Economics for Managers

• • Introduction to Economics
  • Part 1: Demand, Supply and Elasticity
  • Part 2: Consuming and Producing
  • Part 1: The Competitive Firm
  • Part 2: Market Structures
  • Externalities, public goods and the public sector
  • Macroeconomic issues and economic growth
  • Business cycles and Aggregate Demand
  • International Trade
  • International Finance
  • Macroeconomic policy (1)
  • Macroeconomic policy (2)
  • Macroeconomic policy and revision

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-MBA-MAS-2020

Elective

• CUR-BUS-GCE-2020
• OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2020

Special requirements

No special requirements

Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to apply economic theory in the analysis and critique of business decisions and government policy, discuss sources of business cycle fluctuations and critique various stabilisation alternatives and access and interpret current economic statistics and debate key economic and political aspects of globalisation.

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• Case Study (45%)
• Test (25%)
• Analysis Task — Contemporary Analysis (30%)

Current study term (30 Aug 20 to 29 Nov 20)