| A | B |
| Distribution | delivering products to buyers |
| Distribution | making decisions about how and where products will be moved, stored, or located |
| Distribution | handling freight |
| Distribution | storing freight |
| Distribution | driving a truck |
| Financing | getting the money needed to finance the operation of a business |
| Financing | financial planning |
| Financing | completing loan applications |
| Financing | preparing a stock offering |
| Marketing Information Management | getting information needed for making sound business decisions |
| Marketing Information Management | designing survey questionnaires |
| Marketing Information Management | approaching people to complete questionnaires |
| Marketing Information Managment | tabulating survey results |
| Marketing Information Management | interpreting survey results |
| Pricing | deciding how much to charge for goods and services |
| Pricing | researching prices charged for similar competing products |
| Pricing | studying price-profit ratios |
| Product/Service Management | obtaining, developing, maintaining, and improving a product or a product mix in response to market opportunities |
| Product/Service Management | redesigning old products |
| Product/Service Managment | studying trial sales of various product mixes |
| Promotion | communicating with potential customers to inform, persuade, or remind them about a business's products |
| Promotion | preparing advertising for radio, TV, newspapers, or magazines |
| Promotion | writing news releases about products |
| Promotion | promoting a company through public relations work |
| Selling | providing customers with goods and services they want to buy |
| Selling | assisting customers in their selection of products |
| Selling | selling products via the internet |
| Selling | selling directly to retail or wholesale customers |