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MKTG Exam Rev
Chapters 1
Question | Answer |
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What is marketing? | The process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. |
What is a marketing concept? | A business philosophy based on consumer orientation, goal orientation, and systems orientation. |
What is consumer orientation? | The identificaiton of and focus on the people or firms most likely to buy a product and the production of a good or service that will meet their needs most effectively. |
What is goal orientation? | A focus on the accomplishment of corporate goals; a limit set on consumer orientation. It is the value for the company. |
What is systems orientation? | The creation of systems to monitor the external environment and deliver the desired marketing mix to the target market. It is the set up of a system to collect information. |
What is a marketing mix? | The unique blend of product/service, pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies designed to meet the needs of a specific target market. Used to solve a problem and identifying and opportunity. |
What is marketing research? | The planning, collection, and analysis of data relevant to marketing decision making and the communication of the results of this analysis to management. |
What is descriptive function? | The gathering and presentation of statements of fact. Example: brand. |
What is diagnostic function? | The explanation of data or actions. Example: Change marketing mix and the sales of the impact is determined |
What is predictive function? | Specification of how to use descriptive and diagnotic research to predict the results of a planned marketing decision. Example: if you increase the price my $0.40 will sales increase? |
What is the return on quality? | Management objective based on the principles that (1) the quality being delivered is at a level desired by the target market and (2) that level of quality must have a positive impact on profitability. |
What is a marketing strategy? | A plan to guide the long-term use of firm's resources based on its existing and projected internal capabilities and on projected changes in the external environment. |
What is applied research? | Research aimed at solving a specific, pragmatic problem- better understanding of the marketplace, determination of why a strategy or tactic failed, or decuation of uncertainty in management decision making. |
What is basic or pure research? | Research aimed at explanding the frontiers of knowledge rather than solving a specific, pragmatic problem. |
What is programmatic research? | Research conducted to develop marketing options through market segmentation, market opportunity analyses, or consumer attitude and product usage studies. |
What is selective research? | Research used to test decision alternatives. |
What is evaluative research? | Research done to assess program performance. |