ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLEXITY AS THE DETERMINANT OF CHOICE OF PROMOTIONAL TOOLS IN MARKETING ORIENTED ORGANIZATION [A CASE STUDY OF JMK SUPERMARKET, ILORIN]

ABSTRACT

Table of Content


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page     
Certification  
Dedication  
Acknowledgement    
Abstract      
Table of Contents  
CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1    Introduction 
1.2    Statement of problem of the study    
1.3    Aims and objectives of the study  
1.4    Significance of the study     
1.5    Scope of the study      
1.6    Limitation and constraints of the study    
1.7    Definition of terms 
CHAPTER TWO:
2.0    LITERATURE REVIEW  
2.1    Concept of environmental complex variables  
2.2    Marketing environmental complexity  
2.3    The external marketing environment   
2.4    Marketing communication  
2.5    Promotional tools 
2.6    Advertising as a promo tool   
2.7    The learning organization  
2.8    Hypothesis formulation  
CHAPTER THREE
3.0    Research methodology 
3.1    Population sampling and sample size  
3.2    Research design 
3.3    Sources of data collections  
3.4    Method of data collections  
3.5    Instrumentation, validity and reability of instrument 
3.6    Method of data presentation and analysis  
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1    Brief history of case study  
4.2    Presentation and analysis of data  
4.3    Hypothesis testing  
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1    Summary of report  
5.2    Conclusion 
5.3    Recommendations  
Questionnaire 
References 


ABSTRACT
Environmental complexity is a determinant to the choice of promotional tools in a marketing oriented organization. Although, the environment variable are numerous and are subdivided into three major sub-section (the macro, immediately or table and the micro environment) its complexity has immense influence on the choice of the promotional tools adopted or that can adopted by marketers to create awareness for their product carried. Statement of the problem of this research study will give best solution to the researcher such as, what are the significance of environmental complexity to a promotional tools and what effects does it have on market share and profitability. The objectives of this research topic aim at finding solution to the effect of environmental on promotional tools and to increase the organization profit. The methodology of this research focus on the purpose of the project literature search and survey of knowledgeable person who have ideas on the subject of the work study and measurement would be sought. The findings shows that majority of customers of the supermarket believe that environment have greater influence in their buying decision. The researcher wish to the recommendation that marketing department should pay more attention to researching into the environmental variables and develop more dependable adaptation strategy.

CHAPTER 1


CHAPTER ONE
1.1    INTRODUCTION
    Environments complexity is a determent to the choice of promotional choice in a marketing oriented organization. Although, the environment variable are numerious and are subdivided into three (3) major sub-sectors (the macro, immediately or tasks and the micro environment) its complexity has immense influence on the choice of the promotional tools adopted or that can be adopted by marketers to create awareness for the product carried. Although the topic may have a wider scope the researcher streamlined it down to a more researchable scope making promo tools.
    Both human beings, business concern are responsible to the forces in the environment. No one can live in Isolation. Business must take care of both economics and social aspect of life, that is making money must not suppress the welfare, culture and social life of the public. Therefore business must study the needs and want of the environment and produce and sell product and self products and service that will satisfy them.
    The internal and external environment of business must be taken noted of the internal environment like, organization structure, location of business, staff facilities within the business place, union etc. We also have external environment, such as the political, legal union, technology, competition, government etc.
    A good marketers must be conscious of all the environmental factors that may affects marketing amidst numerous forms producing and rendering similar products/ services.
    In study the both the external and the internal factors of environment will let the organization to know the promotional tools that will be effective for each environment.
    For organization or company’s product to gain credibility and acceptability in the mind of prospective consumers, it has to strategies the kind of promotion that will fit the environments.
1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
    The level of influence of environmental elements on the choice of promotional tools to be adopted for the choice of promotional campaign in a marketing organization is of major concern to modern marketing.
i.    What are the significance of environmental complexity to a promotional tools?
ii.    What effects does it have on market share and profitability?
iii.    The extent to which culture can affect advertising.
1.3    OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
    The primary objective of this study is to enable the researcher to fulfill the perquisite for the award of Higher National Diploma in marketing. The secondary objectives are as follows:
-    To understand the interrelationships between the environmental element (marketing) and the promotional tool choice in other for the company to achieve it’s promotional objectives and help the organization to achieve its overall profit and other objective.
-    To examine the effect of environment on promotional activities.
-    To increase the organizational profit.