the knowledge of theoretical and applied provisions of the diagnosis of the competitive position of business on the market;
- the knowledge of the legal framework of regulation of the competition in Ukraine;
- the ability to identify all types of competitive advantages which are available to business and to determine those which will become the main in the future;
- the ability to evaluate the level of industry competition, to determine the scale of the competitive industry environment and to evaluate the balance in the market;
- the ability to justify the organizational and technical solutions to improve the product competitiveness, productivity etc.;
the ability to justify and to specificate management functions of the business competitiveness.

prerequisites:
Economics of enterprise
The economic analysis
Planning and controling at the enterprise
The cost management
The potential and the development of the enterprise

co-requisites:
The economical management of the enterprise
Economical tools of project management and programs of development of the enterprise
Project financing
Management potential of the enterprise
Training course: Management of resource providing of the enterprise

Modern theories of competition. State regulation of the competition. Diagnosis of the competitive business environment. Determination of the competitiveness potential of the business and its constituents. Formation of competitive advantages of business. Methods of providing of competitive advantages of business. The technology of providing of competitive advantages of business. Features of the management of products competitiveness. Management of the competitiveness of business. Social responsibility and the competitiveness of business. The development and implementation of programs of competitiveness improvement. Evaluation of the effectiveness of modern models of management of competitiveness.

Mrykhina O. B. The competitiveness of the enterprise: Abstract of lectures / O. B. Mrykhina. - Lviv, Lviv Polytechnic National University Publishing House, 2014. – 343 pg.
2. Dolzhanskiy I. Z. The competitiveness of the enterprise: Training. manual / I. Z. Dolzhanskiy, T. O. Zahorna. – K.: Center of educational literature, 2014. – 384 pg.
3. Dragan O. Management of competitiveness of enterprises: theoretical aspects. Monograph. – K.: DAKKKiM, 2015. – 160 pg.

evaluation of knowledges on practical lessons - 30% (including discussions and practical tasks, participation in case studies, business games, etc. - 10%, execution of computation work - 20%);
• the final control (exam) - 70% (written component - 50% oral component - 20%).