An essential course package for CIM Professional Diploma students taking the Marketing Planning 08/09 paper. Bundled together for the first time there's your essential coursebook to guide you through the course and additional practice and revision help to maximize chances of exam success! The CIM Coursebook 08/09 Marketing Planning is packed full of the critical information you need to take you through your course and pass first time. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus the coursebook contains a range of learning objective questions, activities, definitions and summaries to support and test your understanding of the theory. The CIM Student's Practice and Revision Book is the one-stop exam practice kit. The book contains a bank of additional questions and checklists, and focuses on key marketing theories and their application to ensure complete understanding. Bundled together in a cost-saving package you're one step closer to exam success!

Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann’s 2005-2006 CIM Coursebook series offers you the complete package for exam success. Comprising fully updated Coursebook texts that are revised annually, and free online access to the MarketingOnline learning interface, it offers everything you need to study for your CIM qualification. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant, ensuring it is the definitive companion to this year’s CIM marketing course. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students, where you can: Annotate, customise and create personally tailored notes using the electronic version of the Coursebook Receive regular tutorials on key topics from Marketing Knowledge Search the Coursebook online for easy access to definitions and key concepts Access the glossary for a comprehensive list of marketing terms and their meanings

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Designed specifically with revision in mind, the CIM Revision Cards provide concise, yet fundamental information to assist students in passing the CIM exams as easily as possible. A clear, carefully structured layout aids the learning process and ensures the key points are covered in a succinct and accessible manner. The compact, spiral bound format enables the cards to be carried around easily, the content therefore always being on hand, making them invaluable resources no matter where you are. Features such as diagrams and bulleted lists are used throughout to ensure the key points are displayed as clearly and concisely as possible. Each section begins with a list of learning outcomes and ends with hints and tips, thereby ensuring the content is broken down into manageable concepts and can be easily addressed and memorised

The CIM Handbook of Strategic Marketing targets senior executives responsible for shaping and managing the company's strategic direction. The strategic dimensions of marketing management are emphasised along with the critical importance of matching the company's capabilities with genuinely attractive market sectors. The Handbook's strategic perspective and pragmatic outlook pervade the text and underpin its practical foundations. The rise of global competition and continuous innovation have redefined market structures, reshaped industries and given customers unprecedented value and choice. In this era of customer sovereignty there is a tremendous amount of pressure on organizations to adopt the principles of the marketing concept and to develop a much sharper strategic focus. The CIM Handbook of Strategic Marketing is a reference source to guide effective marketing practice. It provides supportive material for managers and employees who are building their marketing competence by attending training programmes, and includes contributions from leading academics - such as, Peter Doyle, Malcolm McDonald, Nigel Piercy The book amounts to a firm blueprint written by leading marketing thinkers for designing and implementing effective marketing strategies and improving business performance. Colin Egan is Professor of Strategic Management at Leicester Business School. Michael J Thomas is Professor of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde Business School.

Butterworth-Heinemann�s CIM Coursebooks have been designed to match the syllabus and learning outcomes of our new qualifications and should be useful aids in helping students understand the complexities of marketing. The discussion and practical application of theories and concepts, with relevant examples and case studies, should help readers make immediate use of their knowledge and skills gained from the qualifications.� Professor Keith Fletcher, Director of Education, The Chartered Institute of Marketing �Here in Dubai, we have used the Butterworth-Heinemann Coursebooks in their various forms since the very beginning and have found them most useful as a source of recommended reading material as well as examination preparation.� Alun Epps, CIM Centre Co-ordinator, Dubai University College, United Arab Emirates Butterworth-Heinemann�s official CIM Coursebooks are the definitive companions to the CIM professional marketing qualifications. The only study materials to be endorsed by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), all content is carefully structured to match the syllabus and is written in collaboration with the CIM faculty. Each chapter is packed full of case studies, study tips and activities to test your learning and understanding as you go along. �The coursebooks are the only study guide reviewed and approved by CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing). �Each book is crammed with a range of learning objectives, cases, questions, activities, definitions, study tips and summaries to support and test your understanding of the theory. �Past examination papers and examiners� reports are available online to enable you to practise what has been learned and help prepare for the exam and pass first time. �Extensive online materials support students and tutors at every stage.

Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann’s 2006-2007 Official CIM Coursebook series offers you the complete package for exam success. Comprising fully updated Coursebook texts that are revised annually and independently reviewed. The only coursebooks recomended by CIM include free online access to the MarketingOnline learning interface offering everything you need to study for your CIM qualification. Carefully structured to link directly to the CIM syllabus, this Coursebook is user-friendly, interactive and relevant. Each Coursebook is accompanied by access to MARKETINGONLINE (www.marketingonline.co.uk), a unique online learning resource designed specifically for CIM students, where you can: *Annotate, customise and create personally tailored notes using the electronic version of the Coursebook *Search the Coursebook online for easy access to definitions and key concepts *Access the glossary for a comprehensive list of marketing terms and their meanings

Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann's 2006-07 CIM Coursebook series offers you the complete package for exam success. Fully reviewed by CIM and updated by the examiner, the coursebook offers everything you need to keep you on course

A fully revised and updated 8th edition of the highly renowned international bestseller The 8th edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller is thoroughly revised with every chapter having been updated with special attention to the latest developments in marketing. Marketing Plans is designed as a tool and a user–friendly learning resource. Every point illustrated by powerful practical examples and made actionable through simple, step–by–step templates and exercises. The book is established as essential reading for all serious professional marketers and students of marketing, from undergraduate and postgraduate to professional courses for bodies such as CIM. Above all it provides a practical, hands–on guide to implementing every single concept included in the text. New chapters and content include: A ‘Does it Work’ feature throughout demonstrating examples of real successes using the processes in the book More substantial coverage of consumer behaviour to balance the book’s focus with B2B planning Digital techniques and practices brought fully up to date Also includes a comprehensive online Tutors’ Guide and Market2Win Simulator for those who teach marketing strategy