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    INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

    PROF. V. R . KISHORE KUMAR, M.A(Q.E.)(MPhil.)

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    INDEX Introduction Definition

    of Economics and Managerial Economics Scope of Managerial Economics Basic Economic Problems The Firm Role of a Managerial Economist Decision making areas Stepsin decision making References

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    INTRODUCTIONEmergence of managerial economics as a separate curse of management studies canbe attributed to at least three factors b) Growing complexity of business decision making process due to changing market conditions and business environment c)The increasing use of economic logic, conceptual theories and tools of economicanalysis in the process of business decision making process d) Rapid increase indemand for professionally trained managerial manpower

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    DFINITIONS OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICSECONOMICS: Economics is a social science . Its basic function is to study how people individual house holds, firms and nations maximizing their gains from theirlimited resources and opportunities.

    In economic terminology it is called as maximizing behaviour or more approximately

    optimizing behaviour . Optimization means selecting best out of available resources with the objective of maximizing gains from given resources.

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    Economics

    is thus a social science, which studies

    human behaviour in relation to optimizing allocation of available resources to achieve the given goals. Eg : individual household behaviour, firm, industry andnation Economics is also a study of choice-making behaviour of the people.

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    The origin of the subject could be traced from the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle who confined the study of economics to household management and acquiring, guarding and making proper use of wealth. The term economics is derived from two Greek words OIKOS(a house) and NEMEIN(to manage). Prof. Samuleson remarks economics as the oldest of arts and newest of science, indeed the queen of the social science.

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    Definitions of Economics:Wealth Definition- Adam Smith, J.B.Say, J.S.Mill etc.(Classical definition) Welfare Definition- Marshall, A.C.Pigue etc.(Neoclassical definition) Scarcity definition- Robbins Growth Definition- Paul A Samuelson Moderndefinition

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    Managerial EconomicsManagerial economics can be broadly defined as the study of economic theories, logic and tools of economic analysis that are used in the process of decision making. Economic theories and techniques of economic analysis are applied to analyze business problems, evaluate business options and opportunities with a view toarriving at an appropriate business decision.

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    Douglas : Managerial economics is concerned with the application of economic principles and methodologies to the decision making process within the firm or organization. It seeks to establish rules and principles to facilitate the attainment of the desired economic goals of the management.

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    Mansfield : He defines that managerial economics is concerned with the application of economic concepts and economic tools to the problems of formulating rational decision making. Spencer and Seigleman : It is the integration of economic theory with business practice for the purpose of facilitating decision making andforward planning by management

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    Economic Theory and Managerial TheoryEconomic Theory 1. 2. It deals with the body principles 1. Managerial Theory Itdeals with the application of certain principles to solve the problem of a firmIt has only micro characteristics It deals with the study of only profit theories In managerial theory assumptions disappear due to practical situations It studies both economic and noneconomic concepts.

    It has the characteristics of both micro and macro economics 2. It deals with astudy of individual 3. firm and individual consumer It based on certain assumptions 4. It studies economic aspects of the problem 5.

    3.

    4. 5.

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    Scope of Managerial Economics

    Economics has two major branches 1. Micro Economics 2. Macro Economics The termMicro means small and Macro means big.Both are applied to business directly or indirectly. managerial economics comprises both micro and macro economic theories. The parts of micro and macro economics that constitute managerial economics depend on the purpose of analysis.

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    The scope of M.E. comprises all the economic concepts, theories and tools of analysis which can be used for analyse the issues related to demand , production and cost, market structure etc., In other words managerial economics is economicsapplied to analysis of business problems and decision making . Broadly it is applied economics

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    Micro-economics applied to internal issues : Operational issues are of internalnature. Internal issues include all those problems which arise within the business organization and fall within purview and control of the management . Some ofthe basic internal issues are : What to produce How much to produce Choice of technology i.e. choosing of the factor combination Choice of price i.e. how to price the commodity How to promote sales How to face the price competition

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    How to decide on new investments How to manage capital and profit How to manage inventory i.e. stock of both finished goods and raw material Most of the micro economic problems deals with most of these questions. The Law Demand The Theory of Production Analysis of Market Structure and Pricing Theory

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    Profit analysis and management It guide firms in the measurement and management of profit , in making new allowances for the risk premium, in calculating the pure return on capital and pure profit and also for future planning. Theory of Capital and Investment Decisions Knowledge of capital theory can contribute a great deal in investment-decision making, choice of projects, maintaining the capital,capital budjeting etc.

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    Macro-economics deals with external issues : The type of economic system in the country General trends in N.I., employment, prices, savings and investments Structural change in the working financial institutions viz., banks, insurance companies etc Magnitude of and trends in foreign trade Trends in labour supply and strength of capital market Governments economic policies i.e., industrial, monetary, fiscal, price and foreign etc.

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    Social factors viz., value system of the society, property rights, customs and habits etc., Political environment i.e., democratic, authoritarian, socialist political systems, or state attitude towards private business man etc. These Environmental factors have a far-reaching bearing upon the functioning and performance of the firms. Therefore, decision makers have to take in to account the present and future economic, political and social

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    Conditions in the country and give due consideration to the environmental factors in the process of decision making. Eg: SEZ in the Nandigram, Tatas small car inSingur district in West Bengal

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    BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WHAT TO

    PRODUCE ? PRODUCE ?

    WHERE TO HOW TO

    PRODUCE ? PRODUCE ?

    WHOOM TO

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    THE FIRM

    Meaning : The basic unit for obtaining production which performs crucial role oflinking product, factor and money markets. It is an administrative organization, utilising a pool of resources. A business organization under a single management with one or more establishments.

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    FIRMS,INPUTS AND OUTPUTS

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    Role of a managerial economist in the firmDemand estimation and forecasting Preparation of business /sales forecasts Analysis of market survey to determine the nature and extent of competition Analyzingthe issues and problems of concerned industry

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    Assisting the business planning process of the firm Discovering new possible fields of business endeavor and its cost-benefit analysis Advising on prices, investment and capital budgeting policies Evaluation of capital budgeting etc.

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    DECISION MAKING AREASBusiness decision making is influenced not only by economic considerations, butalso by human behavioral, technological and environmental factors due to growingpublic awareness. Decision making and processing information are two important tasks of managers In order to make good decisions managers must be able to obtain,process and use information.

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    DEMAND FORECASTING

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    PRODUCTION PLANNING AND COST REVENUE DECISIONS Production Function : The production function is a technological relationship between output and various inputs used in production viz., land, labour, capital and technology. The output dependson the increasing function of all the factor inputs Q=f(S,L,K,T)

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    The following types of cost are useful in the decision areas Average, Marginal and Total Costs Fixed and Variable Cost Direct and Indirect Cost Replacement andOriginal Cost Opportunity and Industrial Cost Sunk Cost and Outlay Cost

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    STUDY OF ECONOMIC ENVIORNMENTEconomic environment is the most significant component of the business environment. It affects the survival and success of a business organization.

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    PRICING AND RELATED DECISIONSThe Price-output decisions are taken under various market structures. The structure of the market refers to the degree of competition in the market for the firms goods and services.

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    INVESTMENT DECISION Business firms invest large money in their projects. Therefore, capital expenditure for different project proposals compete within themselves for their claim on scarce resources. Generally , in business sector itself, individual firms compete against access to financial resources and scares .

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    The investment decisions are important as vNot easily reversible vGenerally involves large sums of money vHighly futuristic and future is full of uncertainty vLong gestation periods Thus, careful financial appraisal of each project involveslarger investments. Due to above reasons, capital decisions fall in the category of investment and known as capital budgeting decisions made by highest level ofmanagement.

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    STEPS IN DECISION MAKINGManagerial economics is concerned with decision making at the level of firm. These decisions have far reaching effects on the firm. Delay in taking decisions orimplementing decisions might turn in to losses. Various steps in the decision making by a business firm are as fallows :

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    REFERENCES 3. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS -D.N.DWIVEDI 2. BUSINESS ECONOMICS -D.D. CHATURVEDI S.L. GUPTA SUMITRA PAUL 11. MICRO ECONOMICS -JHON KENNADY 14.MANGERIAL ECONOMICS MITHANI

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    THANK YOU

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