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Regional and City Marketing

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Course Unit Code118-0343/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SUH33prof. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D.
URM003Ing. Jaroslav Urminský, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
You will be able to:
* explain the specific features of urban and regional marketing
* discuss the rise, evolution and contemporary applicability of this discipline
* analyze territorial marketing in practice
* identify the instruments, methods and approaches typical for territorial marketing
* describe the position of territorial marketing in the framework of territorial development
Course Contents
1. Basic delimitation of urban and regional marketing – objectives, tasks, types and principles of city and regional marketing, specific features of territorial marketing, from traditional marketing towards its territorial modification.
2. Territorial marketing in general – characteristic features and phases of territorial marketing, financing, institutional and organisational forms.
3. Genesis of substantial directions of territorial marketing – origin and development of territorial marketing in advanced countries, from fordism towards postfordism.
4. Origin and development of territorial marketing in post-transformation economies – specific features and differences from advanced economies, application of territorial markeitng in the Czech Republic.
5. Identification of city and regional marketing milieu – inner and outer settings of cities and regions, information and analyses.
6. Searching for positioning of cities and regions in competitive milieu - positioning, segmentation and target groups.
7. Application of marketing mix – urban and reigonal product, quality of urban and regional product, prices, distribution and materiál settings, communication mix, human resources, processes and partnership.
8. Media, cities and regions – influence of national media, urban and regional images.
9. Methods and techniques of territorial marketing - methods, techniques, models and practice of territorial marketing
10. Implementation or city and reigonal marketing – strategic development of cities and regions and the role of territorial marketing, towards the complex teritorial marketing.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1. Asworth, G., Voogd, H. Selling the City: Marketing Approaches in Public Sector Urban Planning. London: Belhaven Press, 1990.
2. Kotler, P., Haider, D., Rein, I. Marketing Places. London: Free Press. 2002.
1. Rumpel, P. Teritoriální marketing jako koncept územního rozvoje. Ostravská
univerzita. 2002.
2. Janečková, L., Vaštíková, M. Marketing měst a obcí. Grada Publishing. 1999.
3. Malinovský, J., Kutscherauer, A., Sucháček, J. Management regionů a obcí.
VŠB-TU. RCCV. 2003.
Recommended Reading:
1. Sucháček, J. Territorial Development Reconsidered. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2008.
1. Payne, A. Marketing služeb. Grada Publishing. 1996.
2. Ježek, J. Městský marketing - očekávání a realita. Sládkovičovo: Vysoká škola Visegrádu, 2011.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
CreditCredit85 85