MMK317 - Advanced Retail Management

Unit details

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Kerrie Bridson
Prerequisite:

MMK217

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 2 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour recorded lecture and 1 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week.

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

This unit explores the critical relationships that exist between retailers and suppliers, which increasingly define the effectiveness of merchandise management strategy across key supply chain stages including distribution, data exchange, shopper marketing, category captaincy and range planning.

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1

Apply contemporary retail management and marketing theory, frameworks, techniques and functions to the development of retail concepts and formats.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Communicate and disseminate information effectively by oral, written and visual means of creative ideas and concepts in the retail space.

GLO2: Communication

ULO3

Identify both internal and external complexities faced by organisations when moving merchandise (goods) through diverse retail channels.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Analytical) 2000 words 50% Week 5
Assessment 2: (Group of 3)
Part A: Presentation (Video Recording)
Part B: Report (Business) 
Part A: 20 minutes
Part B: 3000 words

Part A: 20%
Part B: 30%

Part A: Week 9
Part B: Week 10

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MMK317 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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