Course: Marketing Research

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Course title Marketing Research
Course code KUMK/MAVYZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Juříková Martina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The essence, history, present, significance, and typology of marketing research. 2?3. The process of preparing marketing research?brief, creating a research design (plan). 4. Methods and techniques of data collection, new trends in marketing research. 5?6. Observation?its specifics, types, and use. 7.-8. Projective techniques ? imagination, personification, collages, bubble tests, etc. ? their use in marketing practice. 9.-10. Questioning in qualitative research ? scenario development; individual interviews and focus groups ? their specifics, use. 11?13. Questioning in quantitative research ? selection of techniques, rules for constructing questionnaires, types and formulation of questions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 14 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 33 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The importance of marketing research in marketing decision making
The importance of marketing research in marketing decision making
Process (stages) of marketing research - from brief to pretest
Process (stages) of marketing research - from brief to pretest
unspecified
unspecified
The essence of qualitative research - when and how to use an interview
The essence of qualitative research - when and how to use an interview
The essence of quantitative research - when and how to use a questionnaire
The essence of quantitative research - when and how to use a questionnaire
Observation - types, ethnography, mystery shopping - specifics of use
Observation - types, ethnography, mystery shopping - specifics of use
Skills
Specify a brief (assignment) for marketing research
Specify a brief (assignment) for marketing research
Select the appropriate method of investigation - decide whether a quantitative or qualitative investigation or a combination will be required
Select the appropriate method of investigation - decide whether a quantitative or qualitative investigation or a combination will be required
Create a questionnaire
Create a questionnaire
Formulate a scenario for qualitative research
Formulate a scenario for qualitative research
Use projective techniques (collage, association, personification, etc.) in marketing research
Use projective techniques (collage, association, personification, etc.) in marketing research
teaching methods
Knowledge
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Skills
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Written examination
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • BURNS, Alvin C. a VEECK, Ann. Marketing research. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-31804-2.
  • ESTEBAN-BRAVO, Mercedes a SANZ, J. Vidal. Marketing research methods: quantitative and qualitative approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-108-79269-1.
  • FORET, Miroslav a MELAS, Dávid. Marketingový výzkum v udržitelném marketingovém managementu. Praha: Grada, 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-1723-9.
  • HENDL, Jan a REMR, Jiří. Metody výzkumu a evaluace. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1192-1.
  • KOZEL, Roman; MYNÁŘOVÁ, Lenka a SVOBODOVÁ, Hana. Moderní metody a techniky marketingového výzkumu. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 9788024735276.
  • MCDANIEL, Carl a GATES, Roger H. Marketing research. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-58649-4.
  • TAHAL, Radek. Marketingový výzkum: Postupy, metody, trendy. Grada, 2022. ISBN 978-80-271-3535-6.


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