Transilvania University of Braşov, Romania
Study program : MARKETING POLICIES AND STRATEGIES Faculty: FACULTY OF ECONOMICS SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Study program (Curriculum): MARKETING POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
Study period 2 years (master)
Academic year structure 2 semesters (14 weeks per semester)
Examination sessions (two) winter session (January/February)
summer session (June/July)
Courses per years
Year I
No.
crt.
Path Course Code
Semester I Semester II
C S L P Cred C S L P Cred
01
Common path
Market Behaviors COPP 2 2 6
02 Advanced Microeconomics MICRA 2 2 6
03 Modelling Economic Decisions MODD 2 2 6
04 Buisness Applied Statistics STAF 2 2 6
05 Scientifical Research Activity I-
Marketing Mix Analysis ACSMI 2 6
06
Path 1 - Marketing
Policies in Trade
Strategic Marketing MKSTR 2 1 5
07 Qualitative Market Research
Methods METC 2 1 5
08 Making and managing projects RMNP 2 1 5
09 Policies and Strategies in Trade
Marketing POSTM 2 1 5
10 Scientifical Research Activity II-
Strategies of the Marketing Mix ACMII 2 5
11
International Trade/
Financial Strategies in Business COMRT/ STFINA
2
1
5
06
Path 2 - Marketing
Strategies
Marketing Strategies SMKG 2 1 5
07 Qualitative Marketing Research CCMK 2 1 5
08 Moder Techniques of DataMining DATAM 2 1 5
09 Marketing Strategies in
International Affairs SMKAI 2 1 5
10 Scientifical Research ActivityII-
Strategies of the Marketing Mix ACMIX 2 5
11
Marketing Policies and Strategies
in Tourism/
Marketing Policies in Services
PSTMKT/ PSTMKS
2
1
5
2
Year II
No.
crt. Path Course Code
Semester III Semester IV
C S L P Cred C S L P Cred
01
Path 1-
Marketing
Policies in
Trade
E-marketing şi social media
mix EMSM 2 1 5
02 Aesthetics and Design of
Goods DEMF 2 1 5
03 Informatic Technologies in
Trade and Marketing TICM 2 1 5
04 The Analysis of Marketing
data ADMK 2 1 5
05 Innovation Marketing MKINO 2 1 5
06 Practical Activity and/or
Scientifical Research APCS
9 15
07 Master Thesis ELDIS 9 15
08
Euromarketing /
Relationship Marketing EUROMK/
MKREL
2
1
5
01
Path Two
Marketing
Strategies
Quantitative Marketing
Rersearch CERCAL 2 1 5
02 Multivariat Analysis od
Marketing data AMDM 2 1 5
03
Modern Methods of
Prevision and Simulation in
Marketing
MMPSM 2 1 5
04 Internet Marketing TNTMK 2 1 5
05
Scientifical Research
Activity III: „Complex
Projects regarding the
researhc of market
phenomena”
ACSPRO 2 5
06 Practical Activity and/or
Scientifical Research APCSI
9 15
07 Master Thesis ELDISI 9 15
08
Integrated Marketing
Communication/
Brand Strategies
COIMK/
STMAR
2
1
5
Dean, Head of Department,
Gabriel BRĂTUCU, Ph.D professor Cristinel CONSTANTIN , Ph.D assoc.prof.
Transilvania University of Braşov, Romania
Study program: MARKETING POLICIES AND
STRATEGIES Faculty: ECONOMICS SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Study period: 2 years (master)
COMMON PATH
YEAR I
SEMESTER I
Course title Code No. of
credits
Number of hours per week
course seminar laboratory project
Market Behavior COPP 6 2 2 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Individual consumer behaviour
2. Consumer and the marketing concept
3. Consumers and the marketing mix
4. Information research
5. Evaluation of alternatives, formation of attitudes, decision making
6. Factors influencing individual consumer behavior
7. Consumer psychology
8. A psychosocial model of behavior
9. Organizational consumer behavior
10. Organizational culture
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Advanced
Microeconomics MICRA
6 2 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Consumer behavior and market demand
2. The cost of time and the theory of consumer behaviour
3. Uncertainty and consumer decision making
4. Consumers, producers, and the efficiency of markets
5. Monitoring the corporation: corporate governance
6. Price discrimination
7. The free rider problem and pricing
8. Market behavior with asymetric information
9. Pricing under uncertainty
10. Consumer and supplier behavior over time
2
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Modelling Economic
Decisions MODD 6 2 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Decision. Basic concepts. Decision activities for marketing
2. The modeling and simulation to support for economic decision
3. Formulating and solving linear programming models
4. Decision making using network optimization models
5. Inventory models. Techniques and application.
6. Economic models solved by fuzzy techniques
7. Multi-attribute decision models
8. Monocriteria models in solving decision problems
9. Optimizing with QM (Quantitative Management)
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course seminar laboratory project
Business Applied
Statistics STAF 6 2 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. The analysis of value indicators. Nominal and real indicators
2. Seasonal time series analysis. Measuring the seasonality
3. Forecasting the time series with seasonality
4. Cyclicity analysis. Decomposition method for predicting a complex phenomenon
5. Territorial series. Statistical indicators for analysis of territorial series
6. Territorial profile comparisons. Extrapolation in Territorial Profile
7. Multi-criteria ranking of the administrative-territorial units
8. Synthetic indicators of concentration. Measuring inequality of income distribution
9. Economic indicators of economic external transactions. Indicators of trade
10. Indicators of export-import activity in the company
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credits
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course seminar laboratory project
Scientific Research Activity I
-Marketing Mix Analysis
ACSMI 6 - - - 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Scientific research - fundamentals
2. Literature review regarding marketing mix policies
3. Marketing mix policies inside companies
4. Project design regarding marketing mix policies
5. Project presentations and reviews
3
PATH 1 - MARKETING POLICIES IN TRADE
YEAR I
SEMESTER II
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credits
Number of hours per week
course seminar laboratory project
Strategic Marketing MKS 5 2 1 - -
1.
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Defining the concept of strategic analysis
2. Analysis of strategic situation
3. External environment analysis
4. Internal environment analysis
5. Mission and objectives of the company
6. Strategic marketing mix
7. Product/services strategies
8. Price and tariff strategies
9. Distribution strategies
10. Promotion and communication strategies
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credits
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course seminar laboratory project
Qualitative Market
Research Methods
CCMK 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Qualitative vs. quantitative marketing research
2. Qualitative research methods
3. Secondary data and case studies
4. Exploratory surveys
5. Qualitative studies- characteristics
6. Unstructured interviews
7. Semi-structured interviews
8. Structured interviews
9. Projective techniques
10. Mistery shopping technique
Course title Code No. of
credits
Number of hours per week course seminar laboratory project
Designing And Managing
Projects
RMNP 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. U.E. and the funding policy
2. Regional Operational Programmes
3. Operational Programme Increase of Economic Competitiveness
4. National Programme of Rural Development
5. European Social Fund
6. Financing Documentation (funding guide, application, budget, annexes)
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7. Project Management (communication with the management authorities, Gantt chart,
budgeting activities, reports, requests for reimbursement)
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credits
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course seminar laboratory project
Marketing Policies And
Strategies In Trade
POSTM 5 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Marketing particularities in commerce
2. Information marketing in commerce
3. Studying the purchase behavior, the consumption behavior and the using behavior
on retail market
4. Product policy for the retail company
5. Price policy and strategies for retail company
6. Location strategies for retail company
7. The particularities of communication mix for retail company
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Scientific Research Activity
II -Strategies of the
Marketing Mix
ACMII 5 - - - 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Literature review regarding marketing mix strategies
2. Marketing plan
3. Marketing audit
4. SWOT analysis
5. Defining objectives for marketing plan
6. Market strategies
7. Marketing mix strategies
8. Project presentations
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International Trade COMERT 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Trade globalization and international competitiveness
2. Trade policy: Definition and functions
3. Tariffs / customs measures
4. Non-tariff barriers
5. Arguments for free trade and for protectionism
6. The World Trade Organization (WTO)
5
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credits
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Financial Strategies in
Business STFINA 5 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Financial indicators, structure of earnings rate (yield) on financial market;
2. Binomial return-risk for different financial strategies for business;
3. Analysis, forecasting, planning and financial control in the firm;
4. Economic concepts on the market value of firm in relation with financial results;
5. Financial strategies in the short term (financial policies);
6. Strategies for resource allocation, restructuring and long-term financing.
PATH 2 - MARKETING STRATEGIES
YEAR I
SEMESTER II
Course title Code No. of
credits
Number of hours per week course seminar laboratory project
Marketing Strategies SMKG 5 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Defining the concept of strategic analysis
2. Analysis of strategic situation
3. External environment analysis
4. Internal environment analysis
5. Mission and objectives of the company
6. Strategic marketing mix
7. Product/services strategies
8. Price and tariff strategies
9. Distribution strategies
10. Promotion and communication strategies
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cours
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semina
r
laborato
ry
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Qualitative Market
Research
CCMK 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Qualitative vs. quantitative marketing research
2. Qualitative research methods
3. Secondary data and case studies
4. Exploratory surveys
5. Qualitative studies- characteristics
6. Unstructured interviews
7. Semi-structured interviews
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8. Structured interviews
9. Projective techniques
10. Mistery shopping technique
Course title Code No. of
credits
Number of hours per week course seminar laboratory project
Modern Techniques of Data
Mining
DATAM 5 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. About Clementine. Source Nodes
2. Record Operations Nodes
3. Field Operations Nodes. Graph Nodes
4. Statistical Models
5. Decision Trees
6. Clustering Models
7. Output Nodes
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Marketing Strategies in
International Affairs
SMKAI 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Globalization and regionalization. Base of the pyramid global strategy.
2. Emerging economies
3. Globalization of SMEs
4. Global strategies
5. Global sourcing
6. Export strategies of companies from the emerging markets
7. Differences and similarities of the asian markets:Japan, Korea and China
8. The information industries
9. Strategic networks and the virtual corporation
10. Marketing across cultures: Islamic marketing.
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credits
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course seminar laboratory project
Scientific Research Activity
II-Strategies of the
Marketing Mix
ACMIX 5 - - - 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Literature review regarding marketing mix strategies
2. Marketing plan
3. Marketing audit
4. SWOT analysis
5. Defining objectives for marketing plan
6. Market strategies
7. Marketing mix strategies
8. Project presentations
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credits
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Marketing Policies and
Strategies in Tourism PSTMKT 5 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Developing marketing policies and strategies in tourism. The marketing mix in tourism.
2. The tourist product/service mix.
3. Differentiation, segmentation, and target marketing strategies in tourism.
4. Branding strategies in tourism.
5. Building customer loyalty through quality.
6. The pricing mix in tourism.
7. The communication mix in tourism.
8. The distribution mix in tourism.
9. E-marketing strategies in tourism.
10. Internal marketing strategies in tourism.
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credits
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course seminar laboratory project
Marketing Policies in Services PSTMK
S 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Introduction to Services
2. The Product Policy
3. The Price Policy
4. The Distribution Policy
5. The Communication Policy
PATH 1 - MARKETING POLICIES IN TRADE
YEAR II
SEMESTER I
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credits
Number of hours per week
course seminar laboratory project
E-Marketing and Social Media Mix EMS
M
5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
eMarketing versus traditional marketing: the availability, scope, interactivity, speed;
“Weapons" that eMarketer has in his arsenal: SEO, PPC, ORM, WebPR;
Content and opinion by blogging and podcasting;
Search Engine Optimization;
Affiliate Marketing;
Web PR and Online Reputation Management;
Online advertising;
Conversion Optimization
8
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credits
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Aesthetics and Design of
Goods
DEM
F
6 2 1 0 0
Course description (Syllabus)
1. General considerations on the aesthetics
2. The role of design and aesthetics goods trade activity
3. Genesis design
4. Elements of aesthetics goods
5. Color - defining aesthetic attribute of goods
6. Operational design and aesthetic valences goods
7. Eco-design the product restructuring
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Information Technology in
Trade and Marketing
TICM 2 2 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Business models on the internet: definition, frameworks and design, examples and case
studies.
2. Types of internet marketing: history, classifications based on delivery methods,
compensation methods, benefits.
3. Search engine marketing and geo-targeting: SEO, Pay-per-click, search analytics, web
analytics
4. Social media and social networks: SN platforms, strategies, user engagement, marketing
techniques, tools for social media marketing
5. Email marketing: types, comparison to traditional mail, opt-in email advertising, legal
requirements
6. Mobile advertising: SMS, push notifications, app- and in-game mobile marketing,
location based systems
7. Privacy and security concerns: data transparency, data ownership, personalization and
privacy conscious by default
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The Analysis of Marketing
Data
ADMK 6 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Data analysis in quantitative marketing research
2. Data collection and establishing data basis
3. Using SPSS in data analysis
4. Descriptive data analysis
5. Statistical indicators – sample indicators vs. population indicators
6. Inferential statistic
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7. Statistic tests for univariate analysis
8. Bivariate analysis
9. Statistic tests for bivariate analysis
10. Multivariate data analysis
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Inovation Marketing MKINO 2 1 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Innovation process;characteristics of rapid innovators; barriers against innovation.
2. Behavior of consumers’ innovations
3. Factors modelling consumer behavior; diffusion of innovation; market behavior;
characteristics of the future consumer; market segmentation.
4. Marketing mix of innovation
5. Innovation in marketing research; marketing mix of innovation; innovation in marketing
research; innovation in logistics.
6. Marketing etics
7. Ethics in product policy; ethics in pricing policy; ethics in promotion policy; ethics in
distribution policy.
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course seminar laboratory project
Practical Activity and/or
Scientific Research
APCSI 15 - - - 9
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Market research
2. Environmental factors that influence an industry
3. Industry evolutions and trends
4. Market competition and competitive advantage
5. Critical analysis of the industry
6. Segmentation and targeting
7. Strategic objectives of the companies on the market
8. Market strategies
9. Marketing mix strategies
10. Future development of the industry
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Euromarketing EUROMK 6 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Context of the appearance and meaning euromarketingului. The concept of
euromarketing.
2. Single Market - the field of action of euromarketingului.
3. European Union in the context of world.
4. European consumer.
5. Competition in the single European market - competitive strategy.
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6. Legal framework, institutional and political in euromarketing.
7. Marketing mix in euromarketing.
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Relationship Marketing MKREL 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Relationship marketing vs. transactional marketing
2. Special relationships with the company’s stakeholders
3. Customer loyalty
4. Exploratory surveys
5. The quality management system
6. Customer satisfaction
7. Measuring customer satisfaction
8. Continuous improvement of customer satisfaction
9. Research methods in relationship marketing
PATH 2 - MARKETING STRATEGIES
YEAR II
SEMESTER I
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Quantitative Marketing
Research
CERCAN 5 2 - - 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Quantitative marketing research
2. Objectives and hypotheses definition in quantitative marketing research
3. Descriptive research - survey
4. Questionnaire design in quantitative marketing research
5. Sample design –representative samples
6. Preliminary data analysis
7. Inferential statistic
8. Statistic tests for univariate analysis
9. Bivariate analysis
10. Statistic tests for bivariate analysis
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Multivariate Analysis of
Marketing Data
AMD
M
5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate data analysis
2. Validation of multivariate models
3. Dependence vs. interdependence analysis
4. Linear Regression analysis
5. Discriminant analysis
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6. General linear model
7. Principal Component analysis
8. Cluster analysis
9. Homogeneity analysis
10. Logistic regression
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Modern Forecasting
Methods and Marketing
Simulation
MMPSM 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Simple descriptive techniques. Boxplots and ANOVA analysis in marketing.
2. Classification of projections. Presentations of forecasts. Selection criteria for prediction
methods.
3. Probabilistic forecasting - estimating the distribution of future value
4. Autocorrelation and stationarity. Autocorrelation function. Testing the stationarity
5. Evolutionary behavior analysis: nonstationary series, stationary series. Types of tendency
6. Box-Jenkins methodology. Stationary random processes. Homogeneous nonstationary
processes
7. Partial autocorrelation function. Studing the correlograms. Specification of ARIMA
models
8. Exponential smoothing methods. Constant level models. Models with linear trend.
Models with nonlinear trend: damped models, exponential models
9. Exponential smoothing models with seasonality
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Internet Marketing INTMK 2 2 - -
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Ecommerce on the internet. Electronic market mechanisms: forms, global trends, impact
on markets, supply chain management, business applications
2. Social networks and portals: features, trends, use in organization for employees and
marketing, issues, application domains
3. Mobile commerce and ecommerce privacy and security: available products and services,
payment methods, Influence on youth markets
4. Search Engine Marketing: SEO, Pay-per-click, search analytics, web analytics
5. Display advertising: formats, video and audio, contextual and behavioral targeting
6. Mobile advertising: apps and in-game marketing, location based systems
7. Content, referral and email marketing: content and strategy, referral programs, email and
newsletters
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Scientific Research Activity
III- Complex Projects
Regarding the Research of
Market Phenomena
ACSPRO 5 - - - 2
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Literature review regarding an established research topic
2. Critical analysis of the literature
3. Conclusions and discussions
4. Further research directions
5. Project presentations
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Practical Activity and/or
Scientific Research
APCSI 15 - - - 9
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Market research
2. Environmental factors that influence an industry
3. Industry evolutions and trends
4. Market competition and competitive advantage
5. Critical analysis of the industry
6. Segmentation and targeting
7. Strategic objectives of the companies on the market
8. Market strategies
9. Marketing mix strategies
10. Future development of the industry
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Integrated Marketing
Communication
COINMK 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. The content and the importance of communications; the place of marketing
communication in overall policy of the firm.
2. Integrated marketing communication.
3. Corporate identity, reputation and branding
4. Communication - connection between the organization and external environment; and the
role of communication in the relationship with the staff; the communication in the
relationship with external components of the medium.
5. Brand capital plans and development of strategic communication in marketing.
6. Strategies used in the marketing communication, promotional mix - advertising, public
relations, sales promotions, direct marketing, personal sellings.
7. Designing and implementing communication strategy of the firm; the co-ordinates
communication strategy, the strategy for commercial communication; the strategy of
corporate communication.
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Brand Strategies STMAR 5 2 1
Course description (Syllabus)
1. Integrated marketing communication
2. Brand characteristics, benefits of branding
3. The strategic role of branding
4. The role of marketing communication in branding
5. Business to business branding
6. Brand equity
7. Corporate identity, reputation and branding
8. Brand capital plans and development of strategic communication in marketing;
Dean, Head of Department,
Gabriel BRĂTUCU, Ph.D professor Cristinel CONSTANTIN, Ph.D assoc.prof.