MB-101 · Semester one
Managerial Economics
It gives you the vocabulary for every pricing and capacity argument you will have later. Most of the reasoning in strategy and finance rests on it.
- Code
- MB-101
- Semester
- 1 of 4
- Credits
- 4
- Assessment
- Written exam
4credits
4 of the 51 credits — 8% of the degreeSat in semester 1, alongside 5 other papers, in a semester worth 21 credits. At roughly 30 hours a credit that is about 120 hours of work.
What it covers
Demand and elasticityCost structuresMarket formsPricing decisionsMacro indicators
Studying it by distance
Reads well on your own. It is largely conceptual with worked problems, which suits self-study better than most subjects on the list.
How it is assessed
A written examination, usually with numerical problems. Some programmes add a case assignment.
Our view. One of the genuinely useful core subjects. If you skim anything, do not skim this.