Internal Marketing
Pervaiz K. Ahmed
Professor of Management, University of Wolverhampton, Head of the Centre for Enterprise
Excellence at the University Business School and Director of the Japanese Management
Research Unit.
Mohammed Rafiq Lecturer in Retailing and Marketing, Loughborough University Business
School.
- The
first UK title of substance to examine this area in depth
- Gives
a clear view of the latest thinking and techniques as employed by leading companies
internationally
- Contains
a wide base of up-to-date cases and examples taken from the authors' international
consulting activities
A clear-sighted introduction
to a complex subject, 'Internal Marketing' provides the reader with a succinct
overview of the most recent thinking and practice.
The text begins by defining
what internal marketing is and how it can work, and from this foundation:
Outlines state-of-the-art thinking and practice
Demonstrates how internal marketing can be used to facilitate such diverse strategies as
TQM, New Product Development and Change Management
Highlights the techniques managers need to understand to use IM effectively within their
organizations
Contains a range of international and up to the minute examples and cases of best practice
from companies around the world
Throughout the book the emphasis is on understanding the principles that have made
internal marketing such a potent force within leading corporations. This is combined with
a pragmatic assessment of the many challenges involved in making it a reality within an
organization.
Contents
Section I: Internal marketing
theory - What is internal marketing?; Models of internal marketing: how internal marketing
works; The tools of internal marketing; Internal marketing and human resource management;
A framework for empowering employees; Section II: Internal marketing applications - Total
quality management (TQM) and internal marketing; Innovation and internal marketing;
Knowledge management, learning and internal marketing;
Section III: Internal
marketing case studies: Atlantic Richfield Company; Aydlotte & Cartwright inc.;
Barclay card services (BCS); Barnardos; Boatman Trust Company; CSX; Eastman Chemical
Company; First Union; GTE Supply; Lutheran Brotherhood; Midland Bank; Nations Bank;
Norwich Union; Provena; St Luke's Hospital; Terminix International; Thomas Cook; Thomas
and Mack Centre (TMC).
Readership: Students on MBA
courses and mid/senior marketing and strategy executives
298 pages