Marketing Plan for Healthcare Organization or Business

HSCI 4245
Closed
Main contact
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Faculty
3
Timeline
  • September 14, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 17, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 14, 2020
    Midway Check-In
  • December 2, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
2/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred Community Partners
Anywhere
Any
Hospital, health, wellness & medical

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Market research Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
competitive analysis marketing plan strategy marketing applied health science
Student goals and capabilities

Does your healthcare organization have a business challenge that you would like to solve? In teams, students will analyze a new or existing product or service concept of the healthcare organization's choice in order to develop a comprehensive proposal, marketing plan and final presentation. Students recommendations will be based on their findings.

Students

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
27 students
Project
35 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Project Proposal - Introduction, Product/Service Concept Overview, Rationale (approx. 2 pages)
  • Marketing Plan - Title Page, Executive Summary, Market Analysis, Product/Service Overview, Recommendations (Product, Price, Promotion, Place, Positioning), Bibliography, Appendices (approx. 25)
  • Final Presentation - Introduction, Product/Service Concept, Market Scan, Key Aspects of Marketing Plan (approx. 15 minutes)
Project timeline
  • September 14, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 17, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 14, 2020
    Midway Check-In
  • December 2, 2020
    Experience end

Project examples

Examples of products or service concepts which are suitable include but are not limited to the following:

  • Nursing home
  • In-home nursing care
  • Rehab
  • Hospice
  • Care centre for adults with a mental disability (e.g. dementia, stroke, mental development)
  • Medical device
  • Cosmetic enhancement
  • Pharmaceutical industry

Within the marketing plan, students will provide insight into the following areas:

  • Market need
  • Market segments
  • Target market
  • Competitive analysis
  • Marketing objective
  • Product/service overview
  • Promotion
  • Place
  • Price
  • Risks
  • Cost estimates
  • Break-even
  • Revenue projections

Additional Community Partner criteria

Community Partners must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Checkbox
  • Q2 - Checkbox
  • Q3 - Checkbox