MEFA Unit-1
MEFA Unit-1
Branch: CSE
Definition:
The art of getting things
done through and with the
people in a formally
organized groups
–Harold Koontz
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
The economy is like a country’s financial system that deals
with producing, distributing, and consuming goods and
services. Economics is the study of how this financial system
works and the rules that guide it. It helps us understand how
countries manage their money and make things better for
people
It is of two types:
Micro Economics: Studies the behavior of Individual or a firm.
Macro Economics: Studies the aggregate economic conditions
in a country.
Managerial economics
Definition:
• According to M. H. Spencer and Louis Siegelman,
“Managerial Economics is the integration of
economic theory with business practice for the
purpose of facilitating decision making and forward
planning by management”.
Key Concepts:
Dealing only micro aspects
It is only a normative science
( deals with what ought to be)
Deals with practical aspects.
Study the problem of a firm.
It has narrow scope.
SESSION-3
Nature of Managerial Economics
SESSION-4
Scope of Managerial Economics
SESSION-5
Managerial Economics relationship with
other subjects
Managerial economics is closely
linked with many other disciplines
such as
Manager
ial
Economi
cs
SESSION-6
DEMAND
Definition:
The willingness and ability to buy
constitutes demand for a particular
product or services.
Key Concepts:
Autonomous demand vs
derived demand-
• Autonomous demand refers to
the demand for products and
services directly.
• In case of a derived demand,
the demand for a product
arises out of the purchase of a
parent product.
DEMAND DISTINCTIONS Cont..
Durable vs perishable goods
• Durable goods are those goods
which give services relatively for a
long period
• The life time of perishable goods is
very less, may be in hours or days.
Price of the
State of business
Commodity
Income of the
Population
Consumer
Factors of
Government Demand Prices of related
Policy goods
Expectations regarding
the future
Ignorance
Speculative effect
Fear of shortage
Necessaries
Key concepts:
There are four important kinds of
elasticity of demand.
• Price elasticity of demand
• Income elasticity of demand
• Cross elasticity of demand
• Advertising and promotional
elasticity of demand
SESSION-10
MEASUREMENTS OF ELASTICITY OF
DEMAND
Types of Price Elastic of demand are generally classified into
five categories.
• Perfect Elastic demand
• Perfect inelastic demand
• Relative/Comparative Elasticity of demand
• Relative/ Comparative Inelasticity of demand
• Unit elasticity demand
Perfect Elastic demand (Ep=∞):
Flipped Classroom: Students learn content at home through materials like videos or readings,
and class time is used for discussion, activities, and application.
Topics:
• Draw some examples for law of demand exceptions
•Draw some examples for distinctions of demand