Promotional strategy is the function of informing, persuading, and influencing a consumer decision.
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Optimal Motivation and Governance of Education Agents: International Student Recruitment
Nadia O’Connell (Stenden University, Indonesia) and Ho Yin Wong (Deakin University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2014
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4458-8.ch007
Abstract
This chapter addresses the issue of marketing higher education institutions through education agents, focusing on ways to gain a competitive advantage over other institutions in the context of increasing global competition while maintaining close management and governance of this distribution channel. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 31 Australian university international marketing managers and staff, and 16 education agents based in Australia and overseas. The findings show seven main themes, namely, service and support, joint promotion, incentives, training, gifts, social activities, and relationship enhancement. The contributions of this chapter are the provision of experiences, ideas, attitudes, and perspectives of how Australian universities work in partnership with education agents throughout the world to recruit international students in an increasingly competitive marketplace, whilst ensuring obligations are met under Australian international education legislation. This chapter provides marketing specialists, educational administrators, and policy makers with practical real life examples of motivational and management techniques.