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
