2015 Managerial Economics Syllabus

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1、ManagerialEconomicsCourseSyllabusBillCurtisFall20156CoursedescriptionThepurposeofthiscourseistoprovidestudentswithanunderstandingofthecontemporaryissuesfacingmanagersandmanagement.Managementisadynamicsubject.Itisimportanttounderstandhowtheroleofmanagersischangingandhowma

2、nagerscontributetothesuccessorfailureofcontemporarybusinessorganizations.CoursematerialsfocusonthelatestWestern&Chinesemanagementbestpractices.Studentswillneedtoexaminebothcarefullytodecidehowandwhentouse,modify,ignoreorblendWesternandChinesemanagementstyleelementsforsuc

3、cessfuluseininternationalandChinabasedorganizations.Teambehaviourisasignificantfocusofthecourse.Teamsareanimportantpartofcontemporaryworksituations.Asateammember,studentswillhavetheopportunitytopracticetheeffectiveuseofbothactionlearningandcasestudymethods.Toreflecttheim

4、portanceofteamwork,mostassessmentgradesforthiscoursearebasedsolelyonteamperformance.Thisisareadingandpreparationintensivecourse.Instructor-ledlecturesplayonlyaminorroleinthelearningprocess.Aboutonehalftheclasstimewillbespentinstudentledanalysisofmanagementissuesandonehal

5、fonlectures.Studentsareencouragedtosharetheirmanagementexperiencesandobserved/experiencedbehaviourintheworkplaceastheyrelatetothelectures,readingsandassignments.Togetthemaximumbenefitfromthiscourseeachstudentmustcompleteallreadingassignmentsbeforeeachclassmeetingandbepre

6、paredtocontributetotheclassdiscussion.AssessmentsconsistofamixofKnowledgeApplicationExercises(KAE),aformofactionlearning,casestudyanalyses,andacoursecapstoneteampresentation(see“Assessments”).CourseinstructorcontactinformationName:BillCurtisMA,MBA,MSProfessionalFellow,We

7、atherheadSchoolofManagement,CaseWesternReserveUniversityTelephone:186-1053-7994Email:popham10@yahoo.com6CourseplansummarybyweekWeekTopicPre-classReadingsIn-classActivitiesPost-classAssignments1Management&ManagementEnvironmentR1G1-3SkillAssessmentpg.424Wk2Readings2Corpora

8、teCultureR2HofstedeSkillAssessmentpg.428Case:ZhongwangWk3ReadingsCase:Emerson3IntegrativeManagementIssu