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Digital Marketing II: Budgeting & Controlling

Niveau

Second cycle, Master

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

Within the context of the course “Budgeting & Controlling”, students gain comprehensive knowledge regarding the budgeting and controlling process of digital marketing measures. Students apply the process based on a (Google AdWords) case example in order to consolidate and apply the course content. An underlying fundamental understanding of the budgeting and controlling process (conception, structure, key figure determination, data interpretation, response options and optimization processes) is generally valid for digital marketing instruments.

Prerequisites for the course

Fundamentals of Classic Marketing & Controlling, Module DMB

Course content

Within the context of the course, various areas of controlling (basic knowledge in the area of accounting and controlling is assumed) are addressed with special focus on relevant themes of digital marketing.
After completing the course, students possess the following abilities:
- Determining the goals of digital marketing measures
- Acquiring, analyzing and interpreting the market potential of digital marketing measures
- Determining and managing a marketing budget for digital marketing measures
- Measuring and interpreting the success of a digital marketing campaign
- Deriving recommendations for action
- Creating a final report

Recommended specialist literature

- Chaffey, D., & Ellis-Chadwick, F. (2019). Digital marketing: Strategy, implementation and practice (7th ed.). Pearson.
- Zerres, C. (2021). Handbuch Marketing-Controlling (5th ed.). Springer Gabler.

Assessment methods and criteria

Project work

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

4

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

lecture, group work, presentation and task discussion

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

3

Type of course/module

Type of course