Marketing - Softcover

Marketing is the first truly integrated print and electronic learning package for introductory marketing modules. It comprises: a textbook packed with learning features, combining authority and a lively and engaging writing style and a diverse range of electronic resources matched perfectly to the content of the textbook, available on the book's Online Resource Centre and instructors' DVD. The purpose of this package is to bring contemporary marketing perspectives to life for students new to the concept of marketing, and for it to be motivational, creative, applied and highly relevant. Marketing starts with the basic concepts from classical marketing perspectives and contrasts these with newer perspectives from the relational and service-based schools of marketing, helping students develop their knowledge and encourage critical thinking. It provides learning insights into marketing theory and practice, through a series of "Insight" features - Case, Practitioner, Marketing, Academic and Research Insights. Marketing is a text for life, purchased at level 1/2 but retained and referred to throughout the course of a student's marketing or business degree. Online Resource Centre and DVD: For Lecturers: Extensive supplementary digital material featuring video clips of interviews with the marketing practitioners from the textbook and guest lectures with academics on the chapter topics to help lecturers illustrate core marketing concepts to students. Also comprises case studies, a test bank, tutorial activities and PowerPoint slides to aid lecturers' teaching. For Students: Provides multiple-choice questions, web-based research activities and abstracts from seminal papers to help students test their own learning.

Paul Baines is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the School of Management, Cranfield University. Paul is the author and co-author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on the use of marketing techniques in non-conventional services environments, particularly for political parties and candidates. With John Egan and Frank Jefkins, he co-wrote Contemporary PR Practice (Elsevier, 2004). His latest book, co-written with Robert M Worcester and Roger Mortimore is a text on public opinion and political marketing entitled 'Explaining Labour's Landslip' (Politicos, 2005). Pauls marketing consultancy projects include work for a number of organisations including a high-profile football club, a large aerospace maintenance company, a national charity, an advertising agency and an examination board Chris Fill is Principal Lecturer in Marketing Management at the University of Portsmouth. Much of his research to date has centred on aspects of integrated marketing communications, corporate identity and associated branding issues. He has written a number of books, including the most recently published fourth edition of his internationally recognised textbook, 'Marketing Communications'. In addition to teaching both marketing communications and business-to-business marketing at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he undertakes consultancy assignments for public and private sector organisations. He is also Senior Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, responsible for the Marketing Communications module. He speaks regularly on marketing communications issues. Prior to his academic career, Chris enjoyed a successful marketing and commercial career with a variety of international organisations. Kelly Page is Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School. Her research interests include the role of human psychology in electronic technology adoption and usage, and the positioning and conduct of electronic marketing strategy and activities. Prior to joining the school Kelly lectured at Glamorgan University and held the position as leader of the Welsh Unit for Research in Marketing. Before she relocated to the UK, Kelly worked in Australia as a MBA Unit Chair/Author for APESMA Management Education (now Chiefly Business School), lectured at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and worked as a consultant with The Leading Edge (TLE) Research Group.