Essay Instructions: The project should provide a clear indication as to how course (fundamentals of Marketing) theories ad concepts are applied. Following the concept of Sports Marketing, analyze Nike's Marketing Strategy using the 4p's: Price, Promotion, Place, Product as well as conducting an environmental scanning. Marketing Concepts such as: Customer Value, Satisfaction and Customer Relationship, Corporate Strategies, Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Global Marketing, Targeting Mktg. Opportunities, Market Segmentation, New Product Development, Pricing, Brand Management, Mktg. Channels, Retailing, must be mentioned, making emphasis on ADVERTISING and SALES PROMOTION (Endorsements, Special Events, Sponsorship, Mktg. Campaigns, etc).
A diligent research effort utilizing a variety of primary and secondary data sources must be a primary focus of the report. the sources that can be magazines articles, academic journals, books, reference directories, web sites, videos, pamphlets, etc., all of which should be noted in the bibliography.The following conditions must be adhered to for either report option: use subheadings to organize your work, page numbers must be included, there are no restrictions on the number of footnotes/endnotes, additionally there must be a detailed bibliography citing all sources used for the document, organized to scale for each source. Marks will be assigned for both content and style.
MARKING SCHEME
Content & Research ___/20
Exceptional-Abundance of content and research discussed; superior thesis developed with supporting methodology
Admirable-Good amount of content and research discussed; well-developed thesis developed with supporting methodology
Maginal-Little to no content or research discussed; marginal or no thesis developed with much supporting or no methodology
Structure, Organization & Appearance ___/10
Exceptional-Exceptional structure, flow and organization of content; use of subheadings and page numbers throughout report; clean appearance
Admirable-Good attempt at structure, flow and organization of content; use of subheadings and page numbers throughout report; acceptable appearance
Marginal-Little to no structure, flow and/or organization of content; little to no/some use of subheadings and page numbers throughout report; untidy appearance
Written Mechanics ___/10
Exceptional-Superior writing with little to no spelling and/or punctuation errors
Admirable-Good writing with some spelling and/or punctuation errors
Marginal-Weak writing with many spelling and/or punctuation errors
Referencing and Bibliography __/10
Exceptional-Full compliance to proper referencing plentiful bank of sources from multiple channels of research; bibliography tailored to proper formatting
Admirable-Good use of referencing with some errors; acceptable bank of sources from various channels of research; bibliography with little to no errors in formatting
Marginal-Little to no compliance with proper referencing; minimal bank of sources; bibliography lacking structure with many errors