School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    New Product Development
  • Unit Code

    MKT3600
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Gregory Brian WILLSON

Description

This unit focuses on the role of new products within the organisation and society. It explores each step in the new product development process, including the strategy, opportunity identification, design, testing, product launch and profit management. The theory of New Product Development (NPD) is studied, with practical application of these concepts by students with their own new product project. This third year marketing unit provides a managerial approach to new product development and implementation. It assumes a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of marketing and management. Some familiarity with marketing research is also strongly encouraged but not essential.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MKT1600.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the role and impact of new products on organisations, enterprises and society.
  2. Design a new product proposal that addresses the challenges involved in planning, developing, implementing and controlling the release of new products.
  3. Create a product development strategy using new product development processes incorporating concepts of product innovation management.
  4. Collaborate effectively within a team to produce a product development strategy.
  5. Reflect individually on teamwork processes to assess how teamwork influenced the development of a product development strategy.

Unit Content

  1. Idea generation and the new product development process.
  2. Idea spreading and screening.
  3. Product and brand strategy.
  4. Product packaging.
  5. Concept testing.
  6. Product launch and commercialistion.
  7. Managing product growth and maturity.
  8. Protecting intellectual property.
  9. Managing organisational knowledge and strategic alliances.
  10. New service innovation.
  11. The future of innovation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning activities and assignments will develop the creative, communication and analytical abilities of students as well as providing opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. Students need to be actively engaged in the unit by reading the required readings, listening to recorded material and participating in critical discussions related to new product development within the unit’s LMS site. A team assignment provides opportunities to explore the role of teamwork within the new product development process.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProduct Pitch (Individual)20%
ProjectProduct Development Project (Team)40%
AssignmentOnline Assessment40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProduct Pitch (Individual)20%
ProjectProduct Development Project (Team)40%
AssignmentOnline Assessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    New Product Development
  • Unit Code

    MKT3600
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Gregory Brian WILLSON

Description

This unit focuses on the development of creative ideas and new product innovations that respond to opportunities and changes within organisations and society more broadly. It explores each step in the new product development process, including idea generation, strategy development, opportunity identification, design, testing, product launch and profit management. The theory of New Product Development (NPD) is studied, with practical application of these concepts by students with their own innovative product project. This third year marketing unit provides a managerial approach to new product development and implementation. It assumes a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of marketing and management. Some familiarity with marketing research is also strongly encouraged but not essential. This third year marketing unit provides a managerial approach to new product development and implementation. It assumes a basic understanding of the fundamental principles of marketing and management. Some familiarity with marketing research is also strongly encouraged but not essential.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MKT1600.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the role and impact of new products on organisations, enterprises and society.
  2. Design a new product proposal that addresses the challenges involved in planning, developing, implementing and controlling the release of new products.
  3. Create a product development strategy using new product development processes incorporating concepts of product innovation management.
  4. Collaborate effectively within a team to produce a product development strategy.
  5. Reflect individually on teamwork processes to assess how teamwork influenced the development of a product development strategy.

Unit Content

  1. Idea generation and the new product development process.
  2. Idea spreading and screening.
  3. Product and brand strategy.
  4. Product packaging.
  5. Concept testing.
  6. Product launch and commercialistion.
  7. Managing product growth and maturity.
  8. Protecting intellectual property.
  9. Managing organisational knowledge and strategic alliances.
  10. New service innovation.
  11. The future of innovation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning activities and assignments will develop the creative, communication and analytical abilities of students as well as providing opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. A team assignment provides opportunities to explore the role of teamwork within the new product development process and to develop a new product proposal for an industry partner.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProduct Pitch (Individual)20%
ProjectProduct Development Project (Team)40%
AssignmentOnline Assessment40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProduct Pitch (Individual)20%
ProjectProduct Development Project (Team)40%
AssignmentOnline Assessment40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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