- BSBMKG606B - Manage international marketing programs
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BSBMKG606B
Manage international marketing programs
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit applies to senior marketing or management personnel who are required to manage international marketing activities including evaluating international marketing opportunities, setting marketing objectives and determining the approach and operational structure for an organisation marketing internationally.
Individuals undertaking this unit are also required to manage a team of people implementing international marketing opportunities, including monitoring, evaluating and improving activities as required.
BSBMKG605B Evaluate international marketing opportunities, may be undertaken before or in conjunction with this unit.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to formulate, assess, strategically manage, evaluate and improve international marketing programs.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
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Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: documenting and presenting: international marketing objectives selected marketing approach creation of an operational structure effectively managing international marketing activities monitoring and evaluating international marketing performance, and making any necessary adjustments as required formulating suggestions on how marketing activities could be affected in the future. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: access to office equipment and resources access to organisational strategic and marketing plans, and other relevant documents. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: analysis of responses to case studies and scenarios assessment of written reports demonstration of performance management, financial risk or other management techniques direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate observation of presentations oral or written questioning to assess knowledge and understanding review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment review of testimony from team members, colleagues, supervisors or managers. |
Guidance information for assessment | Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: BSBMKG603B Manage the marketing process BSBMKG605B Evaluate international marketing opportunities other marketing units management units. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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Required skills |
communication skills to gather information and communicate with cultural sensitivity culturally appropriate communication skills to relate to people from diverse backgrounds and people with diverse abilities literacy skills to read and interpret information from a variety of sources numeracy and financial skills to determine budgets and financial viability of international marketing activities research, information management and evaluation skills to determine viable international business opportunities through careful analysis of market and risk factors technology skills to use a range of office equipment and software when conducting electronic commerce. |
Required knowledge |
Australian E-commerce Best Practice Model Australian Government Policy Framework for Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce Australian Standards and international standards, including: environmental standards human rights labour relations packaging risk management cross-cultural communication and negotiation styles relevant to the country/ies where international marketing activities take place global and country specific economic, social and industry directions, trends, practices and techniques key provisions of relevant legislation from all forms of government, codes of practice and national standards that may affect aspects of business operations within Australia and internationally, such as: anti-discrimination legislation consumer laws ethical principles extra-territoriality provisions of the Trade Practices Act foreign investment limits labour laws legal aspects of bilateral and multi-lateral trade agreements privacy laws taxation laws World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution system Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce organisational business and marketing plans, products and services software applications used in conducting international electronic commerce. |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
International grouping may include: | cultural groupings geographical groupings online virtual communities political groupings trade groupings |
Risk management strategy may include: | risk analysis risk assessment and prioritisation risk identification risk maintenance risk treatment and controls risk evaluation risk monitoring monitoring risks making adjustments to risk treatments and controls |
Marketing approaches may include: | customised global online product or promotion adaptation product or promotion standardisation segmentation by criteria which are: behaviouristic demographic end use geographic operational psychographic |
Operational marketing structure may include: | export operation global organisation joint venture licensing multi-national organisation online business operation overseas branch strategic alliance subsidiary company |
Strengths and weaknesses may include: | accessibility distribution channels financial factors manufacturing capability market capability potential profit factors research capability resource commitment risk control |
Marketing mix may include: | distribution level of service pricing product or service variables such as: design quality range safety features technical features promotion |
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Observation Checklist
| Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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| Select viable international marketing opportunities and develop objectives that are consistent with the organisation's capabilities and resources | |||
| Identify measurable international marketing objectives that are consistent with the organisation's strategic direction, and identify the nature and extent of what is to be achieved in the international market | |||
| Formulate strategic objectives and related key performance indicators by product, service, country or international grouping, and overall | |||
| Develop a risk management strategy to manage contingencies and ensure marketing objectives are met in accordance with overall organisational requirements | |||
| Research international marketing opportunities and determine global or customised approaches for promotion of products or services | |||
| Evaluate options for choice of marketing approaches | |||
| Select a marketing approach that meets marketing objectives, international market conditions and consumer preferences | |||
| Evaluate business culture and consumer preferences, and identify compatible marketing structures | |||
| Identify options for operational marketing structure and rank them in terms of their strengths and weaknesses in servicing international markets | |||
| Choose an operational structure that best fits the international market and product or service | |||
| Communicate international marketing objectives across the organisation in ways suited to culture, customs, levels of knowledge, experience and needs of personnel | |||
| Identify and agree roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of staff and contractors involved in all elements of marketing effort | |||
| Develop a communication strategy to ensure that personnel responsible for each element of marketing mix work together to meet organisation's marketing objectives | |||
| Manage marketing effort to ensure it is directed towards areas of greatest potential for the organisation | |||
| Manage integration of marketing, promotional and any sales activities in accordance with international marketing objectives | |||
| Monitor product, pricing and distribution policies in relation to market changes, objectives of marketing plan and organisational requirements | |||
| Monitor overall marketing progress against performance targets to ensure activity, quality, cost, and time requirements are met | |||
| Analyse, review and revise marketing outcomes and objectives | |||
| Analyse successes and performance gaps as to cause and effect, and use them to improve international marketing performance | |||
| Analyse changes in market phenomena, and identify and document their potential impact on international marketing objectives | |||
| Document the review of marketing performance against key performance indicators in accordance with organisational requirements |
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