MARKETING MANAGEMENT TEAM DECISION MAKING EVENT PARTICIPANT INSTRUCTIONS

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1 CAREER CLUSTER Marketing INSTRUCTIONAL AREA Product/Service Management MARKETING MANAGEMENT TEAM DECISION MAKING EVENT PARTICIPANT INSTRUCTIONS The event will be presented to you through your reading of the General Performance Indicators, Specific Performance Indicators and Case Study Situation. You will have up to 30 minutes to review this information and prepare your presentation. You may make notes to use during your presentation. You will have up to 10 minutes to make your presentation to the judge (you may have more than one judge), followed by up to 5 minutes to answer the judge s questions. All members of the team must participate in the presentation, as well as answer the questions. Turn in all of your notes and event materials when you have completed the event. GENERAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Communications skills the ability to exchange information and ideas with others through writing, speaking, reading or listening Analytical skills the ability to derive facts from data, findings from facts, conclusions from findings and recommendations from conclusions Production skills the ability to take a concept from an idea and make it real Teamwork the ability to be an effective member of a productive group Priorities/time management the ability to determine priorities and manage time commitments Economic competencies SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 1. Describe factors used by businesses to position corporate brands 2. Explain the concept of market and market identification 3. Explain the impact of product life cycles on marketing decisions 4. Describe the use of technology in the product/service management function 5. Describe word-of-mouth channels used to communicate with targeted audiences 6. Identify product opportunities 7. Describe factors used by businesses to position corporate brands 1

2 CASE STUDY SITUATION You are to assume the role of MANAGER at GOLDEN DEVELOPMENT, a software development company. The owner Mr./Ms. Miller (judge) has asked you to make recommendations which will increase brand awareness and revenue. Golden Development is a company that develops and markets business software. Begun just eight years ago, the company was founded on the strength of its eight employees who possess years of practical business experience. When combined with the four member software development team, business customers of Golden Development have discovered that the company s slogan, Golden Development is like Gold, is really true. All company operations exist online only at Golden_Development.com. All prospecting, marketing and selling are done through the company website. To date, Golden Development has developed nine different business software programs; it s most complex and expensive product is Efficiency, a small business management program. Efficiency is targeted to small to mid-sized businesses looking to increase employee productivity via payroll and benefits management, improve cost effectiveness, and monitor company operations. As with any business, having customers find you and accept your products as legitimate is a challenge especially when selling computer software online. The company s software sales have not performed to forecasted levels but it is believed that the program with the greatest potential is Efficiency. Efficiency is at the forefront of the next generation of business management software. Your competitors software clearly lags behind Efficiency when considering function and overall benefit for the customer. For now, the owner (judge) would like to see most of the company s marketing efforts directed to Efficiency. The owner of Golden Development Mr./Ms. Miller (judge) has requested a meeting with you to obtain your analysis and recommendations to increase brand awareness and to increase revenue. Specifically: List and explain strategies that would increase the customer confidence level in new products being developed and marketed by Golden Development. Identify and explain strategies that will help to increase the sales revenue for Efficiency as well as for other Golden Development software. State one strategy that could be implemented immediately that would address a company need yet be cost effective at the same time. You will present your analysis to the owner, Mr./Ms. Miller (judge) in a meeting to take place in the owner s office. Mr./Ms. Miller will begin the meeting by greeting you and asking to hear your ideas. After you have presented your analysis and have answered the owner s questions, they will conclude the meeting by thanking you for your work. 2

3 JUDGE S INSTRUCTIONS You are to assume the role of Mr./Ms. Miller, the OWNER of GOLDEN DEVELOPMENT, a software development company. You have asked your manager (participant) to make recommendations which will increase brand awareness and revenue. Golden Development is a company that develops and markets business software. Begun eight years ago, the company was founded on the strength of its eight employees who possess years of practical business experience. When combined with the four member software development team, business customers of Golden Development have quickly discovered that the company s slogan, Golden Development is like Gold is really true. All company operations exist online only at Golden_Development.com. All prospecting, marketing, and selling are done through the company website. To date, Golden Development has developed eight different business software programs, but the most complex and expensive product is Efficiency, a small business management program. Efficiency is targeted to small to mid-sized businesses looking to increase employee productivity via payroll and benefits management, improve cost effectiveness, and monitor company operations. As with any business, having customers find you and accept your products as legitimate is a challenge especially when selling computer software online. The company s software sales have not performed to forecasted levels but it is believed that the program with the greatest potential is Efficiency. Efficiency is at the forefront of the next generation of business management software. Your competitor s software clearly lags behind Efficiency when considering function and overall benefit for the customer. For now, you would like to see the most of the company s marketing efforts directed to Efficiency. You have requested a meeting with your manager (participant) to obtain his/her analysis and recommendations to increase brand awareness and to increase revenue. Specifically: A list and explanation of strategies that would increase the customer confidence level in new products being developed and marketed by Golden Development. Identification and explanation of strategies that will help to increase the sales revenue for Efficiency as well as for other Golden Development software. One strategy that could be implemented immediately that would address a company need yet be cost effective at the same time. The manager (participant) will present an analysis to you in a meeting to take place in your office. You will begin the meeting by greeting the manager and asking to hear about his/her ideas. 3

4 Judge Questions/Possible Solutions During the course of the meeting you are to ask the following questions of each participant: 1. What are the advantages for the company not having an actual brick and mortar location? Reduce expenses on rent, staffing, operating expenses. 2. Besides selling online, identify another possible distribution channels for Golden Development? Trade Shows, expos, word of mouth. Once the manager (participant) has answered your questions, you will conclude the meeting thanking them for their work. 4

5 JUDGING THE PRESENTATION Team members, assuming the role of a management team for the business represented, will analyze a case situation related to the chosen occupational area. The team will make decisions regarding the situation, and then make an oral presentation to the judge. The role of the judge is that of an executive for the business. Participants will be evaluated according to the Evaluation Form. Please place the name and identification number label on the Scantron sheet (unless it has already been done for you). Participants will have a 30-minute preparation period and may make notes to use during the role-play. During the first 10 minutes of the presentation (after introductions), the team will present their analysis, their decisions and the rationale behind the decisions. Allow the teams to complete this portion without interruption, unless you are asked to respond. During the next 5 minutes, you may ask questions of the team to determine their understanding of the situation presented. Each member of each team should respond to at least one question. To ensure fairness, you must ask each team the same questions. After asking the standard questions, you may ask other questions for clarification specific to the current team. After the questioning period, please thank the team and state that they will be notified of your decision soon. Then complete the Evaluation Form, making sure to record a score for all categories. The maximum score for the evaluation is 100 points. The presentation will be weighted at twice (2 times) the value of the exam scores. A maximum score of Exceeds Expectations in any category means that, in your opinion, the information is presented effectively and creatively; nothing more could be expected of an employee. A Meets Expectations rating means that the information is present well. Though there may be a few minor problems or omissions, they are not significant. Creativity, however, is not shown to any great degree. A combined total score of 70 or better on the written and presentation sections will earn the participant team DECA s Certificate of Excellence at the international conference. A Below Expectations score means that the information presented does not meet minimum standards of acceptability. A Little/No Value score means either that some major flaw has been noted that damages the effectiveness of the presentation (this may be a major omission, a serious misstatement or any other major flaw) or that the information presented is of no value (does not help the presentation at all). We hope you are impressed by the quality of the work of these potential managers. If you have any suggestions for improving the event, please mention them to your series director. We thank you for your help. 5

6 MARKETING MANAGEMENT TEAM DECISION MAKING, 2017 JUDGE S EVALUATION FORM DISTRICT EVENT Participant: Participant: I.D. Number: INSTRUCTIONAL AREA: PRODUCT/SERVICE MANAGEMENT Did the participant: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Describe factors used by businesses to position corporate brands Explain the concept of market and market identification Explain the impact of product life cycles on marketing decisions Describe the use of technology in the product/service management function Describe word-of-mouth channels used to communicate with targeted audiences Little/No Value Below Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations 6. Identify product opportunities 7. Describe factors used by businesses to position corporate brands 21 st CENTURY SKILLS Reason effectively and use systems thinking? Make judgments and decisions, and solve problems? Communicate clearly and show evidence of collaboration? 11. Show evidence of creativity? 12. Overall impression and responses to the judge s questions TOTAL SCORE Judged Score 6