Course: Consumer Behaviour

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Course title Consumer Behaviour
Course code KUMK/MX8CB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Weberová Dagmar, doc. PhDr. Ph.D., MBA.
Course content
Discussed topics: - Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning; - Technology-Driven Consumer Behavior; - Internal Influences on Consumer Behavior: Motivation, Personality, Perception, Learning; - Communication and Consumer Behavior: Persuading consumers; - Consumer Decision-Making. Buying, Using, and Disposing of Products; - Consumers in Their Social Settings; - Culture's Influence on Consumer Behavior; - Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior; - Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility; - Consumer Research.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
The student can define and explain basic terms: consumer, consumer behavior, segmentation, targeting, positioning and repositioning.
The student can define and explain basic terms: consumer, consumer behavior, segmentation, targeting, positioning and repositioning.
The student can list and explain the types of segmentation used in marketing.
The student can list and explain the types of segmentation used in marketing.
The student can explain the interdisciplinary character of consumer behavior.
The student can explain the interdisciplinary character of consumer behavior.
The student can describe personnel factors and key psychological processes (motivation, perception, learning and memory) influencing consumer behavior.
The student can describe personnel factors and key psychological processes (motivation, perception, learning and memory) influencing consumer behavior.
The student can explain the five-stage model of the buying decision process.
The student can explain the five-stage model of the buying decision process.
Skills
The student can choose appropriate segmentation criteria for his/her research.
The student can choose appropriate segmentation criteria for his/her research.
The student can distinguish between marketing, sales and product concepts.
The student can distinguish between marketing, sales and product concepts.
The student can select relevant personnel factors for consumer behavior research.
The student can select relevant personnel factors for consumer behavior research.
The student can design a personification of the brand.
The student can design a personification of the brand.
The student is able to propose ways of promoting a product/service based on the evaluation of consumer behavior research.
The student is able to propose ways of promoting a product/service based on the evaluation of consumer behavior research.
teaching methods
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Recommended literature
  • EAST, Robert, Malcolm WRIGHT a Marc VANHUELE. Consumer behaviour: applications in marketing. 2017. ISBN 9781473919501.
  • MCDANIEL, Carl D. & Roger H. Gates. Marketing research. 2015. ISBN 978-1118808849.
  • SETHNA, Zubin a Jim BLYTHE. Consumer behaviour. 2016. ISBN 9781473919136.
  • SCHIFFMAN, L. G. and WISENBLIT, J. L. Consumer Behavior. Global Edition.. 2018. ISBN 9781292269245.
  • SOLOMON, M. R. Consumer Behavior. Buying, Having, and Being. Global Edition.. 2019. ISBN 9781292318103.
  • SOLOMON, Michael R., Soren ASKEGAARD, Margaret K. HOGG a Gary J. BAMOSSY. Consumer behaviour: a European perspective. 2019. ISBN 978-1-292-24542-3.
  • SZMIGIN, Isabelle & Maria PIACENTINI. Consumer behaviour. 2015. ISBN 9780199646449.


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