Consumer behavior
Course: International Economics
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
            Title
        
        
            Consumer behavior
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК 14
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2022/2023
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            3 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            6
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PLO8. Choose effective methods for managing economic activity, justify the proposed solutions based on relevant data, scientific and applied research
PLO11. Identify and critically assess the state and trends of socio-economic development, form and analyze models of economic systems and processes
PLO12. Justify management decisions for effective business development, taking into account goals, resources, constraints and risks
PLO15. Plan and perform scientific and/or applied research, make reasonable conclusions on the results of research, present the results, and reason their opinions
PLO 19. Apply methods of research of international and global markets, substantiate on this basis effective strategies of market penetration and market activity
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            To know: basic concepts and laws of modern economic theory, principles of marketing and international marketing, methods of market research.
To have the skills of analysis, synthesis, processing and presentation of primary marketing information, conduct market research, analyze the development of international commodity markets, identify factors influencing the formation of demand.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The curriculum consists of two modules:
Module 1. "Theoretical foundations of consumer behavior analysis and factors influencing it", which provides acquaintance with modern theoretical approaches to the study of consumer behavior, consideration of the impact of psychology, sociology, microeconomics on science, acquaintance with models of consumer behavior, consideration of external factors, features of consumer motivation, acquaintance with research methods of consumer behavior.
Module 2. "Consumer decision-making process and marketing tools for consumer behavior management", which examines the consumer buying decision making process, consumer information search process, consumers information perception and processing, methods of focusing consumer attention, cognitive learning theories, marketing-management strategies and marketing tools based on the results of consumer behavior research
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            Babko N.M., Mandych O.V., Sevidova I.O., Romanyuk I.A., Kvyatko T.M. Consumer behavior: education. manual. Kharkiv: KhNTUSG, 2020. 170 p.
Oklander M.A., Zharska I.O. Consumer behavior: education. manual K.: "Center for Educational Literature", 2015. 208 p.
Synopsis of lectures on the discipline "Consumer behavior" / incl. : O. P. Burlitska. – Ternopil: TNTU named after I. Pulyuya, 2019. 111 p.
Olkhovska A. B. Consumer behavior: methodical recommendations for practical classes. Kharkiv: NFaU, 2015. 54p.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, seminars, individual assignments, individual project, group assignments
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Oral report, survey, presentation, testing
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Viktoriia 
                    
                    Zhurylo 
                
                
                    Department of  Marketing and Business-Administration 
Faculty of Economics
            Faculty of Economics
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of  Marketing and Business-Administration
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Economics