Two parts Parts A and B both are compulsory
Part A Individual poster style single slide summary of your selected British SME one physical product, new country choice screening all those in the assessment, and current UK marketing mix.

Part B Individual global marketing plan (for Part A above) management report format (without executive summary). Worth 100% of the module mark.

Parts A and B are strongly connected, the material assessed in Part A is carried forward into
Part B.

Part A Individual Poster Style Summary
Instructions for formative assessment
This compulsory assessment is essential preparation and foundation for the summative assessment.
Step 1
Choose a UK SME and Product. Make sure your seminar tutor approves by email your choice of
company, product before you begin screening against the named countries listed in the assessment.
Send a short and clear email listing for your 100% UK British owned SME Company:
a) Company name
b) Revenue * (less than £30m)
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c) Number of employees * (less than 250)
d) Name of Single Product (not range)
e) Confirmation the product is manufactured (most of it) in the UK and therefore contributes to a
positive physical goods trade balance with the rest of the world.
f) Which countries it is not yet operating in of: a) Brazil b) Nigeria c) Turkey d) Vietnam e) Czech
Republic
g) A web link or two where we can check your marketing research data.
* Note: may be difficult to find employee and revenue figures for very small companies i.e. absence
means they are indeed small. All UK limited companies will have some information with Companies
House. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house
Step 2
The second step is to then to submit a poster like summary (i.e. points a-f listed above) and a
marketing analysis of your approved choice including their current UK marketing mix, segments they
target, positioning against their competition, Brand, etc.
Show the results of your screening of potential new country markets using a MACS matrix. NB: All five
countries are to be screened (unless the product is already being marketed in a country). If the
product is marketed in all five then it cannot be used. If available in many countries already it is likely
not a suitable choice.
Format: One PowerPoint slide converted to (i.e. saved as) a PDF (to reduce file size) and submitted to
Turnitin.
Word Limit: It is a visual poster so do not cram it full of text. Use pictures, diagrams, tables, etc. The
aim is for students to practice summarising using diagrams and tables. This will help you use the
available word count in Part B economically.
References: On another slide include Harvard style references of your secondary data sources. Note
simple cut and pasted web references URLs (uniform resource locator) are insufficient at level 5/6.
Product Choice
For pedagogical (teaching and learning) reasons, it must be a physical product (not a service, not
software, not a download, nor a mobile phone app). It must be manufactured in the UK. It must be
made by a UK (British) SME (100% UK owned, not a subsidiary of a large company). To be an SME it
must have less than 250 employees and less than £30m in annual revenue. The SME’s product must
be ‘new to the market’ of your country of choice. It must be one distinct physical product (not an entire
company, brand or entire product range). SMEs with less than 250 employees and less than £30m in
revenue includes some very substantial companies. Check that they have not already
internationalised to a significant extent, they will not be approved.
Note: Most products can be ordered on-line from the company website, on eBay or Alibaba. This is not
a country marketing presence. Your task is to establish a real substantive presence in a new country
with a similar customer experience as to that in the UK but working with local partners. Note: Web only
(i.e. e-commerce only) marketing and distribution plans are also not acceptable for pedagogical
reasons.
UK SMEs manufacturing physical products can be found from many sources, see lecture/seminar
notes. Students are encouraged to select UK SMEs they might like to work for in a marketing
capacity, either as an employee or consultant.
Work independently. Duplicate product/country combinations are not allowed i.e. one student per one
product/target country. Email your tutor with your choice with every aspect of a) through g) above and
it will be approved and ‘reserved’ by return email within two working days. Sending a note with a link
to a company website with the question “is this one OK?” is unacceptable. Your tutors are very busy
checking and approving scores of SMEs at this time.

Assessment Structure
It is a poster less is more, quality not quantity.
A) Show clearly the points (a-f) e.g. company details and physical product of your choice – show they
are a UK 100% owned SME. Show the countries where they market their product already.
B) Show the current domestic marketing mix including competitive positioning in the UK market using
relevant referenced marketing techniques.
C) Show the MACS matrix and criteria (drawn from the core texts and your knowledge of the SME and
how each of the five countries came out on the screening. Communicate which country is the best
new market of the five available.
D) Harvard style references.
The Poster needs to be succinct, colourful and clear, so that is could be display on screen to the class.
Feedback:
Each student will receive oral feedback face to face during a seminar and must record it. The
feedback should be taken seriously and addressed in Part B. The presentation content will be graded
by the tutor into 3 broad indicative traffic light categories using the module’s marking criteria. At this
stage the quality of the analysis and the understanding of the taught syllabus will be key.
Green 60% plus (in good shape to progress to Part B).
Amber 40-50% (can progress to Part B, but substantive changes are required).
Red 40% or below (inadequate (likely to fail) and should not proceed, contact your tutor for guidance.)
Part B Global Marketing Plan
Instructions for summative assessment
Short, clear, concise, decision and action oriented applied marketing reports attract high marks.
Format: Global Marketing Plan (Structured Professional Report) with full Harvard references
Word Limit: 2500 words + 10% (for main report text) i.e. the primary/secondary data and budgets in
the appendices and your references do not count towards the 2500 word limit.
Font: Arial font size 11 or 12 point, (this font). In business organisations will have a compulsory ‘house
style’ and font.
The plan must include two appendices: (not included in the word count).
Appendix I) Primary and Secondary Market Research
Country Screening data and other summary data regarding market size, market growth, customer
preferences, segments, segment size, cultural and legal requirements, competitors, promotion and
distribution channels, tariffs, shipping costs, etc.)
Appendix II) Marketing Promotion Plan and Budget (Promotion Costs Only, including foreign
marketing agency costs) and Cost Allocation and Margin Analysis (Word Tables or Spreadsheets)

Task
Global Marketing Plan written for the CMO or CEO of your chosen and approved Part A UK SME
company completely new to market in one of the available countries. (Note: It must be approved by
your tutor prior to the compulsory formative assessment.)
The global marketing plan must contain a clear business objective namely a sales and marketing
objective for the first year a minimum of £50,000 in gross sales and a costed promotional budget and
a projection of any surplus or deficit at the end of year one.
The plan must state and explain how these business objectives will be achieved by the global
marketing function.

1. What is to be achieved for the SME? – Business objectives. (100 words)
2. Which country market and why? – Country screening. (200) Detailed screening of top two
countries from the five screened in the formative? NB: All five countries are to be screened in Part A
and the results carried forward from the formative poster into Part B.
3. Which market segments? – STP (400)
4. How marketing will help achieve the business objectives? – Detailed Marketing and Sales
Objectives. (100)
5. How will you bring the product to the new market? – Entry Mode Selection. (400)
6. How will you compete and generate customer value? – Detailed Global (New Country)
Marketing Mix++ (1000)
7. How much will the promotional element of the mix cost? Will the SME make or lose money in
year 1? – Global (New Country) Marketing Promotion Plan and Budget (300)
Appendix I and II.
Students are advised not to include a PESTLE or SWOT or Porters 5 forces analysis. These are not
part of the syllabus. These strategy techniques are too high level and use too many words of the word
count. You have MACS instead. The marketing plan is to be action orientated and detailed, not a
general report i.e. statements such as “it is very important to set a price” but not actually decide the
actual price are not sufficient in a Level 5/6 assignment where business readiness must be
demonstrated.
Students are advised to use diagrams, tables and spreadsheets to support their plan (it also saves on
word count). Do not cut and paste from lecture notes and websites etc., it doesn’t demonstrate
understanding. All references will be checked during the marking process and should be from or
directly related to the taught syllabus. Students not actively using Hollensen and the module case
studies are likely to fail.
Marking Scheme (100%) divided as follows:
1. Application of accurately referenced decision orientated principles of Global Marketing drawn from
the module syllabus. (30%)
Students should review, list and reference the main principles covered in the syllabus e.g. the
Hollensen, Keegan and MacDonald texts, the journal papers and the several seminar cases studies.
2. Use of primary and secondary data to support your decisions. (30%)
Your decisions should be supported by primary and/or secondary data marketing research. Many
students lose marks here by not providing data to support their plan. The university provides access
to several professional market research databases e.g. Mintel. A quick Google search will not suffice
for a CMO or CEO expecting a business ready report recommending a major decision for a small
company.
3. Critical evaluation of your decisions. (30%)
You must reflect upon (think about) and assess your options (e.g. the mode of entry, your price, the
promotional mix, brand, positioning, etc.) your decisions and judgements.
4. Logical structure (a marketing plan), clear use of English, accurate referencing of books and journal
articles and use of word limit and correct clear font. (10%)
Reference your secondary data sources carefully not just ‘cut and pasted’ browser web links.
See the assessment rubric at the end of this briefing and the in-class lecture/seminar sessions
including the review of assessment examples and the lecture on how to achieve a good mark.
How will we support you with your assessment?
This assessment follows directly on from the formative piece where all your basic questions and
concerns are addressed. Support is given each week in class. The case studies and core texts directly
support the assessment and must be studied carefully. Students are advised to book a 20 minute one
to one tutorial to present their Part B detailed table of contents, receive feedback and ask questions.
 There will be an assessment briefing in Week 2 repeated with a course review in Weeks 10 and
11.
 You will receive formative feedback in a short individual tutorial.
 We will review report structure table of contents.
 Provide guidance on how to achieve a good mark
How will your work be assessed?
Your work will be assessed by a subject expert who will use the marking grid (rubric) provided in this
assessment brief. When you access your marked work it is important that you reflect on the feedback
so that you can use it to improve future assignments.
Referencing
You MUST use the Harvard System. The Harvard system is very easy to use once you become
familiar with it.