Price in Marketing

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Teaching results

By completing the course, students gain knowledge about the functions of the price and its position in a set of marketing tools, with a deeper acquaintance with the impact of the price as a basic tool for influencing the economy and economic results of the business. They will get acquainted with pricing decisions in the company, which are affected by a number of often conflicting factors. The issue of pricing consists of two components, namely pricing strategies and pricing. They will gain knowledge about pricing practices and their use in marketing activities with an impact on prices in companies operating in consumer markets and in companies operating in business markets.
Graduates will be able to apply the value and cost approach in the process of pricing, take into account the psychological aspects of pricing; subsequently, they will be able to work appropriately with the possibility of price adjustments. In the business environment, they can apply a competitive approach to pricing and prepare pricing proposals for pricing negotiations. They understand the connection between the achieved level of sales prices and the company's price goals and the impact on the company's economy.
Upon successful completion of the course, they will acquire the competence to apply the issue of price decision-making in specific situations in business in various executive business positions in companies operating in consumer and business markets. They can work with information about the factors that influence pricing decisions, search for them, select, analyze and synthesize with an orientation on the creation of pricing strategy and specific pricing. They will acquire the ability to combine problems of a strategic and operational nature in the field of pricing strategies and pricing and professional flexibility for the successful connection of business goals and marketing operations in the market in the field of sales prices.

Indicative content

Price functions in business and prices in the marketing mix, price functions; economic, marketing concept of price, place of price in the marketing mix, price in conception of value creation process. Internal pricing factors; marketing goals, marketing mix strategies, costs, organization of pricing in the company. Coherence of pricing with business economics; cost controlling, company calculation system, company economic structure. External factors of pricing - market, demand, competition, legislation. The relationship between price and market demand, the impact on the economic results of the company; analysis of price elasticity, marginal analysis, the relationship between price, profit and sales volume, analysis of the influence of sales prices on the development of sales. The essence of price decision-making and risk in the company's price decision-making. Creating pricing strategies and deciding on pricing approaches; purchasing pricing decision of the company. Marketing pricing strategies for consumer and business markets; product line pricing, price differentiation, complementary products and other strategies, a behavioral approach to creating pricing strategies for consumer markets. Value and cost approach to pricing in the business. Psychological aspects of pricing; customer perceived value. The cost approach to pricing; markup, margin, target return, profitability. Price changes - price adaptation, tools of price adjustments. Competitive pricing in business markets. Price negotiation in business relations; models of price agreements in purchase contracts. National economic aspects of price development, consumer basket, price indices.

Support literature

1. ORESKÝ, Milan – HASPROVÁ, Mária. Cena v marketingu. Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2022. ISBN 978-80-225-4957-8.
2. FENDEKOVÁ, Eleonora – KUFELOVÁ, Iveta. Cena a cenové rozhodovanie. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-943-7.
3. ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Slávka – TÓTH, Miroslav. Nákladový controlling. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7598-906-2.

Syllabus

1. Price position in business and price in the marketing mix, price function. 2. Internal factors of price decisions. 3. The connection of pricing with the economy of the company. Cost controlling. 4. External factors of pricing - market, demand, competition, legislation. 5. The relationship between price and market demand, the impact on the economic results of the company. 6. The essence of pricing and risk in the pricing decisions of the company. 7. Marketing pricing strategies for consumer and business markets. 8. Value and cost approach to pricing in the business. Psychological aspects of pricing. 9. Price changes - price adaptation, tools of price adjustments. 10. Competitive pricing in business markets. 11. Specific approaches to pricing in business markets, commodities, auctions, tenders, prices of capital goods. 12. National economic aspects of price development, consumer basket, price indices. 13. Practices of using price in marketing and sales.

Requirements to complete the course

10% continuous semester assessment
10% semester work
80% written exam

Student workload

Workload: 208 hours
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 26 hours
Elaboration of a semester project: 26 hours
Preparation for written verification of knowledge: 39 hours
Preparation for the exam: 65 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 23.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 03.03.2024