Strategic market plan
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year
Subject: Event Management (MGT 257)
Unit 5: Development of event strategy
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of strategic market plan.
- Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.
Curriculum Scope
- Development of strategic market plan
- Way forward for competitive advantage
Detailed Microsyllabus
Strategic market plan
- Define target audience, positioning and objectives.
- Develop a coordinated marketing mix and implementation schedule.
- Allocate resources and responsibilities.
Competitive advantage
- Assess distinctive experience, relationships and delivery capabilities.
- Compare proposed advantages with competing events.
- Consider whether advantages are sustainable and credible.
Way forward
- Specify actions, milestones and performance measures.
- Identify risks and contingencies.
- Revise the plan using market and event evidence.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 121–123.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.