Corporate Communication and Brand Management

Paper Code: 
JMC 324(C)
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  • Analyse the role of CC in image building of a brand.  
  • Explain the value of cc in sustaining the image of a brand.
  • Evaluate the theory and practices of Brand Management.

Course Outcome (COs):

 

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies 

Paper   Code

Paper Title

JMC 324(C)

Corporate Communication & Brand Management

 

CO75(C):Students will have knowhow of Corporate Communications and Strategy Building Techniques  

.CO76(C):Students will learn about various tools and techniques used for cc

CO77(C): Students will have an understanding of Brand Management in the advertising industry.

CO78(C): Students will know how Brands can be created, maintained and extensions can be done

Approach in teaching:

Lecture cum Discussion Tool (Power Point Presentation).Case study.

Lecture cum Discussion

Tool and writing practise.

Learning activities for the students

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

 

Continuous Assessment Test

Semester end examination 

 

 

18.00
  • Defining Corporate Communication Strategy and Role
  • Campaign planning: Problem identification
  • Channels
  • Implementation
  • Feedback
  • Areas of Strategic consideration - Brand management, 
  • Case studies in Corporate Communication Campaigns
18.00
  • Internal /External Communication and Media Writing
  • House Journals
  • Video Magazines
  • Open Houses
  • Press Conferences
  • Press Briefings and Meetings
  • Press Releases
  • Press Backgrounders
  • Rejoinders
  • Understanding Print vs Electronic Media
  • Mainstream vs, Local media coverage
18.00
  • Crisis Communication - Examining Types of Crisis/Disasters
  • Proactive and Reactive Media Strategies
  • Use of Media in times of Crisis
  • Case Studies in ConflictResolution and Crisis Handling
  • CSR Strategies and Image Management Indices 
18.00
  • Understanding Brands
  • Brand Personality
  • Brand Image
  • Brand Identity
  • Brand Positioning
  • Brand Equity
  • Value addition from Branding Brand Loyalty and Customer loyalty
  • Communication with Media as Media Consumer and Audience
18.00
  • Managing Brands
  • Brand Creation
  • Brand Extensions Brand-Product Relationships
  • Factors in conception and various stages of growth and maturity of brands
  • Ethical Practices 
Essential Readings: 
  • Upshaw, Lyhh B. Building board Identity: A Strategy for success in a Hostile market place New York, John Wiley, 2006
  • SubrotoSengupta, Brand Positioning. Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2005
  • Fiona Gilmore (Ed) Brand Warriors, Profile Books 2007
  • John, Philip Jones, what is in a brand? Tata Mc Graw Hill 2011 
  • YLR. Moorthi, Brand Management:The Indian context, Vikas Publishing House, 2015

 

E Resources

 

Reference Journals

  • Media Watch
  • The Indian Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Journal of Media and Communication
  • Amity Journal of Media and Communication Studies
  • International Journal of Communication
  • Critical Studies in Media Communication
References: 
  • Aaker, David, A Managing Brand Equity, New York, Free Press, 2018
  • Cowley, Don Understanding Brands London, Kogan page,2019
  • Czerniawski Richard D and Michael W. Maloney Creating Brand Royalty, AMACOM, New York, 2005
  • Kapferer, J N Strategic Brand Management New York, Free Press, 2016
  • Murphy, John A. Brand Strategy Cambridge, The Director Books, 2015
  • Steward,P. Building Brands Directly London, MacMillan, 2014
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