Service Business and Marketing (10 cr)
Code: A9264-MEA1821
General information
Enrollment
26.11.2018 - 02.12.2018
Timing
07.01.2019 - 31.05.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
RDI proportion
1 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Laurea Leppävaara, service
Campus
Laurea Leppävaara
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Restaurant Entrepreneurship (MEA2), Laurea Leppävaara
Teachers
- Jami Riihihuhta
- Sini Setälä
Teacher in charge
Sini Setälä
Groups
-
MEA218SNDegree Programme in Restaurant Entrepreneurship, päivätoteutus, S18, Leppävaara
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- classify the business functions of a service company in the hospitality sector
- present the business models and business logic of a service company
- segment both business-to-business and consumer customers
- apply marketing mix in service business
Teaching methods
Contact classes, team work, individual work.
Location and time
In Leppävaara according to schedule.
First class is on January 21, 2019. On that day presence is compulsory.
Learning materials and recommended literature
Laurea library has various books that are suitable for this topic and you are welcome to browse them while bearing in mind the contents of this course. Please see below for some examples.
Barden, Phil. (2013). Decoded. The Science Behind Why We Buy. Wiley.
Blythe, Jim. (2013). Consumer Behaviour. Sage.
Kahle, Lynn R. & Valette-Florence, Pierre. (2012). Marketplace Lifestyles in an Age of Social Media. Theory and Methods. Routledge.
Kahnemann, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. (2011). Penguin Books.
Kotler, Philip & Armstrong, Gary. (2012). Principles of Marketing. Pearson.
Osterwalder, A. & Pigneur, Y. 2009. Business Model Generation. Amsterdam. Self Published.
Robbins, Stephen P. & Judge, Timothy A. (2016). Essentials of Organizational Behavior. Pearson.
Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A. & Campbell, Timothy T. (2010). Organizational Behaviour. Pearson.
Solomon, Michael R. (2011). Consumer Behavior. Buying, Having, and Being. Pearson.
Soman, Dilip and N-Marandi, Sara. (2010). Managing Customer Value. One Stage at a Time. World Scientific.
Thaler, Richard H. (2015). Misbehaving. The Making of Behavioral Economics. W.W. Norton & Company Inc.
Thaler, Richard H. & Sustein, Cass R. (2008). Nudge. Improving Decisions, about Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Yale University Press.
Walden, Steven. (2017). Customer Experience Management Rebooted - Are you an experience brand or an efficiency brand? Palgrave Macmillan.
Important dates
contact classes and deadlines.
Further information for students
This course deals with the business functions of a service company in the hospitality sector, the business models and business logic. It familiarizes students with the different phases of the marketing process and introduces the business plan, operating environments, marketing mix, segmentation, customer relationships and buying behaviour.
Evaluation methods and criteria
BACHELOR'S DEGREE INITIAL STAGE STUDENTS
EXCELLENT
grade 5
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts expertly.
• Comply with occupational safety instructions responsibly and independently.
• Justify activities using research knowledge.
• Work independently and take initiatives in line with objectives. Operations are often flexible, systematic, development-oriented, creative and active.
• Select the appropriate techniques and models for activities, and justify the choices.
• Act in customer-oriented ways and according to the situation.
• Promote group activities.
• Able to critically apply ethical principles in the subject field in one's conduct and tasks.
GOOD
grade 3
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts systematically.
• Apply occupational safety instructions in their activities.
• Justify, compare and analyse their activities using general guidelines.
• Able to cope independently in different tasks in each operating environment.
• Apply acquired techniques and models diversely.
• Act professionally in customer situations.
• Work in a group in line with objectives.
• Justify their activities in accordance with ethical principles..
SATISFACTORY,
grade 1
Students are able to:
• Apply most important/individual and appropriate professional concepts, and indicate their familiarity with the knowledge base.
• Act safely, although activities are often schematic/ experimental/ fumbling/ self-involved.
• Comply with rules and instructions, and justify their activities using provided instructions.
• Act appropriately under guidance.
• Use acquired techniques and models.
• Take customers into account in their actions.
• Act as group members.
• Act in accordance with ethical principles.