syllabus consumer behaviour
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7/30/2019 Syllabus Consumer Behaviour
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INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES NOIDA
Course PGDM Session 20010-11
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Objectives: The study of consumer behavior enables marketers to understand and predict
consumer behavior in the changing environment; it is concerned not only with what consumers
buy but also with why, when, where, and how they buy it. This course will help in understandingand to capture the impact of new media on consumer behavior and on students ability to learn
more about customers purchases and to know how to target them more precisely This course
equips students with in depth knowledge about the king of the market The Customer in thehighly competitive environment.
Pattern of question paper for final examination
1. The total weight of the end semester examination will be 70 marks.2. The question paper will be divided into three sections. Section A will have a small case
study with specific questions and it will carry a weight of 20 marks. Section B will consist of
5 short answer questions with a weight of 2 marks each (total 10 marks). Section C will
have 4 full length questions of 20 marks each , out of which the candidate will be required
to attempt any two (total weight of 40 marks).3. The time allotted for attempting the question paper will be 3 hrs.
CONTENTS
Identifying and Understanding Consumers :Utility analysis of consumer behavior
Manipulation of consumer Decision:Consumer motivation, Personality and Consumer
Behaviour, Perception, Learning, Consumer attitude formation and change
Consumer in Social and Cultural Setting: The family and social class, Culture, Cross Culturebehavior.
Models of Consumer Behavior: Nicosia Model, Howard- Sheth Model, Engel- Blackwell
Model, Katonas Model of Consumer Behavior.
Consumer and Diffusion of Innovation: Opinion leadership and adoption diffusion process,
Buyer Influence and the Diffusion of Innovations,
Introduction to CRM: Conceptual foundation of Relationship Management. Meaning &
Significance of CRM, Types of CRM, Strategies for building relationship marketing, Buyers
sellers relationships, Role of Information Technology in building, maintaining CRM
Textbooks:
1. Consumer Behavior leon G.Schiffman, Leslie Lazar Kanuk, S. Ramesh Kumar (Pearson)2. Theory Of Consumer Behaviour by Dr. Shri Prakash (Vikas)3. Consumer Behavior Text and Cases by Satish K Batra, SHH Kazami (ExcelBooks
Publications)4. Customer Relationship Management by Sheth, Parvatiyar and Shainesh5. Customer Relationship Management by Alok Kumar.
References:6. Consumer Behavior by Blackwell, Miniard, Engel (Cengage LearningPublications)7. Consumer Behaviour & Advertising Management by Debraj Datta and Mahua
Datta(Vrinda Publications)