Session 1 - SYnc
Session 1 - SYnc
Decision Making
?
What is
Business ?
Decision
Making
Why business decision making ?
Looking back…
22 business families
Small business
The family runned business
LPG
Looking Diversification
back… MNCs
Inter-firm
Inter-industry
International rivalry
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF MARKET FUNDAMENTALS
MARKET CONDITIONS COMPETITION AND THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
Product market
Financial market
Markets
Circular system
How we make decision?
How it is done?
Managerial Economics
or
Business Economics
What is?
ECONOMY ECONOMICS
Economics is a social science. Its
basic function is to study
how people, individuals,
The economic agents can be
• Individuals,
• Businesses,
• Organizations,
Governments
• Managerial economics can be
broadly defined as the study of
economic theories, logic, and tools
of economic analysis that are used
in the process of business decision
making.
Managerial
• Economic theories and techniques
Economics of economic analysis are applied to
analyse business problems,
evaluate business options and
opportunities with a view to
arriving at an appropriate business
decision.
Application of economics in managerial
Decision making
Managerial decision areas
?
Managerial economics
Application of economic concepts,
theories and analytical tools to find
optimum solutions to business problems
Case 1
# Production
# Sales
Production
Decisions
• Techniques available
• Cost of production
• Supply position of inputs
required to produce the
planned commodity
• Price structure of commodity
• Cost structure of the
commodity
• Availability of foreign exchange
if commodity to be imported
Sales
Decisions
• Market size
• Market trends
• Demand prospects for the
product
• Trends of the industry
• Price of the competitors'
products
• Supply position of the
complementary products
Understanding
our Economy
•The three-sector theory is an economic theory which divides
economies into three sectors of activity-Colin Clark and Jean
Fourastié.
Agriculture and allied
activities
Fishery
Primary
Forestry
Public Administration
Others services.
Role of
• Share in National income
primary • Providing employment to largest
section of population
sector in • Providing Food to Millions
• Providing raw materials to industries
the (eg., food processing, paper etc.,)
economy
First phase: Primary sector: 70%
Traditional Secondary sector:
civilizations 20%
Workforce quotas: Tertiary sector: 10%
categorized into small scale
industry and large industry
1. labour-intensive
ROLE AND technology
2. Technology –intensive
IMPORTANCE (TATA)
• Share in national income
OF • Employment generation
• Creation of Infrastructure
SECONDARY • Provision of consumer
goods
SECTOR
Second phase:
Transitional period
Workforce quotas: