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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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COMUNICAÇÃO NO PONTO-DE-VENDA: ASPECTOS SENSORIAIS NA AMBIENTAÇÃO DAS MEGALIVRARIAS

Sá, Andréa Firmino de 15 April 2009 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:31:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrea Firmino de Sa.pdf: 4607961 bytes, checksum: ebe4528b68349a37fdd618a82e487363 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-04-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research aims to investigate and discuss the store layout as an element of communication applied to the point of sale book store, observing and analyzing how the current stores are being adapted to the market reality, which aims to provide the customer with a pleasant experience, considering the competition against e-commerce and supermarkets that have been selling books. It aims to understand the use of the different senses, which are: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing in the point of sale itself. The object of study is Livraria Cultura, at Conjunto Nacional, since it s the biggest book store in Brazil, considering its dimensions. Since it s a contemporary phenomenon inside real life, the methodology is the Single Study Case and the methodology procedures are: direct observation of the customer at the point of sale, bibliography research and interviews with frequent customers and professionals in this area. We can conclude that the hedonistic characteristics of the contemporary customer, who searches for pleasant experiences associated to the synergy in integrated marketing communication, favors the positive results presented by the book store.(AU) / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar e discutir a ambientação como elemento de comunicação aplicado ao ponto-de-venda livraria e observar e analisar como as atuais lojas se adaptaram a uma realidade de mercado, que visa envolver o cliente em uma experiência prazerosa, tendo em vista a concorrência do comércio virtual e a crescente venda de livros em supermercados. Pretende-se, neste trabalho, compreender a utilização dos diversos elementos sensoriais que envolvem: tato, olfato, paladar, visão e audição no ponto-de-venda físico. O objeto de estudo é a Livraria Cultura do Conjunto Nacional, sua relevância ocorre pelo fato da livraria ser a maior loja em metros quadrados do país. Por tratar-se de um fenômeno contemporâneo inserido no contexto da vida real, a metodologia utilizada é o Estudo de Caso Único e os procedimentos metodológicos são observação direta do consumidor no ponto-de-venda, pesquisa bibliográfica, entrevistas com freqüentadores da loja e com profissionais do setor. Pode-se concluir que as características hedônicas do consumidor contemporâneo que busca experiências prazerosas associada a sinergia da comunicação integrada de marketing favorecem para os resultados positivos apresentados pela livraria.(AU)
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Marketingová komunikace vybraných hotelů v období globální recese/krize / Marketing Communication Of The Selected Hotels At The Time Of The Global Crisis (Recession)

Kelnarová, Jana January 2009 (has links)
The final thesis compares the changes of the marketing communication among the specific hotels during the global recession. The analysis results in the dominanat usage of the electronical media and the internet, rather than changes of the marketing communication instruments,becasue of their advantage of the measurable effects.
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A study of the product, service, planned and unplanned messages that relate to customer satisfaction at the Transvaal museum

Mudzanani, Takalani Eric 31 March 2008 (has links)
The study examines the impact of communication on customer satisfaction at the Transvaal Museum. Customer satisfaction refers to customer's overall satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the organisation based on all encounters and experience with that particular organisation. Communication has an impact on both customer satisfaction and future behavioural actions of consumers. There are four sources of brand messages namely, planned, unplanned, product and service messages. In the quest for increased customer satisfaction, companies are moving away from the traditional 4Ps (product, price, place and promotion) of the marketing mix to the 8Ps. The other four Ps include physical assets, procedures, personnel and personalisation. Integration of all marketing communications to customers is seen as a key activity in companies' attempts to build long term-relationships. On the whole, the study has indicated that customers of the museum are satisfied with its products, services and messages. However, the research has also shown that customers are not happy with the way the museum handles its planned communication activities. / Communication Science / M.A. (Organisational Communication Research Practice)
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Integrated marketing communication at Unisa : an evaluation of its publicity

Scriven, Theresea Charmaine 06 1900 (has links)
This study is a qualitative evaluation of generated and nongenerated publicity using Unisa as a case study over a period of six months. The qualitative data were quantified through the use of content analysis. The study takes as its point of departure the importance of an integrated marketing communication approach. It indicates how an integrated marketing communication approach can secure that an organisation's publicity efforts contribute effectively to its marketing objectives. In addition, it indicates that an organisation can also deal with nongenerated, negative publicity much more effectively within such an approach. This study establishes that because Unisa did not adopt an integrated marketing communication approach, it had a detrimental effect on its efforts to generate publicity as well as on its efforts to deal with negative publicity. These findings are discussed in terms of specific criteria for generated and nongenerated publicity within an integrated marketing communication approach. / Communication Science / M. A. (Communication)
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Integrated marketing communication at the South African National Blood Service: an evaluation of its social marketing campaigns

Chauke, Gibson 02 1900 (has links)
Integrated marketing communication (IMC) is a concept which has been explored in commercial contexts by numerous studies. Numerous scholars in the literature highlight the benefits of adopting an IMC approach which creates message consistency, amongst others. However, there is still limited literature on the adoption and use of IMC in the context of non-profit organisations involved in social marketing campaigns to support their behavioural change messages. Insight into the adoption and use of an IMC approach could be useful to non-profit organisations involved in social marketing as it could increase the success of behavioural change messages. This study aims to explore the use of IMC by one non-profit organisation within a social marketing context. By doing so the study proposes and refines IMC criteria for social marketing to support behavioural change messages and thus contributes to the existing body of knowledge on using IMC in social marketing. The study uses a single case study approach which includes using three data collection methods to collect data from the South Africa National Blood Service (SANBS) to evaluate its social marketing campaigns according to proposed IMC criteria for social marketing. Based on the findings revised IMC criteria which are more tailor-made for social marketing to support behavioural change messages are proposed. It became evident that non-profit organisations need to be sensitive to the complexities of communicating messages aimed at behavioural change. A proper understanding and application of more tailor-made IMC criteria for social marketing can thus benefit non-profit organisations to effectively communicate behavioural change messages through their social marketing campaigns / Communication Science / MA (Communication Science)
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整合行銷傳播於外商半導體產業之應用研究— 以N半導體公司為例 / Research on foreign semiconductors company’s integrated marketing communication strategy—A Case study of N semiconductors

張伊雯, Chang, Yi Wu Unknown Date (has links)
在這個由消費者主導的時代,行銷的力量在於創造、溝通、傳遞價值予顧客,著重全面的消費者接觸點,策略性地創造有力的品牌概念,為公司增加獲利、為股東累積收益。 本研究以外商半導體公司的成功案例,探討工業零組件之B2B(Business to Business)經營模式中之整合行銷傳播(Integrated Marketing Communication)策略與做法,從IMC的整合程度中之計劃整合面,探討整合行銷傳播中的組織架構,分析內部決策組織和外部功能組織的協調性,以及從人員知識面切入,探討專業人才與能力的培養;再從資源整合面,深入了解個案在整合行銷傳播預算、媒體購買、資料庫運用等面向的資源運用方式,以及在各項傳播工具的操作策略上的實際執行方式與成果,並藉由策略架構、資源、流程、關係、與價值五大面向,分析個案的關鍵成功因素與經驗,再經由個案於去年底所完成之與競爭對手相較之品牌排名調查以及委由國際知名品牌鑑價機構Interbrand計算之企業品牌價值結果,展現個案執行整合行銷傳播策略的實際績效。以個案研究法檢視該公司如何在自皇家飛利浦集團獨立後之一年內迅速累積品牌價值,而其整合行銷傳播策略在其中所達成的貢獻的關鍵成功因素。 本論文之研究方法、針對研究架構中之「計畫整合」及「資源整合」部分採取次級資料分析法,此部分是由supplier side的觀點作為研究出發點; 針對「傳播工具整合」的部分,採取焦點訪談法,是由demand side為出發點,研究客戶未被滿足的需求; 在「關鍵成功因素」的部分,採取深度訪談法,藉由訪談專業人士,針對個案分析其成功的關鍵因素。本論文所選擇的研究個案,是名列全球前十大半導體公司之一的N半導體(N Semiconductors)。 本研究之研究目的在於研究外商半導體公司整合行銷傳播(IMC)的關鍵成功因素與經驗,探討B2B工業零組件經營模式之整合行銷傳播(IMC)策略與做法,期以外商半導體於整合行銷傳播(IMC)方面的成功經驗,做出對台灣IC產業未來發展品牌之建議。 / In this market dominated by consumers, the power of marketing is to create, communicate and transfer value to customers. Focusing on coming into a full-scale contact with consumers, marketing strategically creates an influential concept of brand to increase the profit and generate revenue for the shareholders. This research studies the Integrated Marketing Communication(IMC)strategy and application of business-to-business formula in the global semiconductors industry through a case study of a foreign semiconductors company. Form the perspective of planning integration in IMC, the research analysis the organization structure of the IMC team and the coordination of both internal decision-making and external functional processes. To study the human resource management of professional personals as well as to further realize the IMC budget, media buying, and database utilization, the research also studies from the in-depth perspectives of team knowledge base resource allocation. For the operational practices and results of the communication tools, the research also reviews the company’s key successful factors form the five perspectives of strategic structure, resource allocation, process management, relationship built-up, and value generation. With in-depth analyzing the brand valuation report and brand value evaluation report conducted by Interbrand to unfold the actual effectiveness of the company’s overall integrated marketing communication strategy, as a case study, the research is to sketch how this semiconductors successfully generated brand equity and brand value in just one year since its independence for the Royal Philips group. For the research methods of this research, by taking the “secondary analysis” for studying both planning integration and resource integration form the perspective of supplier side, “focus group” for studying the integration of communication tool from the perspective or demand side, and “in-depth interview” for studying the key successful factors of the case company, which is one of the world’s top 10 semiconductors companies, from the perspective of industrial professionals. The objective of this research is to study the key successful factors and experiences of foreign semiconductors companies, to reflect how to manage the IMC strategy into the company’s overall business strategy of B2B industry, and to make suggestions to the IC companies in Taiwan for brand development based on the successful experiences of the case company.
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網際網路與基督教傳播機構的跨媒體結合--從整合行銷傳播的角度探討

盧玉玲, Lu, Yu-Ling Unknown Date (has links)
摘 要 本研究深入探討基督教傳播機構與網際網路的跨媒體結合對於整合行銷傳播觀念的實施所產生之影響;並透過實務上的詳實觀察,以期對整合行銷傳播之中樞「消費者資料庫」在基督教傳播機構上的應用情形,做一系統性之整理與分析,以作為宗教傳播機構與相關研究的參考。由於國內尚未有從整合行銷傳播的角度對跨媒體個案進行探討之相關研究,因此本研究透過個案研究的方式,選擇了與網際網路進行跨媒體結合的「佳音電台」和「宇宙光」為個案研究對象。 新傳播科技的快速發展,使得傳播媒體間的界線愈趨模糊,跨媒體的現象日趨普遍,特別是網際網路發展以來,各行各業紛紛上網,傳播界也沒有在這一熱潮中缺席,跨媒體結合的情況相當普遍。此外,整合行銷傳播是九0年代的新行銷觀念,其相當重要的一個核心特點為顧客導向行銷,這意味著行銷的核心是直接面對消費者。未來單向溝通的方式已無法有效地影響消費者,取而代之的是雙向的溝通型態,而建立雙向關係溝通系統最成功的方式,是經由建立顧客資料庫以及資料庫行銷活動。 在網際網路以及整合行銷傳播來臨的新時代□,傳播機構如何運用網際網路的特性建立一完整的資料庫,以達成整合行銷傳播的效果是一個值得探討的議題。 在上述主要關注焦點下,本研究之研究問題有以下幾個層面: 一、 台灣基督教傳播機構與網際網路進行跨媒體結合的現況? 二、 基督教傳播機構其整合行銷傳播之中樞—「消費者資料庫」的建立情形為何? 三、 基督教傳播機構與網際網路的結合對於整合行銷傳播實施之影響? 研究結論如下: 結論壹:基督教傳播機構「佳音電台」、「宇宙光」在與網路進行跨媒體結合的現象中,現階段是屬於傳媒共棲形式中的第二種「內容寄存」的形式,也就是各傳媒的生存空間出現重疊的現象,產生一種傳媒的內容「寄存」於另一種傳媒之中。 結論一:佳音電台是在1998年10月上網,宇宙光是在1994年上網,兩者的網站都架設在美國,且籌備時間都相當的短。 結論二:佳音電台和宇宙光在籌備過程中,同樣的困難是人力及經費上的不足,其次,由美國到台灣這一段的傳送上有一些限制,這些是共同遭遇的問題。 結論三:佳音電台和宇宙光的定位基本上皆沒有因採用網路而改變,目前佳音電台整體的定位是扮演都會人「心靈守護者」的角色;而宇宙光的主要定位是「全人關懷」。 結論四:在網路內容的安排上,佳音電台和宇宙光目前仍以原有的內容為主。 結論五:採用網路之後,基本的目標閱聽眾設定沒有改變,但是加入網路族群後範圍變廣了,亦即年齡層降低、且含括台灣地區以外的華人。 結論六:佳音電台和宇宙光都認為所謂的競爭優勢目前很難去評。至於網路所帶來的影響,佳音電台認為可以突破社區電台的侷限性,且網路上的資訊可以共享。宇宙光則認為網路提供了一個便利的管道,突破時間的限制。 結論貳:根據Yarbrough(1996)分析資料庫行銷規劃的三個層次:Customer/Prospect mailing list、Relational Database、Profiling/Tracking tools,宇宙光與佳音電台舊資料庫是屬於第一種Customer/Prospect mailing list。但宇宙光和佳音電台希望更新完畢的資料庫,能夠發展出針對特定消費者作一對一互動溝通的行銷策略(Profiling/Tracking Tools),真正了解消費者心中的需求,提供閱聽眾更多、更細緻的服務。 結論一:佳音電台和宇宙光所設置的資料庫均分為兩種,一種是一般的資料庫,另一種是針對網友資料作蒐集的資料庫。 結論二:佳音電台和宇宙光資料庫來源的取得,在一般管道上,透過「聽眾俱樂部」、社區的志工團體、讀者回函卡以及聽友來信來獲取相關資訊;在網際網路部分,則是透過ICQ、E-mail ,以及網路促銷活動等方式。 結論三:對佳音電台來說,建立資料庫的經費不足是其困難,此外,蒐集回來的資料其正確性、真實性也是問題之一。宇宙光最大的問題在於和不同部門的溝通,此外,軟體技術也需要突破。 結論四:佳音電台和宇宙光都透過搜尋引擎的登記,利用既有的媒體刊登網址和廣告,也透過超連結的方式增加網站被注意的機會;此外,佳音電台透過上網記者會、透過其他的媒體刊登廣告。宇宙光則是透過贈品、網路小卡以及名人策略吸引人上網。 結論參:佳音電台和宇宙光在Duncan(1993)歸納出的整合行銷傳播內容特性四層次(1.形象統一、2.訊息一致、3.良好的傾聽者、4.世界公民)中,是屬於第一、第二層次,也就是「形象統一」、「訊息一致」;在第三層次「良好的傾聽者」部分,目前佳音電台和宇宙光運用資料庫鼓勵閱聽眾和機構保持聯繫,以期獲得極大化回饋,這個部分做得比較少。至於第四層次「世界公民」,佳音電台和宇宙光在整體的定位上就是朝著這個方向去做,目前是否達成了很難去評估,但是會朝著這個目標和方向去努力。 此外,佳音電台和宇宙光都認為運用整合行銷傳播觀念進行整合或策略聯盟是非常重要的,然而如何在整合中維持機構的理念和公益性是一大問題。 宇宙光認為在進行策略聯盟,尤其與商業經營機構、組織進行策略聯盟時會有一些掙扎,實際進行時無法不受影響,總會有一些妥協,每一次很想要做,但是最後一剎那總是沒有邁出去。如何在適應、改變當中,保有自己最初的、完整的理念是一大困難。 由於佳音電台進行策略聯盟的對象是以基督教的機構、團體為主,例如:希望之聲、信望愛、Good TV、華神…等,其基本的理念和目標是一致的,所以在進行整合時比較沒有太大的困難。 結論一:對於整合行銷傳播的認知,佳音電台和宇宙光不同部門與職務的人持不同的看法,大體上來說佳音電台的公關部門和宇宙光的業務部門對這個概念是比較清楚的,其他部門或管理階層的人對於整合行銷傳播的概念還是有些模糊。 結論二:無論是佳音電台或是宇宙光的管理階層對於整合行銷傳播的實施皆採取相當支持的態度。 結論三:佳音電台和宇宙光目前運用資料庫之資訊與閱聽眾進行的互動比較少,但期待建立消費者資料庫之後,可以針對不同的對象做比較深入、細緻的服務。 結論四:佳音電台透過現場即時廣播的方式,可以和散佈世界各地的聽友在同一個時間內進行互動,此外,透過ICQ可以與網友進行即時、一對一的互動;宇宙光目前運用網路進行一對一的互動做得比較少。 結論五:佳音電台和宇宙光都認為網際網路是一個便捷的管道能讓聽眾很快的回饋,世界各地的網友都可以透過網路和其取得聯繫。 結論六:佳音電台和宇宙光都認為資料庫中閱聽眾的資訊是行銷策略形成的重要決定因素。 結論七:佳音電台和宇宙光未來都會善用各種資源和管道與閱聽眾建立持續地、互動地關係,其次,除了內部的整合外,也都希望能拓展對外的整合,透過整合傳播的概念來做策略聯盟。另外,在網路內容上,將繼續豐富網路的內容、增加其多樣性,並且特別針對網路的需要做一些設計,跳脫目前的一些內容。
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從全球整合行銷觀點檢視台灣觀光行銷溝通 / Examining the tourism marketing communication program of Taiwan from the globally integrated marketing communication perspective

林珮君, Lin, Pei Chun Unknown Date (has links)
Tourism industry, one of the most rapid growing economic activities around the world, brings countries foreign exchange and creates million jobs. Due to the huge profit involved, more and more countries recognize the importance of tourism marketing and start to include it into their national development plan, so does Taiwan. However, little attention has been paid in the academic field to Taiwan’s tourism promotions on a global basis. Therefore, this research aims at analyzing how Taiwan manages and integrates its tourism marketing communications in its three main target regions—Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe and America—from the perspective of Globally Integrated Marketing Communication (GIMC), and uses the current campaign “Tour Taiwan Years 2008-2009” as the subject. Following the IMC Audit proposed by Duncan (2002), this case study conducts document analysis and in-depth interviews with Tourism Bureau to investigate how Taiwan integrates its global communication either vertically across marketing disciplines or horizontally across countries. In addition, the level of standardization across marketing disciplines is compared, and suggestions for employing GIMC model are also provided. The finding can be summarized into three points: 1. Either within each region or across regions, the strategies Tourism Bureau employs are close to globally integrated strategy, but with different level of vertical and horizontal integrations. 2. The proposition, which suggests that public relation, sales promotion, and direct marketing are more difficult to standardize compared to advertising, is not supported in the case of “Tour Taiwan Years 2008-2009.” 3. The application of GIMC to tourism marketing in this case suggests that strategy should be the guiding principle for integration; and the classification of GIMC strategy should be adjusted and made based on a continuum approach.
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Developing an integrated marketing communication framework for selected museums in South Africa / T.E. Mudzanani.

Mudzanani, Takalani Eric January 2013 (has links)
Responding to the need to fill the research gap in the area of museum integrated marketing communication, the study investigated the planned, unplanned, product and service messages of selected museums in South Africa. These selected museums were the Ditsong and Iziko clusters of museums in the Gauteng Province and the Western Cape Province respectively. The clusters were selected because they are the biggest clusters of museums in the country. In an attempt to fill the research gap, the goal of the study was to develop and present an integrated marketing communication framework for the selected museums. In order to realise the goal of the study, four objectives were set. Consistent with the first objective chapter 2 analysed the South African cultural tourism sector. In this regard, the literature review revealed that South Africa’s cultural product offering is multifaceted with arts, cultural villages, literature, battlefields, museums, heritage sites nd religion comprising the main tourist attractions. Moreover, the literature review revealed that the two clusters of museums offer diversified product portfolios. The second objective was achieved in chapter 3 by analysing integrated marketing communication by means of a literature review. The literature review revealed that IMC is a logical structure of developing communication strategies. An organisation should control (planned) or influence messages (unplanned, product, service) messages to ensure message consistency and maximum communication impact. In simple terms, an organisation should strive to match its brand promise made through planned messages with actual performance as reflected in its product, service, and unplanned messages. The third objective was to analyse empirically the planned, unplanned, product and service messages of the Ditsong and Iziko clusters of museums. The results of the empirical phase of the study were presented in chapter 4. Following a mixed methods research approach, the first component of the empirical phase involved in- depth interviews with the marketing managers of the museum clusters while the second component involved a survey of visitors to the clusters. The qualitative data was analysed by establishing themes which had emerged from the interviews with the marketing managers. The quantitative data was analysed using the SPSS programme. In order to establish the relationships between the variables, a factor analysis was conducted. In addition, T-tests and ANOVAs were also conducted. The factor analysis produced three factors namely, factor 1: Above-the-line media, factor 2: Internal and external marketing and factor 3: Marketing public relations. The t-test and ANOVAs revealed that the respondents across age, province of residence, visitor retention and educational level rate service messages the most highly of all the IMC messages. On the whole, the empirical study revealed that both the participants and the respondents share the same views on what should be done in terms of the planned, unplanned, service and product messages of museums to ensure message consistency and maximum communication impact. The structural equation modelling indicated the interrelatedness of the various messages as well as their influence on one another. The fourth objective was to develop and present an integrated marketing communication framework for the Ditsong and Iziko museum clusters. This objective was realised in chapter five. The framework was informed by both the literature review and the empirical study. As regards the literature review the framework differs from some other works on IMC in that an attempt was made to align the framework to IMC message typology in its entirety. With regard to the empirical study, the IMC programme phase of the framework incorporates the recommendations of the respondents. It is hoped that the framework will empower the museums both to ensure message consistency and to maximise communication impact in spite of the divergent message needs of their multiple stakeholders. / Thesis (PhD (Tourism Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Developing an integrated marketing communication framework for selected museums in South Africa / T.E. Mudzanani.

Mudzanani, Takalani Eric January 2013 (has links)
Responding to the need to fill the research gap in the area of museum integrated marketing communication, the study investigated the planned, unplanned, product and service messages of selected museums in South Africa. These selected museums were the Ditsong and Iziko clusters of museums in the Gauteng Province and the Western Cape Province respectively. The clusters were selected because they are the biggest clusters of museums in the country. In an attempt to fill the research gap, the goal of the study was to develop and present an integrated marketing communication framework for the selected museums. In order to realise the goal of the study, four objectives were set. Consistent with the first objective chapter 2 analysed the South African cultural tourism sector. In this regard, the literature review revealed that South Africa’s cultural product offering is multifaceted with arts, cultural villages, literature, battlefields, museums, heritage sites nd religion comprising the main tourist attractions. Moreover, the literature review revealed that the two clusters of museums offer diversified product portfolios. The second objective was achieved in chapter 3 by analysing integrated marketing communication by means of a literature review. The literature review revealed that IMC is a logical structure of developing communication strategies. An organisation should control (planned) or influence messages (unplanned, product, service) messages to ensure message consistency and maximum communication impact. In simple terms, an organisation should strive to match its brand promise made through planned messages with actual performance as reflected in its product, service, and unplanned messages. The third objective was to analyse empirically the planned, unplanned, product and service messages of the Ditsong and Iziko clusters of museums. The results of the empirical phase of the study were presented in chapter 4. Following a mixed methods research approach, the first component of the empirical phase involved in- depth interviews with the marketing managers of the museum clusters while the second component involved a survey of visitors to the clusters. The qualitative data was analysed by establishing themes which had emerged from the interviews with the marketing managers. The quantitative data was analysed using the SPSS programme. In order to establish the relationships between the variables, a factor analysis was conducted. In addition, T-tests and ANOVAs were also conducted. The factor analysis produced three factors namely, factor 1: Above-the-line media, factor 2: Internal and external marketing and factor 3: Marketing public relations. The t-test and ANOVAs revealed that the respondents across age, province of residence, visitor retention and educational level rate service messages the most highly of all the IMC messages. On the whole, the empirical study revealed that both the participants and the respondents share the same views on what should be done in terms of the planned, unplanned, service and product messages of museums to ensure message consistency and maximum communication impact. The structural equation modelling indicated the interrelatedness of the various messages as well as their influence on one another. The fourth objective was to develop and present an integrated marketing communication framework for the Ditsong and Iziko museum clusters. This objective was realised in chapter five. The framework was informed by both the literature review and the empirical study. As regards the literature review the framework differs from some other works on IMC in that an attempt was made to align the framework to IMC message typology in its entirety. With regard to the empirical study, the IMC programme phase of the framework incorporates the recommendations of the respondents. It is hoped that the framework will empower the museums both to ensure message consistency and to maximise communication impact in spite of the divergent message needs of their multiple stakeholders. / Thesis (PhD (Tourism Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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