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Solution Manual for Marketing Management 4th
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Solution Manual for Marketing Management 4th EditionMark Johnston Greg
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Chapter 01

Marketing in Today’s Business Milieu

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

LO 1-1 Identify typical misconceptions about marketing, why they persist, and the resulting
challenges for marketing management.

LO 1-2 Define what marketing and marketing management really are and how they contribute
to a firm’s success.

LO 1-3 Appreciate how marketing has evolved from its early roots to be practiced as it is today.

LO 1-4 Recognize the impact of key change drivers on the future of marketing.

CHAPTER OUTLINE

I. WELCOME TO MARKETING MANAGEMENT

II. MARKETING MISCONCEPTIONS

A. Behind the Misconceptions

1. Marketing Is Highly Visible by Nature

2. Marketing Is More Than Buzzwords

B. Beyond the Misconceptions and Toward the Reality of Modern Marketing

III. DEFINING MARKETING
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A. Value and Exchange Are Core Marketing Concepts

B. A New Agenda for Marketing

IV. MARKETING’S ROOTS AND EVOLUTION

A. Pre-Industrial Revolution
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B. Focus on Production and Products

C. Focus on Selling

D. Advent of the Marketing Concept

1. The Marketing Mix

E. Post-Marketing Concept Approaches

1. Differentiation Orientation

2. Market Orientation

3. Relationship Orientation

4. One-to-One Marketing

V. CHANGE DRIVERS IMPACTING THE FUTURE OF MARKETING

A. Shift to Product Glut and Customer Shortage

B. Shift in Information Power from Marketer to Customer

C. Shift in Generational Values and Preferences

D. Shift to Distinguishing Marketing (Big M) from marketing (little m)

1. Marketing (Big M)

2. marketing (little m)

E. Shift to Justifying the Relevance and Payback of the Marketing Investment

VI. YOUR MARKETING MANAGEMENT JOURNEY BEGINS

VII. SUMMARY



KEY TERMS
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marketing management The leading and managing of the facets of marketing to improve
individual, unit, and organizational performance.

marketing’s stakeholders Any person or entity inside or outside a firm with whom marketing
interacts, impacts, and is impacted by.


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societal marketing The concept that, at the broadest level, members of society at large can be
viewed as a stakeholder for marketing.

sustainability The practicing of business that meet humanity’s needs without harming future
generations.

value A ratio of the bundle of benefits a customer receives from an offering compared to the
costs incurred by the customer in acquiring that bundle of benefits.

exchange The giving up of something of value for something desired.

production orientation The maximization of production capacity through improvements in
products and production activities without much regard for what is going on in the marketplace.

sales orientation The increase of sales and consequently production capacity utilization by
having salespeople ―push‖ product into the hands of customers.

marketing concept Business philosophy that emphasizes an organization-wide customer
orientation with the objective of achieving long-run profits.

marketing mix (4Ps of marketing) Product, price, place, and promotion—the fundamental
elements that comprise the marketer’s tool kit that can be developed in unique combinations to
set the product or brand apart from the competition.

offering A product or service that delivers value to satisfy a need or want.

solution A bundle of benefits from an offering that solves a problem or fills a need of a
customer.

differentiation Communicating and delivering value in different ways to different customer
groups.

customer orientation Placing the customer at the core of all aspects of the enterprise.

market orientation The implementation of the marketing concept, based on the understanding
of competitors and listening to the market.

relationship orientation Investing in keeping and cultivating profitable current customers
instead of constantly having to invest in gaining new ones.

one-to-one marketing Directing energy and resources into establishing a learning relationship
with each customer and connecting that knowledge with the firm’s production and service
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capabilities to fulfill that customer’s needs in as custom a manner as possible.

mass customization Combining flexible manufacturing with flexible marketing to greatly
enhance customer choice.

Marketing (Big M) The dimension of marketing that focuses on external forces that affect the
organization and serves as the driver of business strategy.
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