MG207
Economics for Management
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Kristof Madarasz NAB 5.30 and Prof Saul Estrin NAB 4.32
Availability
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Management. This course is available on the BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics and BSc in Management Sciences. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
Pre-requisites
EC102 Economics (B) or equivalent is a pre-requisite. This course cannot be combined with Microeconomic Principles I (EC201) or Microeconomic Principles II (EC202).
Course content
The objective of the course is to provide students with insights from economic theory which are relevant to applications in managerial decision making. The emphasis is on applying microeconomics ideas to solve problems . Topics covered include consumer theory, production, applications to the labour market, market structure, monopoly, oligopoly, product differentiation, pricing, game theory, decision analysis, bargaining, auctions, and asymmetric information.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 8 hours of classes in the MT. 10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Students are expected to prepare answers to set problems on a weekly basis. Some of this work will be assessed. Assiduous preparation for the weekly tutorials is essential to achieve a good exam performance.
Indicative reading
No textbook covers the whole course but Saul Estrin, Daid Laidler and Michael Dietrich, Microeconomics (6th editon) or Hal R Varian, Intermediate Microeconomics (latest edition) are both good reference books for the course. In addition students are advised to refer to T C Bergstrom & H R Varian, Workouts in Intermediate Microeconomics (1990), P Milgrom & J Roberts, Economics, Organisation and Management (1992) and J Tirole, The Theory of Industrial Organisation (1990).
Assessment
Exam (100%, duration: 3 hours) in the main exam period.
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2014/15: 127
Average class size 2014/15: 14
Capped 2014/15: No
Lecture capture used 2014/15: Yes (LT)
Value: One Unit
PDAM skills
- Problem solving
- Application of numeracy skills