COURSE DESCRIPTION
The foundation of every business decision is rooted in the sound knowledge of economic principles to understand a product market, its demand and supply dynamics. This course will train students and future business managers in curating successful business strategies through basic principles of economic analysis and reasoning to solve the puzzle of how consumers use their ‘scarce’ resources.
To promote easy practical application of economics principles, the course will follow a non-technical pedagogy, amplified with examples to make it accessible for all students. Divided largely between microeconomics and macroeconomics, the course will cover key topics such as Demand and Supply, Opportunity cost, competitive markets, Game theory, market failure, Inflation, Trade and fiscal policy before moving on to business models. Students will be expected to work on individual projects to experiment with pricing strategies and differentiation techniques.
Learning Objectives:
- Build a strong understanding of basic economic principles
- Be able to use economic analysis for business decisions
- Determine strategies of differentiation to gain a competitive advantage
- Ability to adapt cost control and profit planning methods to increase business profits
- Understand the impact of local and global economic trends through main indicators
- Ability to statistical data for business processes
Prerequisites: minimum 650 TOEIC score
DESCRIPTION DU COURS
Le fondement de toute décision commerciale repose sur une connaissance solide des principes économiques permettant de comprendre le marché d’un produit, sa demande et la dynamique de son approvisionnement. Ce cours formera les étudiants et les futurs chefs d’entreprise à la mise en place de stratégies commerciales efficaces grâce aux principes de base de l’analyse et du raisonnement économiques, afin de résoudre l’énigme de l’utilisation par les consommateurs de leurs ressources “rares”.
Pour promouvoir une application pratique facile des principes économiques, le cours suivra une pédagogie non technique, amplifiée par des exemples pour le rendre accessible à tous les étudiants. Divisé en grande partie entre la microéconomie et la macroéconomie, le cours couvrira des sujets clés tels que la demande et l’approvisionnement, le coût d’opportunité, les marchés concurrentiels, la Game theory, la défaillance du marché, l’inflation, le commerce et la politique fiscale avant de passer aux modèles d’entreprise. Les étudiants devront travailler sur des projets individuels pour expérimenter des stratégies de prix et des techniques de différenciation.
Objectifs:
- Développer une bonne compréhension des principes économiques de base
- Être capable d’utiliser l’analyse économique pour les décisions commerciales
- Déterminer des stratégies de différenciation pour obtenir un avantage compétitif
- Être capable d’adapter les méthodes de contrôle des coûts et de planification des profits pour augmenter les bénéfices de l’entreprise
- Comprendre l’impact des tendances économiques locales et mondiales à travers les principaux indicateurs
- Être capable d’utiliser des données statistiques pour les processus commerciaux
Pré-requis: Score de 650 au TOEIC
Links to resources for presentations or summaries:
What is Economics? https://www.encyclopedia.com/finance/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/introduction-what-economics
Basic Economics concepts: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/11/five-economic-concepts-need-to-know.asp
Everyday Economics: https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5628/economics/applying-economics-in-everyday-life/
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_69.htm
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/160660/economics/explaining-supply-and-demand-2/
Consumer theory:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/consumer-theory.asp
Theory of the firm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN4CVHJ4x7k
MARKETS
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/09/what-factors-create-trends.asp
Types of markets and competition: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/5-different-types-market-systems-25818.html
Markets exercise: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/perfect-competition-topic
Game theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gametheory.asp
What is cost analysis?
https://businessjargons.com/cost-analysis.html
https://www.econlib.org/library/Topics/College/costbenefitanalysis.html
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
https://www.geektonight.com/what-is-business-economics/
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/business-economics.asp
https://www.economicsonline.co.uk/Business_economics/Introduction_to_business_economics.html
https://www.vedantu.com/commerce/introduction-to-business-economics
Role of Business Economists: https://accountlearning.com/role-responsibilities-business-economists/
Business Decision-making: https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/business/business-decision-making-problems-with-diagram/6091
Difference between Business administration and economics: https://www.whu.edu/en/programs/bachelor-program/difference-between-business-administration-and-economics
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/managerial_economics/managerial_economics_overview.htm
http://web.uvic.ca/~bettyj/205/intro_new.pdf
Scope of managerial economics: https://www.analyticssteps.com/blogs/scope-managerial-economics
Role of Managerial Economists: https://www.managementstudyguide.com/managerial-economist-role.htm
Managerial decision-making: https://www.economicsdiscussion.net/decision-making/managerial-decision-making-process-5-steps/6099
BOOKS
Begg, D., S. Fischer and R. Dornbusch; “Economics”. McGraw Hill
Lipsey, R. and A. Chrystal; “Economics”. 13th edition (2015); Oxford University Press
Sloman and E. Jones; “Essential Economics for Business”; 4th edition (2014); Pearson.
S.D. Levitt and S.J.Dubner; “Freakonomics”; (2006); Penguin Books.
Course Features
- Lecture 0
- Quiz 0
- Duration 21 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes