Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture

✍ Scribed by James Brickley, Clifford Smith, Jerold Zimmerman

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 826
• Series: The McGraw-Hill Series in Economics
• Edition: 6th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture, 6e helps the student to gain an understanding of the basic tools of economics used to solve important business problems. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the firm and corporate governance topics. The Sixth Edition continues with a focus on decision-making and managerial applications within the structure of an organization.

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✦ Table of Contents

*** PART 1: Basic Concepts ***
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Economists' View of Behavior
Chapter 3: Markets, Organizations, and the Role of Knowledge
*** PART 2: Managerial Economics ***
Chapter 4: Demand
Chapter 5: Production and Cost
Chapter 6: Market Structure
Chapter 7: Pricing with Market Power
Chapter 8: Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing Value
Chapter 9: Economics of Strategy: Game Theory
Chapter 10: Incentive Conflicts and Contracts
*** PART 3: Designing Organizational Architecture ***
Chapter 11: Organizational Architecture
Chapter 12: Decision Rights: The Level of Empowerment
Chapter 13: Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks into Jobs and Subunits
Chapter 14: Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees
Chapter 15: Incentive Compensation
Chapter 16: Individual Performance Evaluation
Chapter 17: Divisional Performance Evaluation
Capstone Case Study on Organizational Architecture: Arthur Andersen LLP
*** PART 4: Applications of Organizational Architecture ***
Chapter 18: Corporate Governance
Chapter 19: Vertical Integration and Outsourcing
Chapter 20: Leadership: Motivating Change within Organizations
Chapter 21: Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation
Chapter 22: Ethics and Organizational Architecture
Chapter 23: Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation
Glossary
Index