TY - JOUR AB - To achieve a full understanding of the role of marketing from plan to profit requires a knowledge of the basic building blocks. This textbook introduces the key concepts in the art or science of marketing to practising managers. Understanding your customers and consumers, the 4 Ps (Product, Place, Price and Promotion) provides the basic tools for effective marketing. Deploying your resources and informing your managerial decision making is dealt with in Unit VII introducing marketing intelligence, competition, budgeting and organisational issues. The logical conclusion of this effort is achieving sales and the particular techniques involved are explored in the final section. VL - 28 IS - 2 SN - 0025-1747 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000000054 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000054 AU - Wills Gordon AU - Kennedy Sherril H. AU - Cheese John AU - Rushton Angela PY - 1990 Y1 - 1990/01/01 TI - Maximising Marketing Effectiveness T2 - Management Decision PB - MCB UP Ltd Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -