Valery Bondarenko - Marketing and Pricing

Marketing and Pricing

Valery Bondarenko

© Valery Bondarenko, 2017

ISBN 978-5-4485-6430-7

Создано в интеллектуальной издательской системе Ridero

Автор-составитель: БОНДАРЕНКО Валерий Семенович, доцент, кандидат географических наук (экономическая, социальная, политическая география). 2017 г.

Данный курс лекций предназначен для студентов и магистрантов, изучающих часть предметов на английском языке. Курс лекций составлен на основании учебной программы и образовательных стандартов для экономических специальностей УВО: «Мировая экономика», «Бухгалтерский учет и аудит», «Экономика предприятия», «Финансы и кредит». Данное пособие рассчитано на учащихся, чей уровень владения английским языком соответствует уровням Elemantary или Pre-Intermediate, то есть когда уже освоен уровень Beginner.

Курс лекций включает 14 лекций, каждая из которых отражает отдельную тему курса «Маркетинг и ценообразование». Курс лекций апробирован в практике учебного процесса в ряде УВО Беларуси и России. Каждая лекция (тема курса) данного пособия завершается краткими выводами и/или вопросами для повторения, которые также могут быть использованы в учебном процессе как тематика рефератов или докладов, по согласованию с преподавателем.

В списке рекомендованной литературы приведены основные источники на русском языке. Выбор англоязычных источников зависит от конкретных целей учащегося, а также от его уровня владения английским языком. Напоминаем, что структура и содержание учебников, изданных в США и Великобритании соответствует требованиям и программам университетов и колледжей этих стран, и потому существуют значительные отличия от российских и белорусских программ и учебников, а также от учебников других стран СНГ.

В пояснительной записке (explanatory note), помещенной в начале курса лекций, сформулированы (на английском языке) основные цели и задачи учебной дисциплину, а также основные компетенции, которыми должен обладать магистрант и которые формируются в учебном процессе с помощью данного курса лекций.

CONTENT

Explanatory note

SECTION 1. MARKETING

THEME 1. MODERN CONCEPT OF MARKETING

1. Marketing as a business philosophy

2. Basic concepts and scope of marketing

3. The principles of marketing and its functions

4. The structure of (complex) marketing

THEME 2. MARKETING RESEARCH

1. Marketing information system

2 The essence of marketing research

3. Market research

THEME 3. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND CUSTOMERS

1 The behavior of buyers in the consumer market

2. The behavior of buyers in the market enterprises

3. Consumer protection

THEME 4. COMMODITY POLICY

1. The essence of commodity policy

2. The essence of the product and its classification

3. Trading range and variety of products

4. The process of developing new products and planning their life cycle

THEME 5. DISTRIBUTION POLICY

1. Purpose, Structure and function of the distribution system.

2. Types of distribution channels

3 Management of the distribution channels

THEME 6. PROMOTION POLICY

1.The essence of communication policy

2. The main tools of communication policy

3. Budgeting and performance evaluation of communication policy

THEME 7. Department of Marketing

1. The essence of management based on marketing

2. Marketing planning

3. The organization of marketing in business

4. Control of marketing activities

SECTION 2 PRICING

THEME 9. THEORETICAL BASIS OF PRICING

1. The evolution of the theory of pricing

2. The concept of pricing in the Republic of Belarus

3. Pricing policy

THEME 10. PRICES IN THE MECHANISM OF THE ECONOMY

1. The economic content of prices.

2. Factors that impact on prices.

3. Price system

4. Classification of prices.

THEME 11. State regulation of prices in the Republic of Belarus

1 The need for state regulation of prices

2. Methods of state regulation of prices: indirect and direct

3. The policy of state regulation, carried out in the Republic of Belarus

4. Antitrust laws

THEME 12. METHODS AND PRICING STRATEGY

1. Pricing methods based on production costs

2. Methods of pricing, quality-oriented and consumer product properties

3. Methods of pricing, demand-driven, the level of competition

4. Market-based pricing strategy

THEME 13. PRICES IN ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS

1. Selling price of the enterprise and the order of its formation

2. Features of pricing in the market of consumer goods and services

THEME 14. PRICING IN MARKETING COMPANY

1. Technology justify prices in the marketing business

2. The information needed to make decisions on prices

3. Study of consumer response to price changes

Literatures

EXPLANATORY NOTE

A postgraduate of degree «Master of Economics» must have the following competences:

academic competences – science, theoretical, methodological knowledge and research skills providing elaboration of research projects or solving tasks for scientific research, innovative activity, continuous self-education;

social and personal competences – personal qualities and skills for following social, cultural, and moral values, social responsibility;

professional competences – skills and abilities to solve complicated professional problems in research and educational activity, to elaborate and adopt innovative projects.

Master should be able to:

To generate new ideas.

To acquire new knowledge and skills independently, including the areas of knowledge that are not directly related to the field of activity.

To take the initiative, including the situations of risk, to take responsibility, to resolve problem situations.

The requirements are for Master’s social and personal competencies

Master should be able to:

To be able to take into account the social, moral and ethical standards in social and professional activities.

To be able to cooperate and work as a team.

To use one of the state languages of the Republic of Belarus and any foreign language as a means of business communication.

To generate and argue personal judgment and professional position.

To use logical, reasoned, clear oral and written language, to use the skills of public speaking, conducting discussion and debates.

To work as a team, to lead and to obey.

To respect and protect the historical heritage and cultural traditions, to perceive social and cultural differences tolerantly.

To take the initiative and creativity, including unusual situations.

To adapt to new situations of social and professional activities, to implement the experience, possibilities.

The requirements are for Master’s professional competence

Master should be able to:

Organizational-administrative activity

Assess the process taking place in international economy, identify trends and prospects.

Analyze and develop recommendations to improve the national development strategy.

Use elements of economic analysis in organizing of practice in the workplace.

Translation activities

To possess modern means of telecommunications.

To keep professional, social and cultural communication in a foreign language.

The implementation of these competences while studying the course «Current Global Issues» envisages the following tasks:

knowledge and understanding of the concept «global issues»;

awareness of existing global problems;

having deep information about main historical events and tendencies which lead to the emergence of global problems;

analyzing current world political, economic, social, and cultural developments;

understanding the essence and main directions of globalization process, its positive and negative aspects;

understanding the essence and content of the main current global issues;

realizing interconnections and interactions between global problems and national and world economies state and trends of development;

knowledge of the role and activities of international organizations for overcoming global issues.

knowledge of the contents of main international programs for solving global issues;

realizing manifestations of global issues in native countries of a student;

skills and willingness to make personal contribution in overcoming global problems after taking position according to obtained degree.

As a result of the discipline studying the master’s students should

know:

– the subject and methodology of the discipline;

– concept and evolution stages of the world economy theory;

– structure and development trends of the world economy;

– concept of the international division of labour, its special aspects in current conditions;

– subject-matter of internationalization, transnationalization and globalization;

– substance of international economic integration and its forms, special aspects of integration process in the world economy;

– content of international currency relations and their components;

– up-to-date theory and practice of macroeconomic regulation in open economy.

be able to:

– estimate processes taking place in the world economy;

– determine development trends and prospects for countries, groups of countries and the world economy;

– analyse position of the country in international division of labour, degree of openness of an economy;

– use concepts of the international division of labour and international trade;

estimate critically conditions of foreign economic relations and determine advanced directions for national economy participation in the world economic relation.

SECTION 1. MARKETING

THEME 1. MODERN CONCEPT OF MARKETING

1. Marketing as a business philosophy

At the core of the term «marketing» is the word «market», which means «the market.» So, in the marketing one often understands the philosophy of governance, economic conditions in the market, proclaiming the orientation of the production to meet the needs of specific customers.

Marketing under its widest sense is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups of people get what they need by creating products and exchanging them. When a person is unable to meet any need, he substitutes them or reduce the level of his requests.

EVOLUTION OF MARKETING

Phase Period Characteristics

I. beginning the twentieth century – 40th

Marketing had a sales character. The motto: «Everything produced must be sold». Sales methods of marketing and advertising were applied

II. 50 years – first half 70s

Marketing has been focused on the study of the market and customer demands.

The principle is: «It is advantageous to produce the products that will be in demand than to produce something that struggles to sell.»

III. second half 70’s – till present

Integrated market system covers the entire cycle of development, production and sale of goods, including market research, implementation of merchandise, pricing, communication and policy, strategic marketing governance and other marketing techniques

Thus, the requirements are translated into specific desires, which in view of monetary opportunities are transformed into market demand on the specific products. It appears the exchange between producers and consumers made out in the form of a particular transaction. It follows that the direct marketing economy to meet the constantly changing needs of the many millions of consumers.

In other words, the marketing is a philosophy of management, direction of its implementation, when the resolution of consumer problems leads to the success of the organization and brings benefit to the society.

At the level of individual economic entities marketing is defined as a complete system for planning the variety and quantity of produced products, pricing, distribution of products between the chosen markets and to promote their sales in order to achieve the diversity of benefits, led to the satisfaction of the interests of both producers and consumers. This definition has a sufficiently broad sense, as it covers the activities of non-profit organizations. Thus, marketing is the activity of the organization for the benefit of its customers.

In a more narrow sense (entrepreneurial) the marketing can be classified as a management system of production and sales management organization aimed at obtaining an acceptable value profit through accounting and active influence on market conditions.

From the above it follows that a variety of marketing applications causes a variety of its definitions.

It seems that as a fairly general definition of marketing can be offered. Marketing is a form of human activity to meet the demand for the material and non-material, social, value through mutually beneficial exchange.

Thus, marketing is also a system of thought and action system.

2. Basic concepts and scope of marketing

The concept of needs is at the core of theories of motivation (Freud, Maslow, etc.), determining the behavior of consumers in the market. The main task of marketing is to find a need and meet it.