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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006882103321

Autore

Forsyth Patrick

Titolo

Demystifying marketing : a guide to fundamentals for engineers / / Patrick Forsyth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2007

ISBN

1-281-97106-5

9786611971069

1-61583-325-0

0-86341-706-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

IET management of technology series ; ; 23

Disciplina

620.00688

624.0688

658.8002462

Soggetti

Engineering services marketing

Marketing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I An overview of marketing; 1 Marketing in context; 2 The marketing domain; PART II Fundamental issues; 3 Product considerations; 4 Pricing policy and tactics; 5 Market research and information; 6 Routes to market: distribution channels and methodology; PART III Strategy and marketing planning; 7 Marketing strategy; 8 Marketing planning; 9 Coordination and control; PART IV Marketing communications; 10 How people buy; 11 Marketing communications: the role and workings of different methods; 12 Additional persuasive influences; Afterword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive and accessible book covering all key marketing matters, with an emphasis on practicality and why marketing is important in engineering. Aimed primarily at non-marketing people wanting clarification of marketing's purpose, role and methods, it can provide major influence to the process of building a marketing culture within an organisation in a way that positively influences results in the marketplace. Practitioners too can benefit from the book's clear



explanations and the practical view it takes of the necessity for marketing and its implementation.