Diana Ton
Contact
- ddton@ualberta.ca
Courses
MARK 452 - Strategic Marketing
The objective of this course is to provide students with the analytic, planning, and communication skills to be successful marketing managers. The focus is on practical marketing planning, along with the development and implementation of marketing strategies. Course activities may include the use of marketing simulation games, case analyses, field research projects, secondary research and in-depth discussion of current literatures. The course focuses on the integration of all the conceptual areas in marketing. Prerequisite: MARK 301. Restricted to third year students who have completed MARK 312 or MARK 320, or to fourth year students.
MARK 468 - E-Commerce and Retailing
Students are introduced to the activities involved in connecting consumers with products and services through a combination of electronic commerce and traditional retail channels, with an emphasis on the integration of the two. Topics include: customer acquisition and retention, assortment selection, layout and design, service management, security, customer retargeting and re-engagement, physical location optimization, shopping behavior, pricing strategy and current trends. The application of marketing planning and analytics for e- commerce and retailing are also examined. Prerequisite: MARK 301.