Business Management Foundations

Introduction to Marketing, Management & Leadership | 2018-19

This Course concerns two more basics every business person must master: marketing and managerial leadership. The Course begins with classic marketing principles such as features/benefits, the 3 Cs, segmenting and defining a target market, and the 4 Ps. It then shifts to differentiating and honoring both management and leadership skills, diving in on each element of the POLC[S] model of managerial excellence, and ending with important thoughts about a manager’s ethics.

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Faculty

Prof. Suzanne Shu

Prof. Suzanne Shu

Professor

Suzanne Shu’s research investigates how individuals form judgments and make decisions in uncertain environments. She is especially interested in judgments and decisions that occur over long timeframes. The types of decisions analyzed in her research include consumer self-control problems and consumption timing issues, with important implications for both negative behaviors (such as procrastination) and positive behaviors (such as saving).

Professor Shu received a PhD from the University of Chicago in 2004, where her studies included behavioral economics, decision sciences, and marketing. She also holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

In addition to her work in academia, Professor Shu has worked as a product line manager, an IT project manager, and as a management consultant in sales force design. She also consults for financial services companies and insurance providers on behavioral influences on consumers’ financial decisions. Before arriving at UCLA, Professor Shu taught marketing and decision making courses to MBA students at the University of Chicago, Southern Methodist University, and INSEAD.

 

Prof. Miguel Unzueta

Prof. Miguel Unzueta

Professor

Miguel Unzueta is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at UCLA Anderson School of Management. His research explores how people understand their position within social and interpersonal hierarchies and the impact this understanding has on their perceptions of self, others, and group-based inequality.

Professor Unzueta teaches the core organizational behavior course for full-time MBA students (@MGMT 409). In 2010, he was awarded the George Robbins Assistant Professor Teaching Award.  More recently, he was selected by Poets & Quants as one of the best 40 business school professors under age 40.

Professor Unzueta is currently serving on the editorial board of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies and is a member of the Riordan Programs’ advisory board.

Course Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Complete a marketing and sales plan that includes strategic analysis – company, customers, and competition – as well as tactics of segmenting and targeting customers, pricing, placing, positioning, and promoting your product/service.
  • Blend both the strategic [leadership] and the tactical [management] aspects of leading your business.
  • Use the POLC[S] model, including associated best practices, to structure your approach to business management and leadership.

Syllabus

Introduction to Marketing, Part 1

Module Learning Objectives:

As a result of participating in this module, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish between a product’s features and its benefits to customers.
  • Conduct the first part of a situational analysis for a particular product, including the first two Cs, company and competition.
  • Describe in detail the third C, customers, who together form a target market for a new product, given some general facts about the product.

Module Components:

  • Video Lecture 1: Introduction and Framework
  • Video Lecture 2: Situation Analysis
  • Video Lecture 3: Segmentation and Targeting
  • Reading 1: Defining Marketing
  • Reading 2: Introducing Marketing
  • Reading 3: Why Do Marketing Segmentation and Target Marketing Make Sense?
  • Reading 4: SWOT Analysis
  • Assignment: Case Study on Drastic Publishing, continued
  • Check for Understanding Assessment
Introduction to Marketing, Part 2

Module Learning Objectives:

As a result of participating in this module, you will be able to:

  • Write a positioning statement that includes the target summary, product offer, competitive alternatives, and support.
  • Analyze the “4 Ps” of a marketing plan – product, price, promotion, and place – to accurately describe each element.
  • Research the size of potential, addressable, and target markets for a particular product.

Module Components:

  • Video Lecture 1: Positioning
  • Video Lecture 2: Product Branding and Distribution Channels
  • Video Lecture 3: Pricing and Promotion
  • Reading 1: Competitive Positioning
  • Reading 2: Value of Branding
  • Reading 3: Lifestyle Branding: Engagement and the Total Experience
  • Reading 4: Developing a Brand
  • Reading 5: Branding Strategies
  • Reading 6: The 4 P’s of Effective Marketing
  • Assignment: Case Study on Drastic Publishing, continued
  • Check for Understanding Assessment
Introduction to Managerial Leadership, Part 1

Module Learning Objectives:

As a result of participating in this module, you will be able to:

  • Plan specific steps to bridge the gap between the current state and the desired state bringing both managerial and leadership skills to bear.
  • Create a RACI chart that shows how work on specific tasks should be allocated.

Module Components:

  • Video Lecture 1: Defining Management and Leadership
  • Video Lecture 2: Key Skill: Planning
  • Video Lecture 3: Key Skills: Organizing and Allocating Resources
  • Reading 1: Top 10 Leadership Qualities of a Project Manager
  • Reading 2: Strategic Leadership: The Essential Skills
  • Reading 3: Relationship between Personality and Managerial Performance
  • Reading 4: The Emergence of a New Era of Management: The Leadership Traits and Skills of Eastern Indian and Afghan Women
  • Assignment: Case Study on Drastic Publishing, continued
  • Check for Understanding Assessment
Introduction to Managerial Leadership, Part 2

Module Learning Objectives:

As a result of participating in this module, you will be able to:

  • Write a brief sketch of a great leader – either someone you know or a public figure – that describes two key characteristics that define the individual’s leadership and defend your position with facts.
  • Solve a problem involving a lack of management control in a business situation.
  • Create a list of tips for coaching an employee who is demonstrating unacceptable behavior.

Module Components:

  • Video Lecture 1: Key Skill: Leading
  • Video Lecture 2: Key Skill: Management Controls
  • Video Lecture 3: Key Skill: Staffing
  • Video Lecture 4: Ethical Management
  • Reading 1: Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Control
  • Reading 2: How to Inspire Workplace Behaviors to Get Better Results
  • Reading 3: Informal Networks: The Company Behind the Chart
  • Reading 4: Ethical Leadership: Right Relationships and the Emotional Bottom Line
  • Reading 5: Ethical Leadership, Decision-making, and Organizations
  • Assignments: Leadership Sketch; Case Study on Drastic Publishing, continued
  • Check for Understanding Assessment

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