Course Outline

 

 

PROGRAMME:  Integrated BBA MBA

Batch: 2017 – 2022   Semester VIII

 

Course Code & Title

MM 603 Consumer Behaviour

Credit Hours

3.0

Faculty                       

Jayesh P Aagja

E-mail ID

jayeshaagja@nirmauni.ac.in

Blog

https://exploreconsumermind.blogspot.in/

Phone No:

9825047922

Office hours

2.40 PM to 03.40 PM (Monday)

11.30 AM to 12.30 PM (Friday)

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        I.  Course Overview

 

Consumer Behavior adopts theories from various social sciences and applies these to the pre-purchase, purchase and consumption stage, and post-consumption stage of market offering (products/ services/experience). In this course, we deal with the internal and external factors which determine consumer decision making in response to the strategic and tactical inputs provided by the marketers.

 

 

  II.     Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)   

At the end of the course, the students would be able to:  

1.      Explain the relevance of studying Consumer Behavior and its implications in developing marketing strategy

2.      Explain the dynamic nature of consumer psychology and ethics in developing marketing strategy 

3.      Explain the implications of the culture, cross-culture, social class, reference group influence on consumers buying decision making process

4.      Analyze the consumer decision making in various situations

 

III.     Text Book

Schiffman Leon G., Kanuk, Leslie Lazer & Ramesh Kumar (2016) “Consumer Behaviour”, Eleventh Edn., Pearson., New Delhi

 

IV.     Assessment Components & Schedule

Assessment Component

Weightage of each Assessment (%)

Schedule

Overall Weightage

CLO Number

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

           10%

           10%

           10%

After 11 session

After 21 session

After 31 session

         30

    1, 2 & 3

Group Assignment 1

 

Group Assignment 2

15%

 

15%

Continuous

 

Report Submission in Session 34

30

  2, 3 & 4

  2, 3 & 4

End Semester Exam

40%

As per schedule

40

1, 2, 3 & 4

 

 

 

 

 

   V.     Session Plan

Session No.

 

Description

1

Topic

Introduction to Consumer behaviour

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion 

Text Book

Chapter 1 of Text Book (pp 1-18)

CLO

1

2

Topic

Introduction to Consumer behavior (cont.)

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion 

Text Book

Chapter 1 of Text Book (pp 19-23)

CLO

1

3

Topic

Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Strategy – An Overview

Pedagogy

Discussion 

Text Book

Chapter 2 of Text Book (pp 26-54)

CLO

1, 2 3 & 4

4

Topic

Consumer Motivation

Pedagogy

Lecture &  Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 3 of Text Book  (pp 58-65)

CLO

2

5

Topic

Consumer Motivation (cont..)

Pedagogy

Lecture & Exercise

Text Book

Chapter 3 of Text Book  (pp 58-65)

Exercise

Exercise to understand consumer motivation

CLO

2

6

Topic

Consumer Motivation (cont..)

Pedagogy

Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 3 of  Text Book  (pp 65-73)

CLO

2

7

Topic

Understanding Consumer Motivation

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Case

Understanding the Brand Equity of Nestlé Crunch Bar: A Market Research Case (CP)

CLO

2

8

Topic

Consumer Personality

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 3 of Text Book (pp 73-80)

CLO

2

9

Topic

Consumer Personality

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 3 of Text Book (pp 81-93) 

CLO

2

10

Topic

Consumer Motivation & Personality

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

 

CLO

2

Case

Sustaining an Ethnic soft drink: Paper boat: Brand positioning and consumer behavior (Text Book case)

11

Topic

Perception

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 4 of Text Book (pp 98-106)

CLO

2

12

Topic

Perception

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 4 of Text Book  (pp. 107-113)

CLO

2

13

Topic

Perception

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 4 of Text Book (pp. 114-133)

CLO

2

14

Topic

Perception

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Case

Introducing New Coke (CP)

CLO

2

15

Topic

Perception

Pedagogy

Exercise and Discussion

Exercise

Consumer perception exercise

CLO

2

16

Topic

Consumer Learning

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 5 of  Text Book (pp 138-148)

CLO

2

17

Topic

Consumer Learning

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

 

Text Book

Chapter 5 of  Text Book (pp 149-158)

CLO

2

18

Topic

Consumer Learning- Habit and Brand Loyalty

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 5  of Text Book (158-163)

Case

A Case For Brand Loyalty (CP)

CLO

2

19

Topic

Consumer Attitude Formation

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 6 of Text Book  (pp 168-177)

CLO

2

20

Topic

Consumer Attitude Formation

Pedagogy

Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 6 of Text Book  (pp 168-177) (Cont..)

CLO

2

21

Topic

Attitude Change

Pedagogy

Lecture &  Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 6 of Text Book  (pp 186-190)

CLO

2

22

Topic

Attitude Change

Pedagogy

Presentation and Classroom

Text Book

Chapter 6 of Text Book  (pp 190-197)

CLO

2

23

Topic

Problem Recognition and  Information Processing

Pedagogy

Presentation & Discussion

Reading

R1: Problem Recognition

CLO

2

24

Topic

Evaluation & Choice

Pedagogy

Lecture  & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 13 of Text Book (pp 366-376)

CLO

2

25

Topic

Evaluation and Choice

Pedagogy

Presentation & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 13 of Text Book (pp 366-376)

CLO

2

26

Topic

Post Purchase Process

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Case

Case : Starbucks Delivering Customer Service (CP)

CLO

4

27

Topic

Consumer Buying Behaviour

Pedagogy

Class Exercise & Presentation

Exercise

Consumer buying behaviour

CLO

3

28

Topic

Consumer Buying Behaviour  (cont..)

Pedagogy

Class Exercise & Presentation

Exercise

Consumer buying behaviour

CLO

3

29

Topic

Customer Centricity

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Reading

R2: Understand the Customer Experience

CLO

2

30

Topic

Group Influences on Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 9 of Text Book (pp 250-263)

CLO

3

31

Topic

Group Influences on Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Case

Case : Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride (CP)

CLO

3

32

Topic

Family and Household Decision Making

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 10 of Text Book (pp 278-297)

CLO

4

33

Topic

Demographics and social stratification

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 10 of Text Book (pp 297-311)

CLO

3

34

Topic

Culture, Sub Culture and cross culture  and Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 11 of Text Book  (pp 314-335)

Chapter 12 of Text Book (pp 340-360)

CLO

3

35

Topic

Consumer Influence and Diffusion of Innovation

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

CLO

3

Text Book

Chapter 13 Consumer Decision Making and Diffusion of Innovations (466-473)

36

Topic

Consumer Influence and Diffusion of Innovation (cont..)

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Case

Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing (CP)

CLO

3

37

 

Topic

Consumer Influence and Diffusion of Innovation

Pedagogy

Case  Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 9 of  Text Book (pp 264-273)

 

Case

Sony Aibo (CP)

CLO

3

38

Topic

Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Strategy

Pedagogy

Presentation & Review

Text Book

-----

CLO

1,2,3 & 4

39

Topic

Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Strategy

Pedagogy

Presentation & Review

Text Book

-----

CLO

1, 2, 3 & 4

40

Topic

Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Strategy

Pedagogy

Presentation & Review

Text Book

-----

CLO

1, 2 ,3 & 4

41

Topic

Communication and Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Guest Lecture

Text Book

Chapter 7 of Text Book (pp 204-223)

Chapter 8 of Text Book (pp 228-244)

CLO

3

42

Topic

Online Communication

Pedagogy

Case Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 8 of Text Book (pp 228-244)

Case

Case United Breaks Guitar (CP)

CLO

3

43

Topic

Online Communication and Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Guest Lecture

CLO

3

Reading

-----

44

Topic

Marketing Ethics and Consumer Behaviour

Pedagogy

Lecture & Discussion

Text Book

Chapter 14 of Text Book (pp 394-413)

 

Reading

Newspaper articles   on Maggi Recall

CLO

2

45

Topic

Integrated Discussion & Review

Pedagogy

Case Discussion & Review

Case

Positioning & Behaviourial Dimensions : Implications for Big Bazaar  (Text Book pp. 614-625)

CLO

1, 2, 3 & 4

 

 

 

 VI.  Readings:  

 

R1: Bruner, Gordon & Pomazel, Richard (1988). ‘Problem Recognition: The Crucial First Stage of Consumer Decision Process’ in Journal of Consumer Marketing December 1988 pp. 53-63.

R2: Meyer, Christopher & Schwager, Andre (Feb, 2007) Understanding the Customer Experience in Harvard Business Review Feb, 2007

 


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