INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE COURSE OUTLINE: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS PGDM 2013-15 INSTRUCTORS Dr. Rajeev Anantaram (ranantaram@imi.edu) Dr. Arnab Deb (arnab.deb@imi.edu) 1. COURSE DESCRIPTION In a scenario characterized by increasing uncertainty and competition‚ managers will be called upon to make increasingly complex decisions that will have a crucial bearing on the prospects of the firm they work for. Indeed‚ even Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are increasingly faced with the challenge
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Case Study Analysis 03 Analyzing Managerial Decisions – Medford University Kajli Agrawal University of the Potomac BUS502-Managerial Economics January 25‚ 2015 Professor Geraldine Cameron Abstract Medford University is up against a financial crises and the management have found the need to tackle the crises on high priority. The primary focus is to tackle the considerable cost of fringe benefits and retirement benefits offered by the university to its employees. A whooping $100 million
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Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Rich Manufacturing Johann Davisson MBA540: Managerial Economics September 9‚ 2012 Saint Leo University Prof. P. Wiseman Abstract Gina Picaretto‚ a production manager at Rich Manufacturing‚ has been tasked to evaluate a $3 increase in the price of parts supplied by Bhagat Incorporated. The price increase is a result of a new labor contract entered into by Bhagat with a union (Brickley‚ Smith‚ & Zimmerman 2009). The contract between Rich Manufacturing
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Henry Mintzberg (1990) argues that his managerial role approach contributes more to effective management as they define behaviours and traits that certain managers possess unlike the traditional four managerial functions of planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling (POLC). Mintzberg presents ten managerial roles in which he then separates into three categories‚ executing the Interpersonal roles that allow the formation of interpersonal relationships which in turn provide the manager with access
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major management strategies were required. There were however‚ large infrastructural projects going ahead from almost the dawn of time. The pharaohs of Ancient Egypt used managerial strategies to build the pyramids‚ the Romans also had their strategies for building their empire but in this essay I will talk about the modern managerial theory’s from the 19th century onwards. Classical Management Theory. Factory managers wanted mass produced products‚ with lower costs and efficient times‚ indicating
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possible to urive at a specification of what constitutes the job of a top manager? His qu^tion was not answered. Research Study on Managerial Work In late 1966‚1 began research on this question‚ seeking to replace Fayol’s words by a set that would more accurately d^eribe what manages do. In essence‚ I sou^t to develop by the process of induction a statement of managerial work that woidd have empirical validity. Uang a method caDed "structured observation"‚ I observed for oneweek periods the duef
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CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM 3-43 (35 MINUTES) 1. Predetermined overhead rate = budgeted overhead ÷ budgeted direct-labor cost = $2‚730‚000 ÷ $2‚100‚000 = 130% of direct labor cost 2. Additions (debits) total $7‚802‚500 [$2‚800‚000 + $2‚175‚000 + ($2‚175‚000 x 130%)]. 3. The finished-goods inventory consisted of job no. 3154‚ which cost $175‚750 [$78‚000 + $42‚500 + ($42‚500 x 130%)]. 4. Since there is no work in process at year-end‚ all amounts in the Work-in-Process account must
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Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss‚ Wes Chan‚ the vice president of marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation: “Wes‚ I’m not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the president yesterday:’ “What’s the problem?” “The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company’s products‚ but I am having trouble figuring them out:’ “I’m sure you can handle it‚ Cheryl. And‚ by the way‚ I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow
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Problem 1 Page 40 a- Cost of goods manufactured = Direct cost + Indirect cost = [Direct Cost of Material + Direct Cost of Labor] + [Indirect Cost of Material + Indirect Cost of Labor + Utilities Overhead] = Total Cost of Material + Total Cost of Labor + Utilities Overhead = 120‚000 + 90‚000 + 40‚000 = $ 250‚000 b- Total Cost of Operation = Cost of goods manufactured + Selling‚ General admin. and expenses. = 250‚000 + 60‚000 = $ 310‚000 c- Prime Cost =Direct Material
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PAPER ON EFFECTS OF MARKET STRUCTURE OF AN INDUSTRY ON THE CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE OF A FIRM This paper provides an overview of telecommunications industry in Kenya and discusses how structure of the industry can affect the conduct of a firm within an industry and also explores how market structure and conduct of the firm affect the firm’s performance. It also offers some ideas regarding the future of the telecommunications sector in Kenya. Introduction Kenya ’s earliest telecommunications connections
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