During the first module of the Master in Marketing, students will learn how to:
- Managerial Economics
This module aims to prepare students by providing them with the essentials of entrepreneurship and business planning. - Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
With this module, the managerial skills required to understand a Business Plan and its structure will be developed. - Business Strategy
Through this module, students will know how to understand the long-term direction and strategy of a company, and will be able to identify the strategic business units of organizations. - Accounting & Budgeting
This module is aimed at students understanding the importance of financial management and control principles, with key indicators such as ROI, EBIT, GAAP. - Project & Operations Management
With this module, students will be able to manage projects, examine data and information, and have a diagnostic approach in solving problems. - Marketing: Traditional and Digital
Students will learn the application of marketing principles in organizational decision making. - Human Resource Management
This subject area focuses on strategic human resource issues such as workforce acquisition, development, motivation and retention. - Data Analytics for Managers
This course is designed to equip students with the basic knowledge needed to analyze and interpret large sets of data, to make effective business decisions and strategies.
During the second module of the Master in Marketing, students will learn how to:
1) Marketing: The Core
- Marketing Fundamentals
- Understanding Customers and Competitors
- From Traditional to Digital marketing
- Marketing Assessment: Market Research, Information Management, Decision making
- Customer Journey Mapping – CRM And Customer Experience
2) Strategic Marketing:
- Marketing Strategy: The Why, What and How
- Distribution and Multichannel Strategies
- Got to market Strategy and Planning
- B2B Industry Marketing
- The Value of Communication in Marketing
- Impactful Branding & Advertising
- Key Account Management
- International Communication Strategies
3) Understanding Digital Consumer Behavior:
- Digital economy. A new behavioral framework
- Consumer psychology and decision
- How consumer brain works. Understanding it to optimize digital marketing effectiveness
- Developing emotional and engaging digital journey
- Neuromarketing & consumer research to acquire data driven behavioral insights
- Small data
4) Digital Marketing and KPIs:
- Web Design and Web Management
- e-commerce Optimization (Google Analytics)
- Lead generation: Google Adwords, Social Media Marketing and Programmatic Advertising (Preparation for Google Ads Certification, Google Analytics 4)
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Omnichannel Marketing Evolution
During the third module of the Master in Marketing, students will learn how to:
5) Marketing Analytics:
- Data acquisition online & offline
- Data interpretation
- Data-Driven Marketing strategy
- Big data
6) MarTech, Sustainability, and Future Trends in Marketing:
- From Web Evolution 1.0 to Web Revolution 5.0
- AI in Marketing, Machine Learning, Blockchain, VR, Metaverse, NFT
- Business Ethics and CSR
- Create Change in the World through Purpose Driven Marketing, focus on:
- Sustainability and Overconsumption
- Smart cities & Urban mobility
The goal of Rome Business School is to develop future managers, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are ready to capitalize on the benefits of digitalization, go global, and have a positive impact on society.
Electives are ideal tools for students to improve their employability by focusing on high-demand skills.
- Electives assist students in carving out a niche for themselves and becoming more competitive.
- Electives expose students to courses they might not have encountered otherwise.
- Electives provide a one-of-a-kind curriculum that fosters life and career skills.
- Elective courses are organized in 5 main areas of interest:
- Innovation & Growth
- Tech & Digitalization
- Industry Business Excellence
- International Business
- Global Electives with RBS School partners
Rome Business School Practice Lab is the place where theoretical concepts are put in practice and participants learn through experience.
The Lab is run by managers from leading national or international companies in the sector/industry, who will examine different specialist knowledge, work on exercises and network, while sharing their experience and expertise with the students.
The Lab is entirely run by the School’s Partner Companies and the activities included are specific for each Master program and goal.
The Global Trends lab consists of 2 virtual sessions:
Session 1: How to Find Sources to identify global trends. Deep dive into the global world trends shaping the world of today – guest speakers from UN, UNIDO, ILO. Examples of Global Trends:
- The Future of Work
- AI, Blockchain, and Technology
- The World in 2030 – Future Scenarios (UN, IMF, ECB)
Session 2: Understand the impact of global trends on businesses, and explore ways in which businesses can adapt and transform based on future trends and forward-thinking strategies
At the end of your educational experience, you will have the chance to prove your abilities by tackling a real business challenge. Use your talent to identify opportunities and create a truly innovative strategy.
Tackle a real company challenge. You can choose to be part of a small team and design an innovative HR business plan or functional operational plan based on theoretical research.
Work on one of two real Business Challenges of a specific company. Choose between a Business Plan, or a Marketing plan.
Previous years’ experiences
The Practical Challenge: Simply no Waste
The capstone involves a start-up launched in 2019 in Sweden, offering an App that helps manage and reduce food waste at home. The start-up is a one-person company (the founder) with a product-driven focus reaching 11,000 subscribers. The challenge consists of developing a Marketing growth plan for the start-up.
The Practical Challenge: Unilever
Create a stronger content strategy for Unilever’s web site virtual tour by creating interesting branding strategy by using unconvential tools and outside of the box thinking mind set.