MK9412 - Marketing Study and Consultancy Skills

The module is supported by a Teaching and Learning Plan which outlines the structure of the sessions. The module’s e-learning portal will provide you with the main module material, consisting of lecture, practical and seminar material, Teaching and Learning Plan, assessment strategy and information on further reading. You will learn through a range of lectures, practicals, seminars, webinars and independent learning.

Lectures will cover main content of the topics, practicals will cover working in team collaboration, creating knowledge through experience, applying and developing solutions to business problems, seminars will blend directed and independent learning to case studies, helping to assess your participation, understanding, from which you will receive formative feedback.

Directed learning will include a range of activities including pre-reading, preparation for practicals, seminars and preparing for presentations and reflection. Independent learning time is set aside for learning activities, self-identified by you, to gain a deeper and broader knowledge of the subject.

You will be able to follow up on the lectures, practicals and seminars through a one-hour weekly webinar with the members of the teaching team and fellow students to reinforce both the practical and theoretical learning of the module.

Support will be provided to you by a Module Tutor and teaching team. A team of academic staff are allocated to practical and seminar groups of about 20 students, providing closer, more personal academic support. The groups are typically based on study programme cohorts, so you will be taught here alongside fellow members from your specific programme. The final aspect of the direct contact support is a 1-hour weekly webinar, where students can link with the module tutor and other members of the teaching team to engage in question and answer sessions on the module materials and assessment brief.

Your module is supported by an e-learning portal, which houses lecture materials, practical and seminar tasks, alongside assessment details and various support facilities such as recordings of certain lectures and details on the module reading list.

You will have a wide-ranging electronic reading list that comprises of various textbooks reinforcing the lecture and seminar inputs. The list will include top academic journals, specific academic journal article, relevant textbooks and other publications which will help to enhance the module content.

Support will be provided to encourage you to become active and independent learners through an experiential approach to the co-creation of knowledge through engagement and enquiry which will prepare you for higher levels of academic rigour.

The module assessment consists of two components which will be communicated at the beginning of the semester. Including mid-term group (presentation) and end of module individual (report) components, both formative and summative, are planned to enhance your knowledge and understanding as you progress through the module. All tasks are designed to allow you to develop and showcase skills developing into a work ready placement student and your onward journey into graduate employment.

This support will encourage your active participation in the learning process throughout the semester.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
Knowledge and Understanding (KU):

Demonstrate understanding and the application of the role of Marketing Study, Consultancy Skills and Experiential Learning [MLO1]
Identify and apply marketing theories and concepts to a marketing related project [MLO2]

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

Develop team working skills in examining marketing case studies, developing skills through experiential learning and presenting solutions to real business problems. [MLO3]


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

Develop an awareness of the cultural and ethical contexts relating to Marketing Study and Consultancy Skills [MLO4]

Summative Assessment:
Summative assessment will consist of two stages. First stage includes group presentations (20%) and will be assessed during the seminar sessions. We will give feedback on presentations that you make at seminars.

This component will address MLO1 and MLO3.

The second part of the assessment (80%) consists of an individual report (1500 words) submitted during the assessment period.

This component will address MLO2 and MLO4.

Formative Feedback.

Formative feedback will be given to students during the preparation and development of this process, feedback will be provided by the tutor alongside a discussion around how the key issues can be progressed to the next stage of the assessment as a means of feedforward.

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Marketing Study and Consultancy Skills will build on your knowledge of marketing theory and how to use it to come up with viable solutions to real marketing problems. It’s a practical module that involves working on live business projects in teams, designed to not only develop your teamwork and interpersonal skills, but also your analytical skills and commercial awareness. You’ll be encouraged to learn through a process of enquiry using digital information and technology. It will develop your ability to think independently, apply discipline knowledge to complex problems/opportunities, to communicate (present and report) and to collaborate to create new knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues within your discipline area. Your academic tutor will monitor your progress by ensuring all students are involved and will encourage you to share your ideas and to comment constructively on those of others.