP) to each of the company's products/
services.
5- Describe the marketing environment of your company and
it's components.
College Of Logistics & International Transport
6- What pricing strategies does the company adopt?
7- What promotion strategies does the company
adopt?
8- Does the company distribute it's own products?
Phase Four: Report
1- Cover Page: It should include;
a) The group’s name.
b) Members of each group.
c) Client’s name and logo.
2- Table of Contents:
a) Executive summary (one page).
b) Introduction (maximum two pages).
c) History of the company and brands.
3- The Marketing Department at….
a) Organization structure and size.
b) Roles and responsibilities.
c) The marketing functions (in-house or outsourcing).
4- The Marketing Environment (Internal & External).
5- BCG Matrix.
6- STP for…..
7- The Marketing Mix.
a) Product and branding strategies.
b) Pricing strategies.
c) Promotional strategies.
d) Distribution.