IDENTIFYING DATA 2012_13
Subject (*) CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR Code 16234214
Study programme
Degree of Business Administration and Management (Terres de l'Ebre) (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional Second
Language
Català
Department Gestió d'Empreses
Coordinator
RYAN ., GERARD ANTHONY
TERES GRA, ESTHER
E-mail gerard.ryan@urv.cat
mar.pamies@urv.cat
ester.teres@urv.cat
gildamaria.hernandez@urv.cat
Lecturers
RYAN ., GERARD ANTHONY
PÀMIES PALLISÉ, MARIA DEL MAR
TERES GRA, ESTHER
HERNÁNDEZ MASKIVKER, GILDA MARÍA
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General description and relevant information Assignatura de màrqueting sobre el rol del consumidor en el món comercial.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A7 Students can scientifically analyze case studies of businesses and business problems and can draw up consultancy reports that respond to these problems.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B4 Autonomy, responsibility and initiative
 B5 Teamwork, collaboration and sharing of responsibility
 B6 Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A7 Entén com els consumidors prenen les seves decisions de compra.
Entén les teories del comportament del consumidor i les seves implicacions per a les estratègies de màrqueting.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B4 Manage and organize their work and time as scheduled.
Do the work planned in accordance with the quality criteria provided.
Present results before the stipulated deadlines.
Recognize the good and bad points of their approach to a particular task.
Analyze their limitations and the chances they have of carrying out the task/job.
 B5 Identify the group’s objectives as their own.
Help to define, organize and distribute the group’s tasks.
Participate actively and share information, knowledge and experience.
Finish the tasks assigned to them in the time allowed and with the resources available.
Bear in mind the opinions of others and give constructive feedback.
Accept and comply with the rules of the group.
Help to draw up and apply the team’s work processes.
Act constructively to deal with any conflicts in the team.
Take an interest in the importance of the group’s activity.
Encourage all members to take part in the management and smooth running of the team.
 B6 Control their nerves sufficiently to be able to express themselves in public.
Structure their presentations and comply with any requirements should there be any.
Use other media to support the message of their presentations.
Reply to the questions that they are asked.
Understand that non-verbal language is appropriate to verbal discourse.
Make interesting and persuasive presentations.
Analyze, appraise and respond to the questions they are asked during an oral presentation.
Prepare their presentations and use a variety of presentation strategies (audiovisual support, eye contact, voice, gesture, time, etc.).
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C4 Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts.
Produce oral texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation.
Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts
Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
TEMA 1: INTRODUCCIÓ: EL ROL DE L’ESTUDI DEL COMPORTAMENT DEL CONSUMIDOR EN LA DIRECCIÓ ESTRATÈGICA DE MÀRQUETING Introducció al Comportament del Consumidor

• El comportament del consumidor com a camp d’estudi
• Raons per estudiar el consumidor
TEMA 2: ELS CONSUMIDORS COM A INDIVIDUS La Percepció
• El procés de percepció
• El sistema sensorial
• El subliminal

L’Aprenentatge
• Teories d’aprenentatge
• La memòria

La Motivació
• El procés de motivació
• Teories de motivació

La Personalitat
• Teories de personalitat
• El ‘Jo’ i auto-imatge
TEMA 3: EL CONSUMIDOR I SOCIETAT La Influència dels Grups
• Grups de referència
• ‘Trend setters’ i difusió d’innovacions

Cultures
• La cultura i el consumidor
• Subcultues
TEMA 4: LA PRESSA DE DECISIONS DE COMPRA El procés de decisió de compra
Les Decisions Individuals
Les Decisions en Grup
TEMA 5: APLICACIONS El consumidor i el temps d’espera
El consumidor ètic
El consumidor a Internet
El consumidor de productes culturals
El consumidor postmodern

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A7
2 4 6
Lecture
B6
C4
50 84 134
Personal tuition
1 0 1
 
Practical tests
A7
B5
C4
8 0 8
Objective multiple-choice tests
A7
B5
C4
1 0 1
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Es farà la presentació de l'assignatura
Lecture Explicar els continguts de l'assignatura
Personal tuition Utilització de les hores d'atenció a l'alumne per resoldre qüestions i dubtes concrets

Personalized attention
Description
Utilització de les hores d'atenció a l'alumne per resoldre qüestions i dubtes concrets.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Objective multiple-choice tests
A7
B5
C4
Examen Final 50%
Practical tests
A7
B5
C4
Treballs d'avaluació continuada 50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Hi haurà uns treballs d'avaluació continuada que respresentaran el 50% de la nota final de l'assignatura.

Per tal de tenir nota d'avaluació continuada, cal treure un mínim de 4/10 en l'examen final de l'assignatura.

En segona convocatòria el 100% de la nota és l'examen final.


Sources of information

Basic

Complementary Solomon, Michael, Comportamiento del consumidor, Prentice Hall,

Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES AND SALES/16214213

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MARKETING/16214114
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.