I. SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
II. SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS
III. COURSE CURRICULUM
SUBJECT DATA
OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING PERFORMANCE
THEMATIC UNITS AND FURTHER DETAILS
Subject name
REGIONAL- AND CITY-MARKETING
ID (subject code)
BMEGT42M109
Type of subject
course with contact classes
Course types and lessons
Type
Lessons
Lecture
2
Practice
0
Laboratory
0
Type of assessment
Mid-term grade
Number of credits
5
Subject Coordinator
Name
Dr. Szabó Mariann
Position
senior lecturer
Contact details
szabo.mariann@gtk.bme.hu
Educational organisational unit for the subject
Department of Environmental Economics and Sustainability
Subject website
Language of the subject
angol - ENG
Curricular role of the subject, recommended number of terms

Programme: Regional and Environmental Economic Studies MSc (in English) from 2019/20/Term 1

Subject Role: Compulsory

Recommended semester: 3

Programme: Regional and Environmental Economics from 2016/17/Term 1, AUTUMN start

Subject Role: Compulsory

Recommended semester: 3

Direct prerequisites
Strong
Regionális politika, Regionális gazdaságtan / Regional policy, Regional economics
Weak
None
Parallel
None
Exclusion
None
Validity of the Subject Description
0

Objectives

The aim of the course is, that students become familiar with the basics of regional and city marketing and development of marketing strategies as well as would differentiate the place marketing from the general marketing mix.

Academic results

Knowledge
  1. Familiarized with the fac-tors in connection to the adaptation to the geographical and natural environment;
  2. Familiarized with the guidelines and di-mensions of urban and regional marketing;
  3. Familiarized with both the shareholders and stakeholders of urban and regional marketing;
  4. Familiarized with the strategic planning process of urban and regional marketing;
  5. As well as with the sustainable/ environment-conscious consumption (strategic approach, main phenomena, tools including eco-labeling, criteria of green and eco friendly accommodations certificates);
  6. And finally comprehend the role of eco-marketing in various organizational structures.
Skills
  1. The student is able to analyse the macro-environment a town/ city from city- and regional marketing perspective (political, economic, social, technological aspects);
  2. Applying the toolkit of city- and regional marketing (the marketing mix);
  3. SDeveloping organizational eco-marketing concept;
  4. assessing the advantages and risking conditions based on the analysis of evidences connected to the environmentally friendly marketing;
  5. As well as capable to report these results either in scientific or ‘public’ audiences
Attitude
  1. Cooperation with other peers and lecturer;
  2. Continuous learning;
  3. Openness to use IT tools;
  4. Positive attitude towards the analysis of complex systems;
  5. Commitment to take decisions from social well-being and sustainability perspective
Independence and responsibility
  1. Capable for individual analysis in relation to urban and regional marketing issues;
  2. Open to receive both positive and negative feedbacks;
  3. Ca-pable for teamwork, ready to cooperate;
  4. Apply system-thinking.

Teaching methodology

Lectures and seminars, problem-solving, oral and written communication. Application of IT tools and techniques.

Materials supporting learning

  • Piskóti – Dankó – Schupler (2002): Régió- és településmarketing. KJK-Kerszöv. Budapest.
  • Kósi Kálmán-ValkóLászló (2006): Környezetmenedzsment. BME GTK Tankönyv. Typotex Kiadó. Bu-dapest.
  • G. J. Ashworth-H. Voogd: A város értékesítése (Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1997)
  • Kozma Gábor: A városmarketing egyes elemeinek alkalmazása Debrecenben (szakdolgozat, ELTE Szociálpolitikai és Szociológiai szak, 2002)
  • Előadásanyagok diasorai.
  • Braun, E. (2008). City Marketing: Towards an Integrated Approach (No. EPS-2008-142-ORG). ERIM Ph.D. Series Research in Management. Erasmus Research Institute of Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/13694
  • Piskóti I, Nagy, Sz (2008) Identity and Image in the City Marketing. In: VII. International Congress on Public and Nonprofit Marketing. Szegedi Egyetemi Kiadó, Szeged, pp. 1-22. ISBN 978-963-482-873-0
  • Avraham E., Ketter E. (2016) Tourism Marketing for Destinations with Negative Images, Tourism Marketing for Developing Countries
  • Duhigg C. (14 June 2017).
  • Lamb, C.; Hair, J.; McDaniel, C. (2016). Principles of Marketing. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-285-86014-5.
  • Mende-Siedlecki, P; Cai Y; Todorov A. (2013) The neural dynamics of updating person impressions, SCAN(2013)8, pp. 623-631

General Rules

Active participation in seminars, presentation in pairs or groups.

Performance assessment methods

Four group presentations with a focus on the description of the supply competence of a city based on Strategic planning process of city marketing and on the description of the communication competence of a city based on Strategic planning process of city marketing (Piskóti 2008).

Percentage of performance assessments, conducted during the study period, within the rating

  • 1st presentation: 25%
  • 2nd presentation: 25%
  • 3rd presentation: 25%
  • 4th presentation: 25%
  • total: 100%

Percentage of exam elements within the rating

Issuing grades

%
Excellent 90-100-100
Very good 85–90
Good 76–84
Satisfactory 63–75
Pass 50–63
Fail 0-50

Retake and late completion

According to the University regulations two retake possibility is ensured.

Coursework required for the completion of the subject

Nature of work Number of sessions per term
attending the course 56
preparing for the lectures 14
home assignment 50
preparing for the mid-terms 30
total 150

Approval and validity of subject requirements

0

Topics covered during the term

Lecture topics

Additional lecturers

Name Position Contact details
Dr. Ijjas Flóra . ijjas.flora@gtk.bme.hu
Szalkai Zsuzsa . szalkai.zsuzsa@gtk.bme.hu

Approval and validity of subject requirements

0

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