units

ECF5410

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Economics
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2014 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)Dr Wenli Cheng

Synopsis

This unit applies microeconomic principles to study how businesses make decisions to achieve their goals. In particular, it analyses how businesses position themselves in the market and how they form their output and price decisions on the basis of their understanding of demand and supply conditions, market competition and business risks. Finally this unit looks at particular aspects of market failure and the role of government in relation to market failure.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. appreciate that microeconomic theory can be usefully applied in many facets of modern business decision making
  2. understand the economic logic behind basic decision rules about output and prices
  3. critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of the neoclassical microeconomic theory
  4. think independently and communicate effectively.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Wenli Cheng

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prohibitions

ECF4100 and ECX5410