sem 1 book definitions Flashcards
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What is marketing?
creates value, happiness out of nothing: through marketing transaction, all about transaction costs/ opportunity cost.
-Is about creating human happiness out of nothing.
-About creating marketing transactions.
The process in which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customer returns.
Selling is
Selling is a way to communicate with customers.
A state of felt deprivation of some basic satisfaction is termed a:
Need
Which of the following is/are existing demands
a holiday in france
Correct. Existing demands are those that exist, are known to exist, and are currently being satisfied. B, C, D and E are all demands that exist (many people want to holiday on Mars, live forever, live in a crime free society and travel instantaneously), but satisfying these demands is, for the moment, beyond human technology. These are therefore latent demands.
It has been said that free market economies are superior to command economies for which of the following reasons:
A.
market forces are more efficient at allocating resources than a system of central control
B.
market forces minimise waste of the planet’s natural resources by ensuring that they are always used as effectively as possible
C.
the state should not have the power to decide for the individual what he/she should do for a living, how much he/she can earn from doing so, and what he/she can then spend those earnings on: to do so is a denial of basic human rights
D.
market forces ensure that businesses are always accountable to ordinary people through “the democracy of the market”
Correct. Slightly paraphrased, A, B, C and D have all been said in support of free market based economies and market mechanisms
Which of the following are essential for marketing transactions to occur?
A. there must be at least two parties C. all involved must have something of value to offer D. communication E. A, C and D are all true
Correct. Money is not essential, just things of value to exchange and a means for at least two parties to communicate.
A “market” from a marketing perspective is:
a group of consumers willing and able to engage in exchange
Correct. A market is a group of consumers (customers or potential customers) with a demand, not any of the other things. (C) conforms more to the definition of an industry or supply chain.
Marketing management could be carried out by:
Correct. In marketing-led companies, all managers are marketing managers, indeed, all staff are marketers
The marketing philosophy suggests that the achievement of organizational goals is accomplished primarily through:
providing consumer satisfaction
Correct. The others may be important in providing customer satisfaction, for example innovation and product improvement, as long as they are customer led. Otherwise they might be signs of product orientation. Reducing costs may be important if offering the customer the lowest price is the key to providing customer satisfaction; however, being the lowest cost supplier of an unwanted product will provide neither customer satisfaction nor business success.
Which of the following is true of production orientation:
It is often associated with arrogance and conceit on the part of managers
It is a company led philosophy, and often results from managers making what they see as the “best” product, without analysing the market to see if their idea of “best” agrees with that of customers
Which one of the following statements best reflects the marketing philosophy?
“How much customer benefit will come from our new computer system?”
Correct. Marketing led firms evaluate everything they do from the customers point of view. The other statements are more indicative of product, production and sales led organisations.
The controlling function in a company should be:
customers
Correct. If it were otherwise, the company would eventually cease to exist, and all the other functions would vanish. Not even marketing is the controlling function: it is the channel through which customers exert their control.
Which of the following is a/are market oriented definition(s)?
We solve business problems
Correct. E defines itself in terms of the benefit it provides / the demand it supplies. The rest define themselves in terms of what they are or what they do.
Which of the following is/are true of demarketing
Demarketing is the use of marketing to reduce the demand for something. It may be useful to any organisation. It is used to reduce the demand for unhealthy things (like cigarettes). See core text for more detail, and don’t forget: core reading is examinable too.
Need
A state of felt deprivation of some basic satisfaction is termed a
Wants
the form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality
demands
human wants that are backed by buying power
market offerings
some combination of products, services, information or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want.
Marketing myopia
the mistake of paying more attention to the specific products a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products.
exchange
the act of obtaining a desired object from someone offering something in return
market
the set of all actual and potential buyers of a product or service
marketing management
the art and science go choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them.
production conception
the idea that consumers will favour products that are available and highly affordable; therefore, the organisation should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency.
product concept
the idea that consumers will favour products that offer the most quality, performance and features; therefore, the organisation should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements.