Answer:
A) strategic marketing process
Explanation:
Strategic marketing is a management discipline that places marketing and its function in the bigger picture (successful business operating in the long run).
It is related to the planning of all marketing activities regarding a specific product or product division, so that they are aligned with the overall business strategies. A strategic marketer has to make sure each specific marketing plan does not interfere with the company's public relations.
Every strategic marketing plan usually includes the named activities: market research, identifying target groups and planning the marketing budget.