Managing Brand Equity

llsms2021  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Managing Brand Equity
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Swaen Valérie;
Language
English
Prerequisites
1 basic marketing course
Main themes
The students will learn how to manage brands in today's digital environment. The students will first review the key models evaluating the brand equity from a consumer point of view. They will then understand how new consumers'  behaviours can influence the way to  manage brands. They will finally learn what are the key brand strategies that can be leveraged to create and develop strong brands, using all the new digital tools available.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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During their programme, students of the LSM Master¿s in management or Master¿s in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities¿

KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING

 

2.1 Master the core knowledge of each area of management.

2.4 Activate and apply the acquired knowledge accordingly to solve a problem.

A SCIENTIFIC AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH

3.4 Perceptively synthesize the essential elements of a situation, demontsrating a certain conceptual distance, to diagnose and identify pertinent conclusions.

3.5 Produce, through analysis and diagnosis, implemantable solutions incontext and identify priorities for action.

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

4.1 ldentify new opportunities, propose creative and useful ideas; insituations that require new strategic approaches, break with existing models and paradigms, promote progress and change.


 

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
1.    Introduction to the key brand concepts and models
2.    Key challenges to brand building in the digital world
3.    Management of brands taking into account the new consumer trends
4.    New tools and techniques to better engage consumers towards the brand
5.    Brand building plans to grow the brand.
Teaching methods
Lectures, case studies, conferences , videos and a brand project linked to a real company problem.
Evaluation methods
Continuous assessment
Group work to hand out week 6 of Q1P2 (18/12 - 22/12). Work done in coordination with LSMS2005
Individual case study preparation during the six-week course
Reading of scientific papers during the six-week course
Examination in session
June: Writing (3h)
September: Written exam on the whole course material (3h)
Bibliography
Main support

Kevin Lane Keller ' Strategic brand management, Pearson, 4th edition

Additional references on the topic  will be communicated later to the students
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Management

Master [120] in Management