Product and Brand Management

Paper Code: 
MAM 325
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

  1. The basic purpose of this subject is to integrate the basics of Product and brand management to the students.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Course outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code-

 

Paper Title

 

CO 111.Understand what a product is, the various levels which make it up, and different types of products

CO 112.Demonstrate knowledge of the nature and fundamental concepts of product and brand development and management.

CO 113.Use product life cycle to understand how a firm manages its product mix.

CO 114.Develop learner’s knowledge of brand communication, strategies and their role within business and society

CO 115.Analyse the Emergence of virtual organization and various aspects of digital branding.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Case Study

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, presentations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Product Management & Product Offering Decisions

Product Management & Product Offering Decisions Marketing Mix and Product Strategy – Integrated Approach, Levels of a Product, Product-Mix Decisions, Product-line strategies, Packaging and Labeling Decisions.

12.00
Unit II: 
Product Manager and Product Management

Product Manager and Product Management
Product manager and his roles, Marketing organizations
Product Manager’s job- Special skills
Functions of Product Manger
Roles and Responsibilities of Product Manager.
Product Life Cycle
Managing PLC, Various Strategies of PLC
Marketing Implications of PLC

12.00
Unit III: 
New Product Development Process

New Product Development Process
Introduction
Characteristics of a successful product development
Challenges in new product development
New Product Development Process
Future Trends and Product Management

12.00
Unit IV: 
Brands and Brand Management

Brands and Brand Management
Brand elements ,Branding decisions
Brands and Product
Role of Brands, History of Branding
Branding Challenges and Opportunities.
Brand Communication
Purpose, Communication Process, Integrated Brand Communication Process -Features, process, tools
Factors affecting choice of Brand communication Tools
Brand Communication Tools

12.00
Unit V: 
Digital Branding

Digital Branding Introduction, Emergence of virtual organization Internet, E-Commerce, and Mobile Commerce.
Building online brands, Building digital Brand experiences
Challenges of digital branding
Web Branding-Naming online brands, online brand Management
Brand positioning in Digital world, critical success factors for digital branding.
Challenges for managing digital brands, digital branding strategies, and value promises for digital brands

Essential Readings: 

• Strategic brand management, Keller,Ambi, Isaac Jacob,Prentice Hall of India, 2016
• Building Brand Value: 5 Steps To Building Powerful Brands, Parmeswara, M.G., Tata McGrawHill, 2006
• Brand Management; Harsh V Verma, 2nd, Excel Books, 2016
• Brand Aid: A Quick Reference Guide to Solving your Branding Problems and Strengthening your Market Position, Brad VanAuken, AMACOM, 2014
• Chandershekhar, K.S., Product Management- Text, Applications and Cases, Himalayan Publishing Houser, Edition 2012.
• DuttaKirti, Brand Management – Principles and Practices, Oxford University Press,2012
• Kapferer .J.N, The Strategic Brand Management-Advanced Insights & Strategic Thinking,5 edition,2012.
• Rowels Daniel,Digital Branding, Kogan pages , 2018.
• Kevin Lane Keller ,Strategic brand management: building, measuring, and managing brand equity,Prentice Hall, 2013
• Tapan K.Panda, Product and Brand Management,Oxford University Press,2016
• A.K.Chitale, Ravi Gupta, Product and Brand Management, PHI Learning Limited Delhi, 2016
• Vandana Ahuja, Digital Marketing,Oxford University Press, 2015.

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