Marketing as a profession and an academic discipline has undergone a rebirth which has made its principle more embracing and positive in its everyday application in improving product innovation.

The pristine aim of this project is to know the impact of “Marketing Mix” in the accomplishment of organisational objective. Over the years, ineffective marketing communication has had a negative effect on marketing mix, which makes us ask the question. How much is marketing communication (promotion) appreciated in enhancing the positive outcome of other marketing variables?

Marketing communication itself is the effort by a firm or company to design and disseminate information about its product existence, features terms and the benefits to the target markets, using different medium.

This study is expected to throw more light on how effective marketing mix (product, price, promotion, place) can help accomplish organisational objectives.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title Page

Approval

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 General Background to the Subject Matter

1.2 Problems Associated with the Subject Matter

1.3 Problems that the Study will be Concerned with

1.4 Definition of Terms

1.5 References

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 The origin of the Subject Area

2.2 School of Thought Within the Subject Area

2.3 The School of Thought Relevant to the Problem of Study

2.4 Different Methods of Studying the Problem

2.5 Summary

2.6 References

CHAPTER THREE: CONCLUSION

3.1 Data Presentation

3.2 Analysis of the Data

3.3 Recommendation

3.4 Conclusion

3.5 References

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBJECT MATTER

This study practically involves the investigation of marketing mix (product, price, promotion, place) in the accomplishment of organisational objectives. There are numerous definitions of marketing written by various marketing fanatics and practitioners around the globe. As a result, student’s lectures, and marketing practitioners believe so much on whatever tool or monographs they could lay their hands on that relates to marketing.

Marketing administration itself takes a managerial approach to marketing problems. Hence, marketing is an instinct discipline. Practitioners consequently rely on principles; researches, ideas, concept and techniques including a problem solving approach to enable them (practitioners and scholars) handle global challenges. In general, a well-organized marketing economy creates numerous opportunities for viable investment and it gives rise to high level of business activities. But, when marketing activities are overlooked diminishing returns on investment and total failure of business initiative is likely to be encountered.

Looking at marketing from a marketing managers facet, one can envisage that he is concerned with the direction of specific functions and activities which must lead to specific result.

Having conceived this notion or idea logy, we may say that; Marketing is the performance of business activities that direct the flow of goods and services from producer to consumers in order to satisfy customers and accomplish the firms objectives from this stand point, we can define marketing as; the performance of activities that direct the flow of goods and services from source (producer) to the customer (consumer) or users.

Marketing as a managerial practice rest on the economic functions of, production, distribution and consumption. Based on the discussion so far, we should try to establish a link between marketing and marketing mix.

The marketing mix is a major concept in modern marketing. It is the term used to describe the combination of the four variables which constitutes the core of a company’s marketing system, viz the product, price, the distribution system and promotional activities. The application of these variables determines to a large extent the success in the marketing environment.

A firms marketing mix has been defined as the particular blend of controllable marketing variables that the firm uses to achieve its objectives I the target market:- P. Kotler. It can also be defined as a combination of those