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MAN-20059 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 24 April 2024

MAN-20059 - Marketing Research
Coordinator: Griff Round Tel: +44 1782 7 33090
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Marketing Principles (MAN 10009)


Barred Combinations

No

Description for 2024/25

The purpose of this module is to provide students with the ability to identify what information is needed as part of the marketing feedback process which informs organisational change and as a primary tool for exploring new challenges and opportunities in the marketplace. It will require students to work effectively as individuals and, at times, as part of a team. Students will participate in the process of critiquing contemporary market research, designing and executing a marketing research project and will critically evaluate marketing research tools through the marketing report.

Aims
During the module students will explore the role of marketing research as part of the decision making process. The module is theoretical and applied in orientation, introducing students to the tools and concepts necessary to identify information needed to develop the skills to propose, undertake and evaluate the marketing research needed to provide information. Students will also develop critical skills to enable them to evaluate the quality and contribution of marketing research to the decision making process.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify information required to write a research proposal/report: 1,2
Analyse and evaluate information from a wide range of sources qualitative and quantitative as part of the research project: 1,2
Evaluate and critically appraise information and ideas both academic and practitioner based to build a piece of coherent research: 1,2
Evaluate the need for marketing research and identify the concepts and tools necessary to undertake individual and group projects: 1,2

Study hours

Lectures 11 hours
Workshop 11 hours
Workshop preparation 22 hours
Preparation for journal article critique 24 hours
Preparation for research report 37 hours
Independent reading 45 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Critique weighted 50%
1500-word individual critical assessment of marketing research based journal article/s
Critique marketing research based peer reviewed academic journal article/s

2: Report weighted 50%
4000-word group report
Students, in groups of approximately 4-5, undertake a research project, prepare a report and also evaluate the marketing research project. The marks will be allocated as a whole group mark. However, a peer review template will be used to record each member's engagement and contribution. Insufficient engagement will result in a reduced grade for individuals who did not contribute appropriately.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 24 April 2024