PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ADV3633	Cases in Marketing Communication	Spring Fall	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor HAKKI PINAR KILIÇ
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor HAKKI PINAR KILIÇ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course’s aim is to stimulate the students on the ever-expanding world of the marketing communication and familiarize them with the importance of the relationship marketing and integrated communication. Also special emphasis will be given to prepare and analyze business plans, marketing plans, and advertising plans

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
There will be several cases during the course prepared from the different subjects. These cases will be selected among the local as well as international brands which can change from one year to another year depending on the popularity of the case and level of the students.

Thus, the students will be able to learn the subject from actual cases.

Course Content

Students will be familiarized with the different tools of integrated marketing communications and will learn when and how to apply these tools. Also they will learn to develop strtegies and make plans ny usinh these tools.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	How to Prepare Effective Marketing Plan?
2)	How SWOT and PEST can help you?	Buying a Wedding Dress in e-Bay (Case)
3)	Positioning in high and low involvement products
4)	A new concept: Demand Chain	Zara case
5)	How you can understand a consumer?
6)	A new approach to consumer: Pulse	Exporting Olive Oil (case)
7)	Financial Aspects of Marketing
8)	Branding	Migros Private Brands
9)	How to write Effective Briefings?
10)	How to Prepare Effective Business Plan?	Volvo
11)	Pazarlamanın 4 P'si öldü mü?
12)	How to Prepare Effective Advertising Plan?	Starbucks
13)	How to prepare a communication plan
14)	Review of the topics

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1. Marketing Communications
Engagement, Strategies and Practice
Chris Fill
Prentice Hall/Financial Tmes
4th Edition

2 Management in Turkey: Cases and Challenges
Donald N. Thompson
Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara

3, The New Marketing Paradigm.
Integrated Marketing Communications
Don E. Schultz, Stanley I Tannenbaum, Robert F. Lauterborn
4. Best Practice Cases in Branding
Kevin Lane Keller
Pearson Prentice Hall

References:

Adverting Age
Campaign
Marketing Türkiye
MediaCat

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	6	% 60
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	5	70
Homework Assignments	6	3	18
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.