Assignment title: Information
Assignment Briefing
Module Name Winning and Retaining Customers
Assignment Title Plan for Creating Value
Word Count/Time allocation (for
presentations)
2500 words (excluding executive summary,
references and appendices)
Assignment Task
Understanding the process by which organisations acquire new customers and retain
existing ones is important in ensuring survival in the long term.
You are tasked with producing a 2,500 word (max) report discussing and justifying which
theoretical marketing concept (relationship marketing, service dominant logic, business
networks) best explains how your organisation (the one that you currently work for or
an organisation of your choice) can create value for their customers.
You need to choose and discuss only ONE theoretical concept.
Having completed this first task you will then need to design EITHER a full Customer
Relationship Management (CRM), OR Key Account Management (KAM), OR Social Media,
OR Multichannel Marketing programme showing how it can be used by your organisation of
choice to win and retain customers.2
Allocation of Marks
Allocated
Marks
The report should consist of the following (marks for each section are
shown):
You will be expected to:
a) Provide definitions of the relevant theoretical concept and justifying its
relevance to the organisation selected.
b) Review and provide examples within the selected organisation as how
the theoretical concept explains the creation of value to customers.
c) Justify CRM or KAM or Social Media or Multichannel Marketing as
methods for winning and retaining customers.
d) Design a full CRM or KAM or Social Media or Multichannel Marketing
initiative appropriate to the specific organisation in winning and retaining
customers.
Up to 10 additional marks will be awarded for the quality of referencing,
report writing, style and presentation.
Assignments must be submitted in report format with title page, executive
summary, contents page, page numbers and numbered sections. Reports
must be no longer than 2,500 words (excluding executive summary ,
references and appendices). Harvard referencing must be used.
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