Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2011
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MGMT 767 001 (CRN: 25579)
ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATIONS
Long Title: ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATIONS
Department: Management
Instructor: Kanatas, George
Meeting: 6:15PM - 9:30PM W (14-MAR-2011 - 21-APR-2011)
Part of Term: PMBA Term IX
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1.5
Course Syllabus:
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Program(s):
MBA for Professional Extended
MBA for Professional Weekend
MBA
MBA for Professionals
Section Max Enrollment: 65
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 18-MAY-2024 6:22AM
Description: The course provides an analysis grounded in economic principles of issues in organizational design. More specifically, the focus is on how incentive conflicts within a firm can lead to a reduction in shareholder value and how such conflicts can be addressed. We shall study a framework that develops a productive organizational architecture --- assignment of decision rights to the appropriate decision-makers, evaluation of their efforts, and rewards based on performance.
Students generally find the text material relatively easy to understand without extensive lecturing by the instructor --- this enables us to spend more class time on applications of the concepts, whether these come from cases, assigned articles, and homework questions.