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1. Describe how marketing functions within the larger organization (internally) and within its environments (externally) including the goals and expected outcomes of this department.

2. Explain how companies create customer-centered businesses and describe what impacts the consumer decision-making process.

3. Describe what tools are used to make effective marketing decisions.

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To make good sales, any company must focus both on the internal mechanisms that are involved in the production of the products to the customers and the delivery and advertisement of the products to the customers. Therefore, marketing should be done in such a way that it focuses on both the internal environment and the external circumstances. For the reason, the 3Cs model of marketing highlights customers, competition as well as the corporation as the primary points that the company should focus on when developing their marketing strategies. Also, the marketing mix model is designed in such a way that the needs …

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