MB420 – Managerial Economics

Master in Business Administration

Core Course

MB420 – Managerial Economics

Course Unit Code: MB420

Type Of Unit: Core

Level of Course Unit: Second cycle

Year of Study: First/second year

Semester: On demand

Number of ECTS Credits: 6

Class Contact Hours: 28

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites

None

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The objective of this course is to provide the skills, knowledge and tools to train the students in the economic way of thinking and to apply economic theory to business domestically and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply economic principles and tools to business and public policy problems.
  • Estimate and forecast demand for existing and new products and services.
  • Predict the effect of changes in prices, incomes technology and competition on demand and supply of a product and service.
  • Assess the effects of changes in government policies, that is fiscal and monetary policies and their effects on the domestic and global environment.
  • Analyze the market structure of industries.

Course Features

Planned learning activities and teaching methods.
Lectures; in – class discussion and debates; in – class exercises; experimental exercises; team work; video case studies; presentations; peer evaluations.

Assessment methods and criteria
15% Class Participation (including class exercises)
15% Online quizzes (one per session)
20% Demand & Supply Individual Analysis
50% Final exam

Language of Instruction
English

Work placement(s)
Not applicable

Readings

Text books:

Mankiw, N. Taylor, M. P. & Ashwin A. (2013) Business Economics, Cengage Learning

 

Further reading:

Paul, G. K., Philip, K. & Young, Y. (2006). Managerial economics: economic tools for today’s decision makers (5 th ed.). Pearson Prentice Hal