Sustainable Brand and Marketing Communications (5 cr)
Code: 3H00GJ43-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 02.07.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 01.08.2025 - 19.10.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Business Administration
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business Administration
Objectives (course unit)
The course provides the skills to build a brand in business. The course focuses on brand building from a sustainability perspective, integrated marketing communications and measuring impact in different channels.
On completion of the course, the student will
- knows what brand strategy and integrated marketing communication is
- understand the importance of responsible branding in business
- can build and develop a multi-channel brand
- understands the importance of marketing psychology principles in brand building
- knows how to measure the effectiveness of a brand
Content (course unit)
- Brand strategy
- Integrated marketing communication
- Accountability
- Effectiveness of marketing communications
- Psychology of marketing
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Students understand the basics of brand building and the role of integrated marketing communications in business. Students will be able to define the importance of sustainability as part of business. They can identify ways to measure brand impact and understand the impact of marketing psychology in brand building.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Students will apply a strategic perspective to building a multi-channel brand and integrated marketing communications. Students will articulate the importance of brand impact and be able to select appropriate impact metrics. The student will be able to explain the marketing psychological and business implications and linkages of responsible branding.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Students will be able to recommend ways to build a multi-channel brand and integrated marketing communications from a strategic perspective. They will justify and evaluate the appropriate means of measuring brand effectiveness on a case-by-case basis. The student will be able to justify how a responsible brand supports business and how marketing psychology principles can be taken into account in different ways in building a responsible brand.
Assessment scale
0-5
Learning materials
Hubspot: An Introduction to Marketing Psychology with Insights from Phill Agnew
Isokangas, Antti & Vassinen, Riku. Viherpesutalous 2024. Näin markkinoit ja viestit vastuullisesti.