Company Selection and Overview
Activity Instructions
Submit the Company Selection and Overview assignment. This assignment requires you to:
1. Select a company.
2. Summarize the company's marketing mix based on one or several of the following elements crucial to marketing management as discussed in the first three chapters of your Marketing Management text:
• Product and branding strategies (appropriate service strategy if the company has a consumer orientation).
• Pricing strategies.
• Supply chain strategies (how they place the product in the market).
• Integrated marketing communications.
• Promotional strategy.
3. For the company you have selected, provide an explanation for the following:
• The company's presence in domestic and international markets.
• The company's vision and execution of strategy that set its direction.
• The company's plans for growing and servicing its customer base.
Note: The company you select for analysis in this course will be the one you have to analyze for the remainder of the course as you build your final project. Take time this week to read the Integrated Global Marketing Case Study course project description to familiarize yourself with its objectives and grading criteria. As you choose your company, carefully consider whether you will be able to have access to enough information that will cater to the research scope required for all the components of your project.
Other Requirements
• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Your essay should be formatted according to APA (6th ed.) style and formatting.
• Length: 2-3 typed and double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.