MKTG09031 2024 Sustainable Experiential and Engagement Marketing

General Details

Full Title
Sustainable Experiential and Engagement Marketing
Transcript Title
Sustainable Exp.& Eng. Mrkting
Code
MKTG09031
Attendance
N/A %
Subject Area
MKTG - 0414 Marketing & Advertising
Department
MKTS - Marketing, Tourism & Sport
Level
09 - NFQ Level 9
Credit
05 - 05 Credits
Duration
Semester
Fee
Start Term
2024 - Full Academic Year 2024-25
End Term
9999 - The End of Time
Author(s)
James Hanrahan, Tomas O Flaherty, Tomas O Flaherty, Domhnall Melly, Maria Murphy, Dr. Conor McTiernan, John Carty
Programme Membership
SG_BSUST_M09 202400 Master of Science in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management SG_BSUST_N09 202400 Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management SG_BSUSU_N09 202400 Certificate in Sustainable Tourism & Event Management
Description

This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the linkages between sustainability and experiential and engagement marketing. It explores how experiential and engagement marketing can be utilised to encourage more sustainable consumption and positively impact organisational performance.  Students will assess contemporary marketing and sustainability theory, which will be applied in practical scenarios.

Throughout the module, students will critically review, discuss and reflect on experiential and engagement marketing from the perspective of sustainability.  Traditional and digital marketing approaches will be considered, supporting students to complete an applied strategic marketing plan for a specific destination/organisation.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;

1.

Critically evaluate sustainable experiential and engagement marketing and its significance in today's marketing landscape.

2.

Critically assess the key principles and considerations for incorporating sustainability into experiential and engagement marketing campaigns.

3.

Design marketing strategies for different target audiences.

4.

Develop a sustainable experiential and engagement marketing plan that aligns with brand values and achieves desired marketing objectives.

5.

Evaluate the impact of sustainable experiential marketing on brand reputation, customer engagement, and business sustainability.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Students will learn through a blend of theoretical and applied knowledge generation utilising current theories, concepts, and principles of sustainable experiential and engagement marketing. Online classes and workshops will be utilised to deliver the main module content and students will also engage in self-directed learning through engagement in appropriate reading material, industry reports, strategies, plans and policies.

A combination of analytical and experiential learning methods will be used to enable learners to develop insights into how destinations and organisations choose and develop marketing approaches. Irish and international case studies will be used to discuss marketing in practice, and students will be encouraged to monitor current developments in their industry. Students will be encouraged to participate in the online classroom and to relate concepts to current situations.  An emphasis will be placed on asynchronous learning techniques through the process of evaluation and critique, of appropriate learning resources, journal articles, and destination/organisational plans and policies. 

Module Assessment Strategies

There will be two continuous assessments for this module.  Students will undertake an individual strategic marketing audit for a destination/organisation in agreement with the internal examiner.  Students will develop a strategic marketing plan for a destination/organisation, incorporating learning from this module, the foundation assessment and other modules.

Assessments will be designed to encourage effective learning and measure progress towards the attainment of intended learning outcomes. The assessment for this module can be aligned with other modules to utilise integrated learning opportunities.

Repeat Assessments

Where a learner fails this module, the examiners will identify where the deficits in learning occurred. The learner will then have an opportunity to address these deficits and resubmit the project(s) for a full re-examination.

Indicative Syllabus

Experiential and engagement marketing (LO1: Critically evaluate sustainable experiential and engagement marketing and its significance in today's marketing landscape.)

Understanding experiential marketing (XM).

The customer journey and customer experience (CX).

Marketing personas and the art of positioning.

Building trust and fostering loyalty with your stakeholders.

 

Sustainable marketing (LO1: Critically evaluate sustainable experiential and engagement marketing and its significance in today's marketing landscape.)

Consumer-oriented marketing.

Customer-value marketing.

Motivations framework analysis.

Social, ethical and corporate responsibility.

 

Sustainable experiential and engagement marketing strategies (LO2: Critically assess the key principles and considerations for incorporating sustainability into experiential and engagement marketing campaigns.)

Defining aims and objectives aligned with sustainability goals.

Conducting thorough research and audience analysis.

Leveraging smart technologies (including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, etc.)

Managing relationships; partnerships; networks.

 

Designing and implementing sustainable initiatives (LO3: Design marketing strategies for different target audiences. LO4: Develop a sustainable experiential and engagement marketing plan that aligns with brand values and achieves desired marketing objectives.)

Developing creative and engaging experiences and destinations.

The art and science of storytelling.

Empower consumers to participate in experiences.

User generated content (UGC) / consumer generated media (CGM).

Ethical and legal considerations.

 

Measuring and evaluating the impact of sustainable experiential marketing (LO5: Evaluate the impact of sustainable experiential marketing on brand reputation, customer engagement, and business sustainability.)

Assessing marketing reach and engagement metrics.

Evaluating brand perception and reputation.

Measuring the contribution of sustainable practices to business sustainability.

Data analytics (e.g. types of data, gathering and analysing data, implementing data analysis, making informed decisions, etc.) 

Coursework & Assessment Breakdown

Coursework & Continuous Assessment
100 %

Coursework Assessment

Title Type Form Percent Week Learning Outcomes Assessed
1 Strategic marketing audit Project Individual Project 40 % Week 7 1,2,5
2 Strategic marketing plan Project Individual Project 60 % End of Semester 3,4,5
             

Full Time Mode Workload


Type Location Description Hours Frequency Avg Workload
Lecture Not Specified Live lecture 1 Weekly 1.00
Workshop / Seminar Not Specified Workshop activity 3.75 Twice Per Semester 0.50
Independent Learning Not Specified Student independent learning 6 Weekly 6.00
Total Full Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 1.50 Hours

Part Time Mode Workload


Type Location Description Hours Frequency Avg Workload
Lecture Not Specified Live lecture 1 Weekly 1.00
Workshop / Seminar Not Specified Workshop activity 3.75 Twice Per Semester 0.50
Independent Learning Not Specified Student independent learning 6 Weekly 6.00
Total Part Time Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 1.50 Hours

Online Learning Mode Workload


Type Location Description Hours Frequency Avg Workload
Lecture Online Live online lecture 1 Weekly 1.00
Workshop / Seminar Not Specified Workshop activity 3.75 Twice Per Semester 0.50
Independent Learning Not Specified Student independent learning 6 Weekly 6.00
Total Online Learning Average Weekly Learner Contact Time 1.50 Hours

Required & Recommended Book List

Required Reading
2021-05-10 Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, Global Edition Pearson Higher Ed
ISBN 9781292363523 ISBN-13 1292363525

Marketing forHospitality and Tourism, 8e is the definitive source for hospitality marketing courses.Taking an integrative approach, this highly visual, four-color book discusseshospitality marketing from a team perspective, examining each hospitalitydepartment and its role in the marketing mechanism. These best-selling authorsare known as leading marketing educators and their book, a global phenomenon,is the most frequent adoption for the course. Developed with extensive studentand professor reviews, this edition includes new coverage of social media,discussion of current industry trends, and hands-on application assignments.

Recommended Reading
2020-10-07 EBK: Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Service Across the Firm 4e McGraw Hill
ISBN 9781526847812 ISBN-13 1526847817

Successful businesses recognize that the development of strong customer relationships through quality service (and services) as well as implementing service strategies for competitive advantage are key to their success. In its fourth European edition, Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Focus across the Firm provides full coverage of the foundations of services marketing, placing the distinctive Gaps model at the center of this approach. The new edition draws on the most recent research, and using up-todate and topical examples, the book focuses on the development of customer relationships through service, outlining the core concepts and theories in services marketing today. New and updated material in this new edition includes: New content related to human resource strategies, including coverage of the role of robots and chatbots for delivering customer-focused services. New coverage on listening to customers through research, big data, netnography and monitoring user-generated content. Increased technology, social media and digital coverage throughout the text, including the delivery of services using mobile and digital platforms, as well as through the Internet of Things. Brand new examples and case studies added from global and innovative companies including Turkish Airlines, Volvo, EasyJet and McDonalds. Available with McGraw-Hills Connect, the well-established online learning platform, which features our award-winning adaptive reading experience as well as resources to help faculty and institutions improve student outcomes and course delivery efficiency.

Required Reading
2021-10-15 Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy (Ninth Edition) World Scientific
ISBN 9781944659813 ISBN-13 1944659811

Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy is the ninth edition of the globally leading textbook for Services Marketing by Jochen Wirtz and Christopher Lovelock, extensively updated to feature the latest academic research, industry trends, and technology, social media, and case examples.This book takes on a strong managerial approach presented through a coherent and progressive pedagogical framework rooted in solid academic research. It features cases and examples from all over the world and is suitable for students who want to gain a wider managerial view.Supplementary Material Resources:Resources are available to instructors who adopt this textbook for their courses. These include: (1) Instructor's Manual, (2) Case Teaching Notes, (3) PowerPoint deck, and (4) Test Bank. Please contact sales@wspc.com.Key Features:

Recommended Reading
2021-06-20 Marketing Tourism and Hospitality Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 3030641104 ISBN-13 9783030641108

This textbook explores the fundamental principles of marketing applied to tourism and hospitality businesses, placing special emphasis on SMEs in the international tourism industry. It includes examples from a wide range of destinations, from emerging markets to high-income countries. Taking a comprehensive approach, the book covers the whole spectrum of tourism and hospitality marketing including destination marketing, marketing research, consumer behaviour, and digital and social media marketing. Practical in focus, it gives students the tools, techniques, and underlying theory required to design and implement successful tourism marketing plans. Chapters contain in-depth case studies, including companies like Marine Dynamics Shark Tours (South Africa), Reality Tours & Travel (Mumbai, India), and Makeover Tours (Turkey). Thematic case studies include Halal Tourism in Southeast Asia, and Marketing and Branding Rwanda. These illustrate key concepts and theory, with definitions, key summaries, and discussion questions providing further insights. This textbook is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for a comprehensive text with a practical orientation.

Recommended Reading
2023-01-23 Marketing Concepts and Strategies
ISBN 1473778581 ISBN-13 9781473778580

The ninth edition of Marketing Concepts and Strategies has been fully updated to reflect the latest marketing themes, together with the authors' real-life practitioner expertise. The marketing world has gone digital as consumers rely on social media; new operational regulations abound on data compliance and privacy. Marketing has become more aligned to ethical, responsible and sustainability issues; the discipline has become more critical and reflective, and the pandemic has changed business strategies worldwide.

Recommended Reading
2018-12 Customer Relationship Management: Strategic Approaches in Digital Era Society Publishing
ISBN 177361343X ISBN-13 9781773613437

Customer relationship management: strategic approaches in digital era examines various aspects of customer relationship management including an extensive historical overview of marketing strategies and relationship marketing. It includes definitions of strategic approaches of marketing, managing business relationships and buying behavior. Provides the reader with insights into the development of its history, so as to understand the customer's mind, motivations, arguments, backgrounds and why customer relationship marketing strategies are important.

Recommended Reading
2019-03-29 Principles and Practice of Marketing
ISBN 152684723X ISBN-13 9781526847232

The ninth edition of McGraw-Hills leading textbook, Principles and Practice of Marketing, provides a contemporaryand modern introduction to marketing. Covering the importance of customer value alongside the 4Ps, thisauthoritative text provides students with a core understanding of the wider context of marketing operations withincompanies, illustrated with innovative examples of marketing in practice. It has been updated with the latestdevelopments, such as trends towards social and ethical marketing and cutting-edge technological change

Recommended Reading
2019-11 Hospitality and Tourism Marketing: A Global Perspective Society Publishing
ISBN 1774072637 ISBN-13 9781774072639

Hospitality and Tourism Marketing explains the readers the process of marketing in the hospitality and tourism industry. It talks about the marketing environment of the tourism and hospitality sector and the role of social media marketing in this field. Also discussed in the book is the role of consumer behavior in the hospitality and tourism market, the organizational strategy and marketing communication, the impact of marketing on the hospitality and tourism sector, management of the marketing tactics and the prospects of marketing in the hospitality and tourism sector, so as to provide people with basic understanding of the marketing in this industry.

Recommended Reading
2020-11-20 MARKETING FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Pearson
ISBN 1292363517 ISBN-13 9781292363516

Recommended Reading
2000-01-01 Tourism and Hospitality Marketing in Ireland
ISBN 0717129713 ISBN-13 9780717129713
Recommended Reading
2021-08-02 Contemporary Selling
ISBN 0367435179 ISBN-13 9780367435172

Contemporary Selling is the only book that combines full coverage of up-to-date personal selling processes with a straightforward look at sales management practices, delivered in a way that students want to learn and instructors want to teach. The overarching theme of the book is enabling salespeople to build relationships successfully and to create value with customers. Johnston and Marshall have created a comprehensive, holistic source of information about the selling function in modern organizations that links the process of selling (what salespeople do) with the process of managing salespeople (what sales managers do). A strong focus on the modern tools of selling, such as customer relationship management (CRM), social media and technology-enabled selling, and sales analytics, means the book continues to set the standard for the most up-to-date and student-friendly selling book on the market today. Pedagogical features include: updated mini cases to engage students and reinforce learning objectives; Ethical Dilemma and Global Connection boxes that simulate real-world challenges faced by salespeople and their managers; Role Play exercises that enable students to learn by doing; and updated discussion queries to drive classroom discussion and help students connect important concepts. This fully updated new edition is an invaluable resource for students of personal selling at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Supplementary resources include an instructor's manual, PowerPoint slides, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.

Module Resources

Journal Resources

References to useful journals/articles will be provided throughout the module, using the virtual learning environment.

URL Resources

References to useful online resources will be provided throughout the module.

Useful websites:

https://www.marketingweek.com/

 

Other Resources

Reference to any other relevant resources will be made available throughout the module, using the virtual learning environment.