CIM Coursebook Marketing Fundamentals 07/08

Geoff Lancaster is Chairman of the Durham Associates Group of Companies which is headquartered at Caste Eden, Co-Durham with offices in Bahrain, Oman, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The company is in corporate communications and also manages higher degree programmes overseas for two UK universities. He has written approximately 25 marketing textbooks plus more than 100 academic refereed journal and conference papers. He was senior examiner to the Chartered Institute of Marketing for approximately 15 years and was their senior academic adviser from 1994-1998.

• Preface; The development of marketing and marketing orientation; Marketing planning and budgeting; The marketing mix: product; The marketing mix: new product development and portfolio management; The marketing mix: price; The marketing mix: place; The marketing mix: promotion; The marketing mix: service and customer care; Marketing in context; Appendices - Guidance on exam preparation; Assignment-based assessment; Answers and debriefings; Examination papers and examiners' reports: December 2005 and June 2006; Curriculum information and reading list; Index.

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