91112 - Marketing for the Fashion Industries

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected to know the core principles and concepts of marketing and apply them to the context of the fashion industry; identify marketing problems and design suitable marketing research plan to address those problems in the context of the fashion industry; critically assess the changing environments in which fashion industries operate nowadays and identify possible future directions in fashion markets and consumer societies.

Course contents

The lectures explore some the major themes of the International marketing and management literature and practice by relating them to the vibrant and sometimes ambiguous context of the fashion industry. This course is an attempt to discuss the world of fashion business from the point of view of the so called "critical management".

Not only the best practices, but also the most common failures in the attempt to effectively design and implement international strategies are going to be the object of class discussion and readings. 

Emphasis will be placed on the emerging perspectives of sustainability and management of sustainable fashion. The inclusion of class debates and role playing exercise will make students reflects on real-life cases studies and challenges.

Readings/Bibliography

A thorough list of academic journal and business magazine articles will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

To enable participants to achieve the above objectives, a combination of traditional lectures and more participatory/interactive sessions will be used for this course. The language of instruction for all teaching and learning activities is English.

Lectures

Topics will be introduced during lectures and readings suggested. Students are expected to do some of the prescribed readings before lectures, as the lecturing method for this course is a two-way interactive presentation, including students’ verbal participation in terms of their views/opinions of the information being presented.

Interactive sessions

Interactive sessions provide a means for students to verify their understanding and mastery of information presented in the preceding lecture. To that end, interactive sessions will be conducted in the form of group/class discussions, case study, question and answer sessions, and whenever possible a short project group presentation for classroom evaluation so as to engage all attendees. This will enable the tutor to diagnose students’ challenges and help to focus participants’ efforts on critical ideas and techniques to assimilate lecture content.

Assessment methods

Assessment of participants will be based on the submission of coursework. A detailed assignment brief will be communicated and discussed during the first lecture.

Office hours

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