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MBEV1001 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS (3-0-0)

Course Objectives:
1. To lay an adequate theoretical foundation to study various applied fields in
economics and management.
2. To demonstrate the application of economic theory to business decisions.
3. To develop a student’s ability to think analytically about the economic forces at work in
society.
4. To develop a framework which the students may use to analyze the overall behavior
of a modern mixed economy.

Module – I: Relevance of economics for business decisions,Scope of Managerial Economics,


Role of Managerial Economist and Business decision making. Demand Analysis – individual
demand and market demand, Determinants of demand, Elasticity of demand and its measures in
business decision making, Demand Estimation and demand Forecasting, Supply Analysis.

Module – II: Production functions: Short Run Production Function – Variable Proportions, Long
Run Production Function - Returns to Scale; cost minimization and output maximization, various
cost concepts, cost functions, Economies of scale and economies of scope (simple numerical
problems to be solved).

Module-III: Market morphology, price and output determination under different market
conditions: Perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, Descriptive
pricing approaches: Full cost pricing, product pricing; Price skimming, penetration pricing. Input
pricing; Concepts of consumption, saving, and investment, Phases of business cycle, Inflation,
Fiscal and Monetary policies, National Income.

Course Outcomes:

CO-1: Adopt the managerial economics concepts for business decision making. Also know the law
of demand, its exceptions and the use of different forecasting methods for predicting demand
for various products and services.
CO-2: Analyse the different costs of production and how they affect short and long run decision.
Derive the equilibrium conditions for cost minimization and profit maximization. Analyse
economies of scale, diseconomies of scale and economies of scope.
CO-3: Learn about the short run and long run equilibrium of a firm and industry and also about
different market structure and various pricing techniques.
CO-4: Analyse different phases of business cycle, Analyse the impact of cyclical fluctuation on the
growth of business and lay policies to control business cycle.

Reference Books:

1. Managerial Economics, Geetika, Ghosh, Raychoudhury,TMH


2. Managerial Economics, Salvatre, Srivastava,Oxford
3. Managerial Economics, Keat, Young, Banerjee,Pearson,
4. Managerial Economics, H L Ahuja, S.Chand
5. Managerial Economics Theory and Applications, DM MithaniHPH
6. Managerial Economics, PL Mehta Sultanchand&Co.
7. Managerial Economics, DN. Dwivedi,Vikash

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