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CONSUMER CHOICES

Syllabus

Updated A.Y. 2022-2023

Customer Journey - Digital and creative

Semester: Spring 2023

Instructor: Professor Ilijana Petrovska

Duration of Course: 45 hours

Period: 10 April – 19 May 2023

Contact hours: 36

Home assignments and home hours: 28 hours

Credit Hours: 6 ECTS

Prerequisite: Principles of Marketing

Instructor’s contact details:

e-mail: petrovska@uacs.edu.mk

 

Required text:

Solomon, M.R. (2020) Consumer behaviour: Buying, having and being.  (13th edition) New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Or previous edition

Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having, and Being, Global Edition 13th Edition, by Michael R. Solomon, © 2020, ISBN-13 9781292153117, ISBN-10 1292153113

 

Supplementary reading:

Students are strongly advised to extend their reading to further articles and books:

  • Mothersbaugh & Hawkins (2017) Consumer Behavior: Building Marketing strategy. 13th McGraw Hill
  • Molenaar, Cor (2015) Why customers would rather have a smartphone than a car:  relationship retailing as an opportunity. Farnham, Surrey, England; Gower
  • Sorensen H. (2017) Inside the Mind of the Shopper: The Science of Retailing. Pearson FT Press
  • Neumeier M. (2016) Brand Flip, The: Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it
  • Schiffman, L.G., Kanuk, L.L & Hansen, H. (2008) Consumer behavior: A European Outlook. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

 

Journals and Magazines

Journal of Consumer Behavior

Journal of Consumer Research

Advances in Consumer Research

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Journals of Relationship Marketing

Journal of Marketing

 

Course description:

The most complex aspect of marketing is understanding the consumer, especially taking into consideration the new trends such as digitalization and globalization, which affect the daily outcome of the customer journey. Therefore, this course aims to provide the basic tools to better comprehend consumer behavior and develop customer journey mapping. By working on a number of topics and finding answers related to different aspects of human behavior in relation to consuming, the students gain a deeper understanding of the psychological processes and their importance to the behavior of the consumers. The students also engage with their own consumption habits and apply their growing knowledge to real-life situations of consumer behavior.

 

Learning objectives

During the course the students will:

  • Learn the fundamental principles and theories in consumer behaviour as well as the connections to other sciences;
  • Develop their abilities to apply consumer behaviour concepts to marketing problems that are likely to involve consumer consumption;
  • Understand the basic analytical tools that can be used to investigate customer journey

 

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this course the students will be able to:

  • Conduct small scale independent research and draw customer journey mapping relevant to marketing;
  • Critically apply their knowledge in the decision connected to various consumer behaviour situations.

 

Course delivery

Class lectures will review key themes from the suggested textbooks mainly in the form of Powerpoint slides. The notes of the lecture, as well as homework and assignments, will be saved on the University intranet. The students will also be actively involved in the lessons through group work, discussions, and work on practical examples that will enable the students to gain first-hand experience on some of the studied phenomena.

 

Course assessment criteria

  1. Group presentation on Consumer trends - 30% - every class according to the topic defined on the 1st class
  2. The final project consists of Market research using different tools from the classes and developing report useful for Marketing managers. The goal is to work on a real case from the market, for a luxury brand of your choice. This is a project, assessed through:
    • Final project presentation - 30%
    • Final project written report - 40%

 

Class participation:

Expected is at least 2/3 of the class participation.

 

Non attending students - Course assessment criteria

  1. review paper and presentation for Consumer trends - 20% - maximum 1.500 words, using minimum 3 sources, and using APA referencing.
  2. The Final project consists of Market research using different tools from the classes and developing a report useful for Marketing managers. The goal is to work on a real case from the market, ask the professor for the instrument and research instrument approval. This should result in: 
    • Final project presentation - 20%
    • The Final project individual written report - 30%
  3. FINAL EXAM - Final case analysis individual - 30%

All the assignments should uploaded on MS Teams, and a virtual presentation of all assignments should be scheduled before the exam is due.

Course outline:

Day 

Chapter

Theme

  

1

 

1

 

 

Introduction

  

Understanding Customer Choices

  

Analyze: Desk research of articles on Trends in Consumer Choices for presentation for Next classes

  

2

 

3

 

Group presentation of papers for perception

  

Perception

  

A: develop a Perceptual / Association map

  

3

4

Learning and memory

  

Short Case – Nostalgia

  

Final project initiation

  

4

5

Motivation and affect

  

Group presentation

  

Ethical CASE analysis

  

5

6

The Self: Mind, Gender, and Body

  

Final project – discussion of topics, instrument & papers

  

6

7

Personality, Emotions, lifestyle and values

  
 
 

7

8

Attitudes and persuasive interactive communications

  
 

8

9

Decision making

  

Customer Journey

  

9

 

10

Case analysis – Paper Boat

  

Buying using and disposing as factors for consumer choice

  

10

11

Group influence and social media

  

How it affects the Customer Journey – group work

  

11

12

 

Income and demographics influence

  

Culture and subculture

  

14

 

Family influence

  

Final project – Q&A session

  

12

 

- Final project presentation

  
 

- Final project written report

  

 

Prepared by Prof. Ilijana Petrovska

Date: January 2023