THE EFFECTS OF MARKETING ACTIVITIES AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Marketing is an integral part of any organization. This would help increase customer base and make an organization very popular if adequately and properly done. Marketing is the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising (Wikipedia, 2009). It can also be a process for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. Organizations that want to be successful must do all it can to have an effective and efficient marketing network.

Marketing isn't as simple as paid advertising on television or in newspapers. Marketing is any technique used to make the public aware of a company and what it has to offer over its competitors. The variations of marketing activities are vast and encompass almost every kind of media and company-initiated outreach. Faith based organizations are organizations based on a particular religious ideology, has religiously oriented mission statements and often draws its activists (leaders, staff, volunteers) from a particular religious group(Wikipedia, 2009). “Faith-based organization” currently acts as broad shorthand for a wide spectrum of organizations that deserve more specific treatment in the academic literature.

1.2   Statement of the problem

The activities of faith based organizations in Nigeria have witnessed a steady decline in patronage due to religious inclination of Nigerians. Since it’s a proven fact that marketing improves other organizations that are not faith based.

1.3   Purpose of the study

The purpose of the study will analyze the effects of marketing activities and Faith based organizations. The following are the aims and objectives of carrying out this research work:

i)      To examine the association between Need Identification and faith based organization.

ii)    To examine the association between Service Quality and faith based organization

1.4  Research Questions

i)      To what extent does Need Identificationrelate faith based organization?

ii)    To what extent does Service Qualityrelate faith based organization?

1.5   Conceptual Frameworkof Marketing activities and faith based organization