Exam Details

Subject Management of Marketing Communication and Advertising
Paper
Exam / Course Management Programme
Department School of Management Studies (SOMS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Distinguish between marketing objectives and marketing communication. How do they relate to each other

What are the major differences between consumer promotions and trade promotions When and why such promotions are organised by the marketers? Discuss.

"Message design and Positioning" are important elements for planning an advertising campaign. Explain with a
suitable example of your choice.

What are the major reasons for celebrity advertising? What are its merits and limitations

What is media buying? Why it is important for a media planner to have a sound knowledge of the various media options and their characteristics while deciding media selection Discuss with suitable examples.

Internet has emerged as a powerful medium. Explain the reach of this medium in relation to the traditional press and television. What are its limitations

4. Write short notes on any three of the following:

Rural media scene

Composition of an advertisement

Managing sales promotion in service marketing

Catalog retailing

Ethical issues in advertising

5. A large industrial house from the private sector with diversified businesses and with a strong corporate brand name has now forayed into manufacture of low priced smart phone mobile handsets to explore the huge domestic market available for this category.

The primary objective for diversifying into mobile handset business is to compete effortlessly in a highly competitive market and leverage by using its strong and well known corporate brand name and further extend the same to this new line of activity. This would enable the company to capture considerable market share as a short-term strategy.

Questions:

Propose a detailed promotion strategy for the Introductory phase.

Develop a suitable advertising campaign for print medium by clearly specifying the creative and strategic considerations that you wish to propose for the XYZ brand mobile handset.

What criteria would you consider to measure the effectiveness of the campaign Justify.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Accounting and Finance for Managers
  • Advanced Strategic Management
  • Bank Financial Management
  • Capital Investment and Financing Decisions
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Economic and Social Environment
  • Electronic Banking and IT in Banks
  • Employment Relations
  • Ethics And Corporate Governance In Banks
  • Human Resource Development
  • Human Resource Planning
  • Information Systems for Managers
  • International Banking Management
  • International Business
  • International Financial Management
  • International Human Resource Management
  • International Marketing
  • Labour Laws
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Control Systems
  • Management Functions and Behaviour
  • Management of Financial Services
  • Management of Human Resources
  • Management of Information Systems
  • Management of Machines and Materials
  • Management of Marketing Communication and Advertising
  • Management of New and Small Enterprises
  • Management of Public Enterprises
  • Management of R&D and Innovation
  • Managerial Economics
  • Managing Change in Organisations
  • Marketing for Managers
  • Marketing of Financial Services
  • Marketing of Services
  • Marketing Research
  • Materials Management
  • Operations Research
  • Organisational Dynamics
  • Organizational Design, Development and Change
  • Product Management
  • Production/Operations Management
  • Project Management
  • Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
  • Research Methodology for Management Decisions
  • Retail Management
  • Risk Management In Banks
  • Rural Marketing
  • Sales Management
  • Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
  • Social Processes and Behavioural Issues
  • Strategic Management
  • Technology Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • Wage and Salary Administration
  • Working Capital Management