B.Com 1st Sem Marketing and Services Management Questions and Answers

Unit 1 Introduction to Marketing

Unit 2 Marketing Environment

Unit 3 Marketing Mix

Unit 4 Introduction to Service Management

Unit 5 Service Sector Management

B.Com 1st Sem Marketing and Services Management Model Papers

B.Com 1st Sem Marketing and Services Management Syllabus

Objective: To familiarize the students with the principles of marketing and focus then on marketing and management of services.

Unit 1 Introduction to Marketing (12 Hours)
Meaning and definition – Goals Concepts of Marketing – Approaches to Marketing – Functions of Marketing. RECENT TRENDS IN MARKETING – e-business – Telemarketing – M-Business – Green Marketing – Retailing, Relationship Marketing – Customer Relationship Management.

Unit 2 Marketing Environment (12 Horus)
Meaning – demographic-economic – natural – technological – political-legal – social-cultural environment. MARKET SEGMENTATION AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR – Meaning & Definition – Bases of Market Segmentation – Consumer Behaviour -Factors influencing Consumer Behaviour.

Unit 3 Marketing Mix (16 Hours)
Meaning – elements – PRODUCT – Product mix; product the product life cycle product planning – new product development – branding – packing and packaging. PRICING – factors influencing pricing, methods of pricing (only meaning), and pricing-policy -PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION, meaning, factors affecting channels, types of marketing channels, PROMOTION – meaning and significance of promotion – personal selling and advertising.

Unit 4 Introduction to Service Management (10 hours)
Meaning of services -characteristics of services classification of services – marketing mix in the service industry – growth of service sector, Service processes – Designing the service process – service blueprint – back office and front office process)

Unit 5 Service Sector Management (10 hours)
Tourism and Travel Services – concept, nature, significance and marketing. Health Care services – concept, nature, significance and marketing. Educational services – concept, nature; significance and marketing.

Skill Development:

  • Identify the producer of your choice and describe at which stage of the product life cycle it is positioned.
  • Suggest strategies for the development of a product.
  • Study Consumer Behaviour for a product of your choice.
  • Develop an Advertisement copy for a product.
  • Prepare a chart for distribution networks for different products.