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Marketing Management - I
Learning Objectives
Intermediaries
• Resellers and distribution channel firms
• Agencies – research firms, advertising agencies,
media firms, consulting firms
• Financial intermediaries
Marketing – Micro Environment
Publics
• Financial Public
• Media
• Government
• Citizen-action
• Local
• General
• Internal
Marketing – Micro Environment
Customers
• Consumer markets
• Business markets
• Reseller markets
• Government markets
• International markets
Marketing – Macro Environment
Consists of the larger societal forces that affect the
microenvironment:
• Demographic
• Economic
• Natural
• Technological
• Political
• Social and Cultural
• Legal
Marketing – Macro Environment
Marketing – Macro Environment
Demographic
• Family
• Workforce
• Geographic
• International
• Ethnicity
• Gay & Lesbian
• Disabled
Marketing – Macro Environment
Economic
• Consumer spending
• Income distribution
Marketing – Macro Environment
Natural
• Raw material shortage
• Increased pollution
Marketing – Macro Environment
Technological
• New products, new opportunities
• Increased safety
• Privacy concerns
Marketing – Macro Environment
Political
• Business Regulations
• Advertising Regulations
• Content Regulation
Social
• Ethics
• Cause-related marketing
• Socially responsible behaviour
Marketing – Macro Environment
Cultural
• Core beliefs and values
• Secondary beliefs and values
Responding to the Environment
• Uncontrollable
• Proactive
• Reactive