The student task in this activity is to classify the examples provided into one of the four categories on the product/market growth matrix (also sometimes referred to as Ansoff’s model).
Using the Product/Market Growth Matrix Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students develop an appropriate retail design and connected marketing mix for a potential new restaurant. Multiple thought-starters are provided for students.
Developing a Strategy and a Marketing Mix Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, students select the most appropriate marketing strategy and then develop a suitable marketing mix, based upon a
proposed new chain of Italian and pizza restaurants.
Developing a Marketing Mix Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, students required to determine at what strategy hierarchy level each of the following marketing decisions have most likely been made; choosing from corporate, strategic business unit (SBU) or functional (within marketing).
Strategy Hierarchy Levels Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, students need to review the possible strategy development path for a textbook publisher, which is a firm that tends to pursue virtually whatever market opportunities that have been presented.
Strategy Focus Review the Teaching Activity
In this exercise, students are required to review the top-level financials of a small chain of hamburger stores and suggest improvements to their marketing mix.
Improving the Marketing Mix Review the Teaching Activity
This exercise is designed to illustrate how the marketing mix works together to implement the organization’s marketing strategy, which should meet the needs of a defined target market.
Working with the Marketing Mix Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students review an overview of McDonald’s in their early days to identify the reasons for their success and the importance of marketing in their overall performance.
What is Marketing at McDonald’s? Review the Teaching Activity
For this exercise, students review a list of work tasks and identify which ones are likely (or not) to be part of a marketing role – an activity designed to help students further understand what a marketer does.
Are these Marketing Tasks? Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students are presented with a discussion from a manager’s meeting for a new manufacturer of bicycles. The students’ task is to determine which marketing orientation/philosophy they should adopt.
Which Marketing Orientation is Best? Review the Teaching Activity