Management of Participation in Competition as a Direction of Scientific Research

The article analyzes the features of management of participation in competition as an integral part of business management in a competitive environment, as well as the list of its objects. The areas of management of participation in competition are considered: management of resource support for participation in competition, management of achieving and maintaining acceptable results of participation in competition, management of business processes of participation in competition. A detailed description of the phenomena of competition activity and competition actions is given. The importance of managing the competitiveness of rival parties, managing the competitive stability of the latter, and managing their competitive positioning in the competitive environment of the modern economy is revealed. The rationale for the level approach to structuring the management of participation in competition is given; on its basis, the strategic, operational and situational levels of competition activity of the rival parties are identified. An instrumental management system for participation in competition is considered, which includes planning and control of the acceptance for execution and application of strategies for participation in competition, modeling tactics for participation in competition, forecasting tactical periods of participation in competition, development of operational scenarios and technical regulations for the use of tactical competition operations, planning, organizational and motivational regulation of actions to participate in competition, the use of working schemes of competition actions according to the situation, creation and implementation of home preparations for competition actions, justification of corridors of situational creativity, operational control of participation in competition.