Discussion Post
Respond to the following: Marketing Growth, Strategic Planning, Market Expansion, & Drivers Management
o Justify the assembly of a balanced product portfolio by marketing managers as a means of ensuring extended success in the health care market industry. Provide two real-life examples to support your rationale.
o Assess the importance of portfolio planning in the health care industry, and determine at least one approach to portfolio planning that can help marketing managers to ensure productive marketing operations. Provide at least two specific examples of portfolio planning in a health care organization with which you are familiar.
o Interpret the importance of continually pursuing opportunities for growth within the health care marketplace, and identify expansion opportunities available to health care institutions through the use of Igor Ansoff's Product-Market Expansion Grid. Provide support for your response.
o Assess the critical pursuit of identity management and its role in helping health care entities build strong, recognizable brands. Provide at least two specific examples of identity initiatives within a health care organization.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.