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The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics

The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics. http://mesahid.wordpress.com/. Task:. Read: Chapter 1, The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics. Page 1 - 33. Many students taking managerial economics ask: Why I should I study economics?

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The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics

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  1. The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics http://mesahid.wordpress.com/ Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  2. Task: Read: Chapter 1, The Fundamentals Of Managerial Economics. Page 1 - 33 Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  3. Many students taking managerial economics ask: Why I should I study economics? Will it tell me what the stock market will do tomorrow? Will it tell me where to invest my money or how to get rich. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  4. The Manager • A person who directs resources to achieve a stated goal. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  5. Economics • The science of making decisions in the presence of scare resources. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  6. Managerial Economics Defined • The study of how to direct scarce resources in the way that most efficiently achieves a managerial goal. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  7. The Economics Of Effective Management At least an effective manager must: 1. Identify goals and constraints. 2. Recognize the nature and importance of profits. 3. Understand incentives. 4. Understand markets. 5. Recognize the time value of money. 6. Use marginal analysis. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  8. Identify Goals And Constraints • Have well defined goals. • Face constraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  9. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits • The overall goal of most firm is to maximize profits or the firm’s value. • Economic profits (p): The difference between total revenue (TR) and total opportunity cost (TC). Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  10. p = TR – TC TR = P . Q TC = TFC + TVC p = profit TR = total revenue P = price of output Q = quantity sold of output TC = total cost TFC = total fixed cost TVC = total variable cost Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  11. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • Opportunity cost: The cost of the explicit and implicit resources that are forgone when a decision is made. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  12. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: 1. Entry. 2. Power of input suppliers. 3. Power of buyer. 4. Industry rivalry. 5. Substitutes and complements. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  13. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: Entry (1st):: - Entry costs. - Speed of adjustment. - Sunk costs. - Economies of scale. - Network effects. - Reputation. - Switching costs. - Government restraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  14. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: Power of input suppliers(2nd):: - Supplier concentration. - Price/productivity of alternative inputs. - Relationship specific investments. - Supplier switching costs. - Government restraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  15. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: Power of Buyers(3rd):: - Buyer concentration. - Price/value of substitute products or services. - Relationship specific investment. - Customer switching costs. - Government restraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  16. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: Substitutes and complements(4th):: - Price/value of surrogate products or services. - Price/value of complementary products or services. - Network effects. - Government restraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  17. Recognize The Nature And Importance Of Profits (continued) • The five forces framework and industry profitability: Industry rivalry(5th):: - Concentration. - Price, quantity, quality, or service competition. - Degree of differentiation. - Switching costs. - Timing of decisions. - Information. - Government restraints. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  18. Understand Incentives • Incentives affect how resources are used and how hard workers work. • No reward for working hard? and incurs no penalty if he fails to make sound managerial decisions? Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  19. Understand Markets: 1. Consumer-Producer Rivalry. - Consumers attempt to negotiate or locate low prices. - Producers attempt to negotiate high prices. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  20. Understand Markets (continued): 2. Consumer-Consumer Rivalry. - When limited quantities of goods are available, consumers will compete with one another for the right to purchase the available goods. - An example: auction. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  21. Understand Markets (continued): 3. Producer-Producer Rivalry. - Given that consumers are scarce, producers compete with one another for the right to service the customers available. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  22. Understand Markets (continued): 4. Government And The Market. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  23. Use Marginal Analysis • Marginal analysis: States that optimal managerial decisions involve comparing the marginal benefits of a decision with the marginal costs. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  24. Marginal Revenue (MR): • The change in Total Revenue (TR) arising from a change in the managerial control variable Output (Q). MR = D TR / D Q MR = marginal revenue TR = total revenue = P. Q P = price Q = output D = change Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  25. Marginal Cost (MC): • The change in Total Cost (TC) arising from a change in the managerial control Output (Q). MC = D TC / D Q MC = marginal cost TC = total cost Q = output Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  26. Maximum Profit: MC = MB Figure 1-2 Page 23. Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

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  28. Case: An engineering firm recently conducted a study to determine its revenue and cost structure. The results of the study are as follows: TR(Q) = 300 Q – 6 Q2 TR = Total Revenue Q = Output TC(Q) = 4 Q2 TC = Total Cost Q = Output Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  29. Case (continued): MR (Marginal Revenue) =? MC (Marginal Cost) =? Optimal Y? (when MR?……MC?). Profit? Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  30. Case (continued): MR (Marginal Revenue) =? MC (Marginal Cost) =? Optimal Y? (when MR?……MC?). Profit? MR = 300 – 12Q MC = 8Q MR = MC 300 -12Q = 8Q Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  31. Case (continued): 300 -12Q = 8Q -12Q-8Q = -300 -20Q = -300 20Q = 300 Q = 300/20 = 15 Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  32. Case (continued): Profit = TR – TC TR = 300Q – 6Q2 TR = (300.15) – (6.152) TR = TC = 4Q2 TC = 4(15)2 TC = Profit = 2250 Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  33. http://managerialandeconomics.wordpress.com/ Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

  34. Homework: Submit Wednesday June 11, 2008 Suppose that Total Revenue and Total Cost from an activity are, respectively given by the following equations: TR = 150 + 28Q – 5Q2 TC = 100 + 0.8Q a. What level of Q maximizes profit? b. What level of profit maximize? Ir. Muhril A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

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