Information Package / Course Catalogue
Trademark Management
Course Code: İPZ108
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: Students are required, as part of the course "İMEU201 – Workplace Vocational Training" (30 ECTS) offered in the fourth semester, to undertake and successfully complete workplace vocational training for a minimum of 70 working days at enterprises designated in accordance with the provisions of the Aydın Adnan Menderes University Directive on Workplace Vocational Training.
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to enable students to ensure brand recognition and awareness in line with business objectives and strategies, to align brand positioning with sales strategies and practices, and to follow and act in accordance with brand strategies. The course also aims to develop students' ability to restructure a brand by monitoring competitors' brand strategies.

Course Content

The course covers ensuring brand recognition and awareness, as well as aligning brand positioning with sales strategies and practices. Topics include types of brands, brand management, brand positioning strategies, brand identity and its elements, and the branding process. The course addresses symbolic and functional branding, brand equity, brand associations, brand loyalty, and the relationship between brands and consumer behaviour. The course also covers brand restructuring by monitoring competitors' brand strategies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1. To provide people to get know the brand by marketing communication
2. To strengthen the brand image and to know the competitors
3. Harmonize brand positioning and sales strategies and practices
4.To follow brand strategies and act in harmony with this
5. Restructuring the brand by following competitors' brand strategies
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecturers Lesson Notes
2. ÇAVUŞOĞLU, B., Marka Yönetimi ve Pazarlama Stratejileri, Nobel Akademi Yayınları
3. KOTLER, P., PFOERTSCH, W., B2B Marka Yönetimi, MediaCat Kitapları
4. Marka Yönetimi Kitabı, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Cconceptual brand management
Week 2 - Theoretical
Brand types
Week 3 - Theoretical
Brand Management
Week 4 - Theoretical
Brand positioning
Week 5 - Theoretical
Brand positioning strategies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Brand identity
Week 7 - Theoretical
Brand identity elements
Week 8 - Theoretical
Branding process
Week 9 - Theoretical
Symbolic marking
Week 10 - Theoretical
Functional branding
Week 11 - Theoretical
Brand equity
Week 12 - Theoretical
Brand association
Week 13 - Theoretical
Brand loyalty
Week 14 - Theoretical
Brand and consumer behavior
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1404
Quiz1415
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)54
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
3
3
3
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3
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OÇ-2
5
5
3
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3
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3
4
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026