MGT 506 Economics for Managers

This course introduces managers to the essence of business economics – the theories, concepts and ideas that form the economist’s tool kit encompassing both the microeconomic and macroeconomic environments. Microeconomic topics include demand and supply, elasticity, consumer choice, production, cost, profit maximization, market structure, and game theory while the Macroeconomic topics will be GDP, inflation, unemployment, aggregate demand, aggregate supply, fiscal and monetary policies. In addition the basic concepts in international trade and finance will be discussed.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

EMT 506

Prerequisite

Graduate Student or At Least Junior

Distribution

School of Business

Typically Offered Periods

Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Session 1