Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid

This study is on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), and is a nontraditional study or so-called non-typical research mainly because it focuses on the four elements of the marketing mix : place (Location); price (costs/tuition fees); promotion (advertising strategy) and product (academic...

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Main Authors:	Tan, Karen Esther, Marcus, Nicholas, Hamid, Mohd Basri
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Marketing Management Private universities and colleges
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74294/1/74294.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.742942023-03-09T03:20:44Z Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid 2014 Tan, Karen Esther Marcus, Nicholas Hamid, Mohd Basri Marketing Management Private universities and colleges This study is on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), and is a nontraditional study or so-called non-typical research mainly because it focuses on the four elements of the marketing mix : place (Location); price (costs/tuition fees); promotion (advertising strategy) and product (academic programmes /courses). It is a descriptive research in nature which means it does not look into neither the relationship of the four elements of the marketing mix towards the subject matter—the student enrolment which is being the main problem of the case study, nor testing the empirical evidence of the existing theoretical frameworks done by previous researches towards students enrolment. Instead, this study focuses on the public preference of enrolment to the local HEIs based on the four elements of the marketing mix when making decision. This study is also said to be a non-typical research as it was conducted purely based on the four elements mix only, other factors that might have a direct or an indirect impact on enrolment will not be investigated at all. The main problem facing TAR UC is the nonachievement of the projected students enrolment since 2006; and the gap keeps widening ever since. Questionnaire was used to collect data on how the public react or respond to the four elements of the marketing mix. Respondents come from Penampang and Kota Kinabalu areas; convenient sampling was used as it was thought as the best method of sampling the researchers could come about, considering the constraints of other method might arise should they were used. When doing the descriptive analysis, the mean of all the elements were obtained. The elements that have received the lowest score were given first priority in the process of formulating the strategic plan for TAR UC. In framing the best strategy, several strategic management tools were used to have an insight of TAR UC internal strengths and weakness, and the external threats and opportunities, blending them up together for alternatives strategies and finally, with a specific tool, the best and executable strategy was selected. Finally, it concluded that TAR UC should emphasize more on the untapp Bumiputera market using appropriate advertising strategy over the other strategies. The second element or area TAR UC should concentrate on would be the place (location). 2014 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74294/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74294/1/74294.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah Faculty of Business and Management Kabul, Worran Ting, Siew Kim Bujang, Imbarine
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advisor	Kabul, Worran Ting, Siew Kim Bujang, Imbarine
topic	Marketing Management Private universities and colleges
spellingShingle	Marketing Management Private universities and colleges Tan, Karen Esther Marcus, Nicholas Hamid, Mohd Basri Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
description	This study is on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), and is a nontraditional study or so-called non-typical research mainly because it focuses on the four elements of the marketing mix : place (Location); price (costs/tuition fees); promotion (advertising strategy) and product (academic programmes /courses). It is a descriptive research in nature which means it does not look into neither the relationship of the four elements of the marketing mix towards the subject matter—the student enrolment which is being the main problem of the case study, nor testing the empirical evidence of the existing theoretical frameworks done by previous researches towards students enrolment. Instead, this study focuses on the public preference of enrolment to the local HEIs based on the four elements of the marketing mix when making decision. This study is also said to be a non-typical research as it was conducted purely based on the four elements mix only, other factors that might have a direct or an indirect impact on enrolment will not be investigated at all. The main problem facing TAR UC is the nonachievement of the projected students enrolment since 2006; and the gap keeps widening ever since. Questionnaire was used to collect data on how the public react or respond to the four elements of the marketing mix. Respondents come from Penampang and Kota Kinabalu areas; convenient sampling was used as it was thought as the best method of sampling the researchers could come about, considering the constraints of other method might arise should they were used. When doing the descriptive analysis, the mean of all the elements were obtained. The elements that have received the lowest score were given first priority in the process of formulating the strategic plan for TAR UC. In framing the best strategy, several strategic management tools were used to have an insight of TAR UC internal strengths and weakness, and the external threats and opportunities, blending them up together for alternatives strategies and finally, with a specific tool, the best and executable strategy was selected. Finally, it concluded that TAR UC should emphasize more on the untapp Bumiputera market using appropriate advertising strategy over the other strategies. The second element or area TAR UC should concentrate on would be the place (location).
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author	Tan, Karen Esther Marcus, Nicholas Hamid, Mohd Basri
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title	Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
title_short	Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
title_full	Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
title_fullStr	Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
title_full_unstemmed	Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid
title_sort	understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on tunku abdul rahman university college (tar uc) kota kinabalu branch / karen esther tan, nicholas marcus and mohd basri hamid
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah
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Understanding marketing mix strategy and its effect on student enrolment : a case study on Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) Kota Kinabalu branch / Karen Esther Tan, Nicholas Marcus and Mohd Basri Hamid

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