01 Syllabus
01 Syllabus
Marks
Inst. Hours
Category
Credits
External
Total
Subject Code Subject Name L T P O
CIA
434C1E Managerial Economics Core 4 - - - 4 60 25 75 100
Course Objectives
To familiarize the students about managerial economics and to know the
C1
fundamental concepts affecting business decisions.
To understand the concept of utility and demand analysis and demand
C2
forecasting
C3 To know about production function and market structure
To have an idea and understanding about Macroeconomics like National
C4
Income, savings and investment, Indian economic policy and Planning.
To Provide insights on Money Market, Inflation and Deflation, Monetary and
C5
Fiscal policies, FDI and cashless economy.
SYLLABUS
No. of Course
UNIT Details
Hours Objectives
Introduction: Definition of Managerial Economics.
Decision Making and the Fundamental Concepts
Affecting Business Decisions – the Incremental
I 12 C1
Concept, Marginalism, Equi-marginal Concept, the
Time Perspective, Discounting Principle, Opportunity
Cost Principle- Micro and Macro Economics.
Utility Analysis and the Demand Curve: Elasticity of
Demand - Demand Analysis: Basic Concepts, and tools
of analysis for demand forecasting. Use of Business
II 12 C2
Indicators: Demand forecasting for consumer,
Consumer Durable and Capital Goods. Input-Output
Analysis – Consumer Behavior-Consumer Equilibrium
The Production Function: Production with One Variable
Input – Law of Variable Proportions – Production
with Two Variable Inputs – Production Isoquants –
Isocost Lines Estimating Production Functions- Returns
III to Scale– Economies Vs Diseconomies of Scale – Cost 12 C3
Concepts – Analysis of cost – Short and long run costs.
Market Structure: Perfect and Imperfect Competition –
Monopoly, Duopoly, Monopolistic Competition –
Pricing Methods.
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) DEGREE PROGRAMME
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2023-2024
References Books
1. Damodaran, S., Managerial Economics, 2nd Edition, Oxford University
1.
Press, 2011.
2. Dwivedi, D.N., Managerial Economics, Vikas Publishing House, 2011.
R. L. Varshney , K.L. Maheshwari., Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand &
3.
Sons, 2014.
William F. Samuelson, Stephen G. Marks, Jay L., Zagorsky., Managerial
4.
Economics, Wiley Publishers, 9th Edition (2021)
H. L. Ahuja., Managerial Economics., Atlantic Publishers and distributors(P)
5.
Ltd., 2017.
Dominick Salvatore, Managerial Economics: Principles and worldwide
6.
applications, 9E Adaptation, Oxford university press, 9th Edition, 2020.
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CO 2 3 2 2
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CO 4 2
CO 5 2
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