The article is devoted to the improvement of professional training of masters of vocational education by increasing the effectiveness of pedagogical management in higher education institutions. The relevance of the study is due to the need to train highly qualified specialists of the new generation, which is impossible without the organization of competent pedagogical management.The purpose of the article is to develop ways to solve the problems of pedagogical management, which complicate the professional training of masters of vocational education. To achieve this goal, the study solved a number of tasks: the role of pedagogical management in the professional training of masters of vocational education was determined, the foreign experience of pedagogical management in higher education institutions and the peculiarities of its organization in domestic educational institutions were analyzed, the problems of pedagogical management in the content of professional training of masters of vocational education were identified and ways to solve them were proposed.The study used general scientific methods of cognition. The current state of organization of pedagogical management in foreign and domestic higher education institutions is determined by the method of critical analysis. The problems of pedagogical management, which complicate the professional training of masters of vocational education, were identified in the process of synthesis of information. Ways to solve these problems are found by methods of induction and deduction.According to the results of the study, it was found that the success of professional training of masters of vocational education depends on competent pedagogical management, but its organization in higher education institutions of Ukraine is complicated by a number of problems: ineffective interaction with enterprises, which makes it impossible for masters to obtain practical skills, unpreparedness of masters for a large amount of research work, inconsistency of curricula with modern requirements, limited powers of middle managers, low level of management training.The solution to these problems requires the creation of career centers, establishing close cooperation with enterprises, changing the conditions for admission to the master's program, reorienting master's programs from passive forms of education to more practical, expanding the powers of middle managers, mandatory courses for the formation and improvement of managerial competencies of managers of higher education institutions, providing higher education institutions with autonomy in terms of managing their own funds.The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the results obtained in the process of developing a methodology for organizing pedagogical management in higher education institutions in the preparation of masters of vocational education.

The article considers the concept of fair and unfair competition from the point of view of different scientists. Concepts and types of measures that contradict trade and other fair business practices are revealed, namely: illegal use of the business reputation of the business entity, creation of obstacles in the competitive process and achievement of illegal competitive advantage and collection, disclosure and use of trade secrets. characteristics of these instructions. The essence of the influence of various factors on the conditions of development of competitive positions in the economy of Ukraine is revealed. The state policy on restriction of monopoly and development of competition as an integral part of internal economic and social policy of the state is considered. An analysis of the dynamics of the main structural competitive conditions in the economy of Ukraine. The number and structure of terminated violations of unfair competition are explained. The main goals and objectives of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, directions of antimonopoly policy are established. The directions of improvement of activity of bodies of the Antimonopoly committee concerning regulation of consequences of non-price competition in Ukraine are established. It should be noted that one of the methods of protection against unfair competition is to conduct antitrust activities, ie the activities of individual companies (legal entities and individuals) aimed at creating and maintaining a competitive environment, especially competitive relations. The mechanisms of protection against unfair competition provided by the current legislation of Ukraine are stated. The factors influencing the choice of methods to protect the company from unfair competition are identified. The main problems of introduction of the EU competition legislation into the legislation of Ukraine are analyzed. In particular, it is noted that in order to deepen relations with the EU, regulatory norms must be improved in accordance with European standards. In analyzing the rules of competition law, their complexity is highlighted and it is emphasized that the competition law of Ukraine contains rules, categories and institutions of several branches of law governing relations of different content using the rules of substantive and procedural law.