Students will develop a foundational knowledge of international marketing and its functions including channel management, marketing information management, pricing, product/service management, promotion and selling. Students will understand the interrelationships and contributions to business success. Students will understand the need for marketing strategies and market identification.

The following competitive events are examples of events that can be integrated into this course. Additional events may also be appropriate depending on the scope, content and structure of the course. These are suggestions for using competitive events in your classroom. They are not intended to restrict you or your students to certain competitive events. Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.

Sample

Event Name/Guidelines Sample Event Skills Classroom Ideas
Marketing Management Series
Internet Marketing Management Team Decision Making Event
Entrepreneurship Participating Event Independent
Franchising
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International Business Plan Event   Coming

Competitive Events Description

Marketing Management Series is a short business scenario. Individual students will be challenged to perform functions and tasks in non-retail environment by assuming the role of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

Internet Marketing Management Team Decision Making Event is a case study event in a role-play format. A team of two is given a case study involving a management problem involving the sell of products or services over the Internet. The participants present their recommendations to the judge playing the role of supervisor, manager or owner.

The Entrepreneurship Participating Event is a business plan event. An individual student develops and presents a proposal to form an independent business or a franchising business. The student develops a marketing/promotion plan and a financial plan.

In the International Business Plan Event a team investigates and develops a plan to begin a new business venture to either import or export a product and/or service to or from a country of their choice.

In the Internet Marketing Business Plan Event a team researches and designs a plan to start an Internet business or enhance a component of an existing Internet business.