Email : sandip[at]ximb.ac.in, sandipanand[at]gmail.com
The course aims to provide a basic understanding of marketing knowledge generation, construction and reconstruction methods employed by well-managed firms. The focus of the course is on integrating problem formulation, research design, questionnaire construction, sampling, data collection and data analysis to yield the most valuable information. The course deals with examination of the proper use of statistical applications as well as qualitative methods, with an emphasis on the interpretation and use of results.
II Course Contents:
Introduction to Marketing Research; Key marketing research analytics; appreciation of SPSS; Proposal writing (Conceptualization of Marketing Problems and proposing plan of action); Research design and Sampling (Exploratory and Conclusive Research – Causal and Descriptive); Marketing Research Interviews (Key concepts and practices, kinds, discussion guide design); Focus Group Discussion in Marketing Research (Key concepts and practices, kinds, discussion guide design, content analysis). The course covers three key applications of marketing research-Value Definition Research/segmentation research, value Creation Research/product development research and value delivery research advertising research.
III Pedagogy: Lectures and Discussion.
IV Session Plan: