Class 2 Flashcards

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How does a company fulfill its mission

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It distributes tasks and powers among various functions or organizational units

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2
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What is the marketing plan

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An analytical framework that features three general elements: a situation analysis, a set of strategies and an action program

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3
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What must be examined during a situation analysis

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The company’s markets, the competition and the business environment

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4
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What is the next step after situation analysis

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Setting marketing objectives

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5
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What ressources are allocated

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The budget and human ressources

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6
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What is the marketing strategy

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Identification of markets segments, positioning, differentiation and innovation

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7
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How should you decide the marketing mix

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Making coordinated strategic decisions to obtain a synergy effect

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8
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What happens during the implementation

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Statement of activities for each of the marketing mix variables
Defining responsibilities for each member of the marketing unit
Coordinating operations
Schedule of activities

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9
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What happens in the control

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Contingency plan
Description of the means of control
Scorecard

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What is essential during the control

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Internal data, including performance indicators and external data from the information system

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What is a marketing audit

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Comprehensive, systematic and periodic critical examination of a company’s main marketing orientations in its environment and its implementation of them

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12
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What is the SWOT model

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It summarizes and integrates all the information issuing from the diagnosis of the company’s internal and external environment in one tool.

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What is the first dimension

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It traces the origin of phenomena that may impact the organization’s activities

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What is the second dimension

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How the information from the internal and external environments will impact the company’s operations and performance

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What is the TOWS model

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The advantage is that it integrates all of this information in one analytical model that then serves as a strategic planning tool.

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16
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What are the two methods for internal analysis

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  • Analyzing each of the components of the internal environment and seeing how the organization is positioned relative to each of these components
  • Focus on each of the primary and support activities that make up the value chain
  • Identifying existing best practices in a given sector (best in the class)
17
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What is a mission

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A mission statement is a concise explanation of the organization’s reason for existence. It describes the organization’s purpose and its overall intention

18
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What are the components of the internal environment

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Resources and corecompetencies
Current offer
Prior performance
Business relations

19
Q

What are the resource

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Human, financial, information and purchasing (competitive advantage)

20
Q

What are the primary activities of an organization

A

Inbound logistics
Operations
Outbound logistics
Marketing
Sales and service

21
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What are inbound logistics activities

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Related to reception, storage and procurement

22
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What are operations activities

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Transformation of inputs into products

23
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Outbound logistics activities

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Distribution and storage of finished goods

24
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What are the activities related to after-sale service

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Customer satisfaction and retention, installation, repair, return

25
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What are the support activities

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Infrastructure
HR management
Technological development
Purchasing and procurement

26
Q

What is the microenvironment

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The competitive environment : set of factors that are in direct contact with the organization. It is semi-controllable

27
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Who are the actors that affect the microenvironment

A

Suppliers and customers

28
Q

How does the NAICS classifies businesses

A

Per NAICS code for production of similar products

29
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What is competition

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The result of the interaction between organizations that offer products and services intended to satisfy the same need.

30
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What are the components of the microenvironment

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1) Competitive rivalry
2) Bargaining power of suppliers
3) Bargaining power of customers
4) Threat of new entrants
5) Threat of substitute products or service