IMPACT STRATEGIC MARKETING IN NIGERIAN BANKS

 Abstract

The research project focuses on the effectiveness of strategic marketing in Nigerian Banks. Three selected banks namely UBA, Zenith bank and Polaris bank were used as case study. Some of the objectives of the study included; determine whether the use of strategic marketing strategies enable banks to achieve financial intermediation objectives. To find out the strategic marketing tools banks use most in building/sustaining customer confidence in the banking industry. To also ascertain whether banks’ adoption of strategic marketing tools has increases customer patronage. And to, find out, if the adoption of strategic marketing principles builds a favourable corporate image of banks. Literature on strategic marketing topics, customer relations, banking industry was extensively reviewed. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Initially some high ranking officers of the three banks were interviewed and information obtained from them quite useful in pursuing certain area of inquiring and which later formed the basis for the construction of the questionnaire and formulation of hypothesis.

 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Background of the study

The issue is that a financial system thrives on public confidence and the erosion of that confidence result to disintermediation thereby undermining the ability of the financial system to perform its essential role of savings mobilization. The nature of banking service is that, bank have to build up an image of respectability, capability and reliability through satisfying their customers. Today, with the increase in the level of awareness of Nigerians towards banking operations banking institution face unusual challenges. The challenges are becoming stronger and tougher at the water of the present millennia In the light of the above and more, a bank has to engage in marketing activities if it is to gain a fair share of the market. Through marketing its service, the constantly informs and reminds its customer about itself in order to build a friendly corporate. Given the trend of every aspects of economic activities globally and particularly Nigeria, it is imperative for business entities to adopt measures that should strategically reposition them so as to remain afloat. With much increase in the level of customer awareness in response to their needs and wants or satisfaction, firms should also discuss their old marketing strategies that are not result-oriented. They should acknowledge the paradigm shift from old marketing concept to the new marketing concept, which is a customer driven, technology-driven era in modern marketing management (Johnson, 1990:48). One of the industries which have gradually started repositioning its operation to suit customer’s needs and wants is the banking industry Nigerian banking system is characterized by internal and external competition. The upsurge of new banks created room for innovation and further market sharing. A proxy to determine the extent of competition is the intensity of advertising by banks in recent times. The system has witness sophistication in the style and designing of new financial products (Anyafo, 1999:137) concluding the charting of the prospects of the banking industry in Nigeria for the 1980s and beyond (Vincent, 1980:19) envisaged that the service demanded of the banking industry will ground more sophisticated in response to change in the nature of the business they are called upon to finance and as their customers become more knowledgeable and discriminating. A few years ago, bank did not see the need for providing adequate service and encouraging patronage. It is a common knowledge that the Nigerian banking system has over the nineteen-decade and part of 20th century been experiencing a crisis of confidence a situation in which customers doubt the integrity of the banking system in delivering the financial intermediation services under such circumstances has strategic marketing any role towards the restoration of mutual confidence between the operators in the banking system and the customer public and shareholder publics.

• STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Banks are custodians of the customers’ wealth. They provide financial service; they provide peace of mind to the customer. As a result of this, banks marketing plans should ensure that the customer is well informed of its plans, problems and its solution to such problems. Marketing activities especially strategic marketing, therefore should almost be the main pre-occupation of any bank. The main problems confronting some banks were as follows:

The implementation of strategic marketing strategies

The choice of selecting the best strategic marketing strategies by banks

The adoption of the best strategic marketing principles

The questions then are:

Do banks use more of strategic marketing strategies in achieving financial intermediation objectives?

Which of the strategic marketing strategies do banks employ most in building sustaining customer’s confidence in the banking industry?

Has the banks adoption of strategic marketing principles tools increased customer patronage?

Does adoption of strategic marketing principles help in building a favorable corporate image of banks?

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study include:

1. To determine whether the use of strategic marketing strategies enable banks to achieve financial intermediation objective.
2. To find out the strategic marketing tools banks use most in building/sustaining customer confidence in the banking industry.
3. To, also ascertain whether banks adoption of strategic marketing tools has increased customer patronage.
4. To find and if the adoption of strategic marketing principles builds a favourable corporate image of banks.
5. Finally to make appropriate recommendation based on our results.

• RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

The following have been put forward for testing

H0: The use of strategic marketing strategies does not enable banks achieve their financial intermediation.

H1: The use of strategic marketing strategies enables banks achieves their financial intermediation objectives.

H0: Banks that adopt marketing public relative tools are not likely to build/sustain customer’s confidence in the banking industry.

H1: Banks who adopt marketing public relative tools in their operation are likely to build/sustain customers confidence in the banking industry.

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The era of set down and wait for customer or arm chair kind of banking has been over taken by challenges in the industry. A bank with the state-of-the-art technologies and service may still not make such heavy profits if it does not engage in proper marketing of its products cum services. Therefore, the study is significant as it will benefit banks, customers and other financial publics in the following ways: Banks through the findings of the study may be able to build more confidence on customers. They also know more ways of performing financial intermediation roles or objective. Customers will also benefit through the findings of the study as banks will now reposition themselves as reliable and responsive organization to do business with. The other financial publics will be able to fish out indices for the evaluation of the banks performances or corporate failures.

• SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study is within the confines of strategic marketing and its effects in the banking industry. Three banks are used as case study namely UBA, Skye Bank Plc and Zenith Banks Plc. They are sampled from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.  The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;

1. a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
2. b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
3. c) Organizational privacy: Limited Access to the selected auditing firm makes it difficult to get all the necessary and required information concerning the activities.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

 In order to make work a bit clearer, certain terms will be defined:

BANK: Any person who carries on banking business and includes a commercial bank, a mortgage bank acceptance house a discount house, a discount house and other financial institutions.

MARKETING: The sensing and serving of customers needs through an exchange relationship aimed at creating value in from of profit; and satisfaction to the consumers.

STRATEGY: This is a technique developed to gain advantage over the competitor; it is a tactical plan for carrying out formulated policies, to achieve a set objective.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES: These are various promotional techniques used by marketers. They are called promo tools or elements of the promotion mix and include advertising, person selling, ales promotion and public relations.

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows

Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding.  Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study

GET THE FULL WORK

DISCLAIMER:
All project works, files and documents posted on this website, projects.ng are the property/copyright of their respective owners. They are for research reference/guidance purposes only and the works are crowd-sourced. Please don’t submit someone’s work as your own to avoid plagiarism and its consequences. Use it as a guidance purpose only and not copy the work word for word (verbatim). Projects.ng is a repository of research works just like academia.edu, researchgate.net, scribd.com, docsity.com, coursehero and many other platforms where users upload works. The paid subscription on projects.ng is a means by which the website is maintained to support Open Education. If you see your work posted here, and you want it to be removed/credited, please call us on +2348159154070 or send us a mail together with the web address link to the work, to hello@projects.ng. We will reply to and honor every request. Please notice it may take up to 24 - 48 hours to process your request.