Marketing's role in the global economy -- Marketing's role within the firm of nonprofit organization -- Focusing marketing strategy with segmentation and positioning -- Evaluating opportunities in the changing marketing environment -- Final consumers and their buying behavior -- Business and organizational customers and their buying behavior -- Improving decisions with marketing information -- Elements of product planning for goods and services -- Product management and new-product development -- Place and development of channel systems -- Distribution customer service and logistics -- Retailers, wholesalers, and their strategy planning -- Promotion-introduction to integrated marketing communications -- Personal selling -- Advertising and sales promotion -- Pricing objectives and policies -- Price setting in the business world -- Developing innovative marketing plans: appraisal and challenges

1. Marketing