Professor Nader Tavassoli of London Business School contrasts traditional approaches to branding - where brands are a visual identity and a promise to customers - to brands as a customer experience delivered by the entire organisation. The course offers a brand workout for your own brands, as well as guest videos from leading branding professionals.
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Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behaviour
University of LondonAbout this Course
Learner Career Outcomes
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Skills you will gain
- Corporate Branding
- Brand Marketing
- Brand Management
- Brand Identity
Learner Career Outcomes
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University of London
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London Business School
London Business School was founded in 1964 and joined the University of London in 1965.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Brand Purpose & Experience
Welcome to Module 1! In this module, we'll cover the following topics: Traditional notions of branding; Changing market conditions for brands; A new approach to branding. As well as the lecture videos, you will also be learning through interviews with brand practitioners such as Bethany Koby, Director of Technology Will Save us and David Kershaw, CEO of M&C Saatchi. There are optional readings to supplement your understanding, a quiz with 7 questions to test your learning and a peer review assignment based on a task connected to this module.
Brand Design & Delivery
Welcome to Module 2! In this module, we'll cover the following topics:Brand experiences as the basis for differentiation; How to design brand experiences, as different from products and services; Pricing as a differentiating brand experience. As well as the lecture videos, you will also be learning through interviews with brand practitioner Hub van Bockel, an independent consultant and author and with Professor Bernd H. Schmitt of Columbia Business School. There are optional readings to supplement your understanding, a quiz with 6 questions to test your learning and a peer review assignment based on a task connected to this module.
Brand Leadership and Alignment
Welcome to Module 3! In this module, we'll cover the following topics: Aligning the strategies for business, brand and behaviour; Strategic brand portfolio alignment; Delivering global brand alignment. As well as the lecture videos, you will also be learning through interviews with practitioners, Ije Nwokorie, CEO of Wolff Olins, Helen Casey and Henk Viljoen, both of Old Mutual and Keith Weed, CMO of Unilever. There are optional readings to supplement your understanding, a quiz with 7 questions to test your learning and a peer review assignment based on a task connected to this module.
Brand Practices & Engagement
Welcome to Module 4! In this module, we'll cover the following topics:How to design human resource brand best-practices; A model for engaging employees with the brand; The ABCs of behavioural change. As well as the lecture videos, you will also be learning through interviews with practitioners Helen Edwards of Passionbrand, Richard Hytner of Saatchi & Saatchi, Tanya Truman and Nik Allebon of Lush. There are optional readings to supplement your understanding, a quiz with 5 questions to test your learning and a peer review assignment based on a task connected to this module.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM BRAND MANAGEMENT: ALIGNING BUSINESS, BRAND AND BEHAVIOUR
Loved the approach, found it really interesting as most concepts were explained using case studies. Would highly recommend this one to anyone who is interested in understanding the concept of Brand.
I have really enjoyed learning brand management which was a very new topic to me. I have worked hard on the assessments and I am thankful for the institution for giving me the opportunity to learn.
Very well defined course with a great Instructor. The learning was significant and I look forward to more courses. This course willd efinitely help me upgrade my skills and perform better at my job.
excellent professor to start with. His lectures, the interviews he provided, his assignments were so on point - i am done knowing that i got so much more than just reading a book about this topic.
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