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ASSESSMENT BRIEF
Subject Code and Title MKG102 - Consumer Behaviour
Assessment Individual Case Analysis Report
Individual/Group Individual
Length 2500 words (+/- 10%)
Learning Outcomes a) Explain the meaning of consumer behaviour and its
ole in marketing strategy development.
) Apply the concept of the consumer decision-making
model to provide insights into consumer buying
processes.
c) Categorise the needs and wants of consumers and
their underlying motivations
d) Analyse the psychological processes affecting
consumer behaviour.
e) Identify social and cultural influences on consumer
ehaviour.
f) Analyse and apply the major consumer attitude
models
Submission By 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Module 6 (Week 12)
Weighting 50%
Total Marks 100 marks
Context:
This assessment is a case analysis of the your own personal consumer behaviour. It aims to
develop an understanding of key principles of consumer behaviour by applying subject
topics and theories to your own thoughts and actions as a consumer. It allows for a valuable
eflection on complex theoretical concepts as well as insight into the role of marketing
strategy in influencing decision-making.
Instructions:
Students are required to keep a reflective diary of selected consumer activities ideally from
Module 1 of semester. This can take the form of field notes on a word/text document, notes
on your mobile phone or even audio recordings. During this time you are to log and detail
the process behind purchasing three (3) medium to high involvement items. These items
may be i
egular purchases and involve complex buyer behaviour.
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Regular purchases of food, drinks, or other habitual low involvement day-to-day
consumption products are excluded from the log. These field notes
ecordings will then be
used as the basis of compiling Part 1 of the report.
Part 1 – Consumer Decision Making Process
Analyse each of your purchases using the consumer decision-making process model
presented in Module 1. You should use a sequential flow of information for each purchase.
Some suggestions are offered in terms of topics you may like to consider when completing
Part 1.
Need Recognition
What is the perceived problem?
What need is this purchase satisfying?
What is your actual state and what is your desired state?
Is this a ritual purchase or something you have never bought before?
Pre-purchase search / Information sources
What internal or external sources were considered and sought out when making the
decision?
Evaluation process
What were the alternatives /what products/services were included in your evoked set?
What was excluded? Why?
What evaluative criteria did you use in this purchase?
Purchase
Were you influenced by physical, social or temporal su
oundings?
Describe any other external influences at the point of purchase.
Post-purchase behaviour
On reflection of the purchase what were your post-purchase evaluations? Were you
satisfied /dissatisfied with your purchases? Why?
Did you suffer post purchase cognitive dissonance? If so how did you deal with this post
purchase anxiety?
Did the company have any strategies in the post-purchase phase that influenced your
decision?
How has the purchase affected your loyalty to the
and purchased?
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Part 2: Reflection and Analysis of internal and external influences
In this section try and provide a rationale to your behaviour and consumption experience
using relevant consumer behaviour terminology.
Internal Influences
What was your motivation for the purchase? (Think conscious and unconscious needs and
use relevant motivational theories to justify). What were the other internal influences at
play in your decision making process for each product. Apply other relevant consumer
ehaviour theory in terms of: Perception, Learning, Attitudes, and Personality topics.
External Influences
Were there any relevant external influences that may have affected your decision (such as
social and cultural influences).
It is critical in answering the above criteria that you apply relevant consumer behaviour
theory in your assignment. You can either analyse each purchase individually or you could
compare or contrast each purchase as you develop the report. You could also choose to
integrate the discussion of Part 1 and Part 2 as another approach to complete the report.
You are also encouraged to include any additional consumer behaviour research that has
een conducted in the chosen product categories.
If you need clarification on any of the above please speak to your learning facilitator.
Submission Instructions:
ï‚· The presentation recommended for this Assessment is REPORT FORMAT.
ï‚· An Executive Summary is NOT required, although you should include a Title
Page, a Table of Contents, and use suitable headings for the information
presented. Student Identifier (Name and Number) should be included on the
title page and page numbers should appear on each page of the document.
ï‚· The assessment should be submitted in a form and format that would be
acceptable in the business world. All work must be word-processed, spell
checked, grammatically acceptable, and professional in appearance.
ï‚· Because of the personal nature of this report it can be written from a 1st person
context.
ï‚· All claims and opinions are to be supported by suitable and relevant
marketing and/or theoretical principles;
ï‚· Should include a co
ectly constructed reference list and accompanying in-text
citations as per University guidelines (APA Referencing).
ï‚· Can use any combination of na
ative, point form, diagrams, graphs, tables or
images to increase the "readability" of the submission.
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Submit one word or PDF document to Blackboard. The Learning Facilitator will
provide feedback via the Grade Centre in Blackboard. Feedback can be viewed in My
Grades.
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Learning Ru
ic: Assessment 3: Individual Case Analysis Report
Assessment
Attributes
Fail
(Unacceptable)
Pass
(Functional)
Credit
(Proficient)
Distinction
(Advanced)
High
Distinction
(Exceptional)
Part 1: Consumer
Decision Making
Process
Applied the
concept of
the
consumer
decision-
making
model to
provide
insights into
consumer
uying
processes.
30%
Stages of the
consumer
decision-making
process not
co
ectly
identified and
applied to three
consumer
purchases.
Little or no
engagement of
eferences and
elevant
terminology
and theory in
the discussion.
Stages of the
consumer
decision-making
process
co
ectly
identified and
applied to three
consumer
purchases.
Some
engagement of
eferences and
elevant
terminology
and theory in
the discussion.
Good
application of
the stages of
the consumer
decision-making
process applied
to three
consumer
purchases.
Good
engagement of
eferences and
elevant
terminology
and theory in
the discussion.
Very good
application of
the stages of
the consumer
decision-making
process applied
to three
consumer
purchases. Very
good
engagement of
a wide variety
of references
and relevant
terminology
and theory in
the discussion.
Outstanding
application of
the stages of
the consumer
decision-
making
process
applied to
three
consumer
purchases.
Outstanding
engagement
of a wide
variety of
eferences and
elevant
terminology
and theory in
the discussion.
Excellent
insightful
analysis.
Part 2: Internal
and External
Influences
Appropriately
applied
consumer
ehaviour
theory to
provide
insights into
consumer
uying
processes.
50%
Little or no effort
to analyse
influences
(internal and
external) on
consumer
ehaviour and
applied little or
no consumer
ehaviour theory
and terminology
in the discussion.
Demonstrated a
satisfactory
effort to analyse
influences
(internal and
external) on
consumer
ehaviour and
applied some
consumer
ehaviour theory
and terminology
in the discussion.
Demonstrated a
good effort to
critically analyse
influences
(internal and
external) on
consumer
ehaviour and
good application
of consumer
ehaviour theory
and terminology
in the discussion.
Some good
insights into
consumer buying
processes and
good support
from quality
eferences.
Demonstrated a
very good effort
to critically
analyse
influences
(internal and
external) on
consumer
ehaviour and
very good
application of
consumer
ehaviour theory
and terminology
in the discussion
across a wide
ange of relevant
topics. Some
very good
insights into
consumer buying
Demonstrated
an outstanding
effort to critically
analyse
influences
(internal and
external) on
consumer
ehaviour and
outstanding
application of
consumer
ehaviour theory
and terminology
in the discussion
across a wide
ange of relevant
topics. Some
excellent insights
into consumer
uying processes
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processes and
good support
from quality
eferences. Very
good
engagement of
coursework
concepts.
and excellent
support from
quality
eferences. Very
good
engagement of
coursework
concepts and
outstanding
insight into
consumer buying
processes.
Presentation and
eferencing
Appropriate
(length &
content)
Professional
standard of
writing style,
grammar,
spelling and
editing.
Professional
eport
presentation
following
submission
instructions.
Co
ectly
eferenced.
20%
Unprofessional
writing
standard.
Major spelling
and
grammatical
e
ors
throughout
the
submission.
Major
inconsistencies
with
submission
instructions.
Limited or no
in-text
eferencing.
Overall report
presentation
poor. Few