FINAL EXAMINATION PROGRAMME: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA): GENERAL AND TOURISM- YEAR ONE MODULE: ECONOMICS DATE: 21 NOVEMBER 2011 DURATION: 3 Hours EXAMINER: Mr I Govender INTAKE: JANUARY 2011 TIME: 09h00 – 12h00 TOTAL MARKS: 100 MODERATOR: Dr D Mukuvisi INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE: 1. Questions must be attempted in the answer book provided. 2. All queries should be directed to the invigilator; do not communicate or attempt to communicate with any other candidate. 3. You have THREE
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ONE THE NATURE AND METHOD OF ECONOMICS CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter begins with a discussion of the meaning and importance of economics. In this first chapter‚ however‚ we will not plunge into problems and issues; instead we consider some important preliminaries. We first look at the economic perspective—how economists think about problems. Next‚ we state some of the benefits of studying economics. Then‚ we examine the specific methods economists use to examine economic behavior and the economy‚ distinguishing
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– Summary of main points • Voluntary transactions create wealth by moving assets from lowerto higher-valued uses. • Anything that impedes the movement of assets to higher-valued uses‚ like taxes‚ subsidies‚ or price controls‚ destroys wealth. • Economic analysis is useful to business for identifying assets in lower-valued uses. • The art of business consists of identifying assets in low-valued uses and devising ways to profitably move them to higher-valued ones. • A company can be thought of as
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considered ethics and economics are inseparable. His thoughts about political and socio-economic structure of society are indispensible to study. The ideas were later developed and detailed by John Rawls in Theory of Justice‚ which are retrospective of Gandhi’s thoughts. To understand where Gandhian Economics stand: “Gandhian economics” is a term coined by late J.C. Kumarappan‚ who was an Indian economist. He gives the examples on types of economy in his book ‘Gandhian Economic Thought’ which is reproduced
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economy. In service industries such as teaching‚ medical‚ banking‚ etc.‚ it is extremely difficult to measure the productivity of the labour. This industry comes along with plenty of data which can be used to define the productivity of labour. Economics can be applied to this professionalism. In this‚ money changes hands in the production‚ distribution and consumption of sport. It is the mechanism by which assets of a firm (sporting resources‚ i.e. the players) are bought and sold between the various
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19th Century Theories 1. Continental thought in the early 19th Century was shaped by a philosophy that rejected material things in favor of a search for inner truth. This philosophy was (a) Cartesian rationalism. (b) classical economics. (c) Marxian economics. (d) social rationalism. (e) dialectical materialism. 2. A school of thought influenced by Auguste Comte’s determinism‚ and which contended that Ricardians “confined the observations on which they based their reasoning to the small
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The economic downturn and competition from rival Costa Coffee deepened the UK losses of coffee chain Starbucks to £9.9m in the year to September 2009‚ compared with a pre-tax loss of £1.9m in the previous year. The tough trading climate in Western Europe was predicted last year by Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz‚ who said: "Unemployment‚ the sub-prime mortgage crisis‚ and I think consumer confidence‚ particularly in the UK‚ is very‚ very poor." (Guardian.co.uk‚ 2010) However‚ a spokesperson
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A deeper perspective on the “good teacher” myth Movies make up part of the dominant discourse reflecting and at the same time affecting society (Farhi‚ 1999). The mythical portrayal of the good teacher in Freedom Writers supports the idea that urban schools are in need of a “good teacher” (who is portrayed as being perfect) to save the unruly children in this locale from their limited and culturally inferior worlds. The students are expected to cultivate new academic skills and cultural values with
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Managerial Economics and Economics Managerial Economics has been described as economics applied to decision making. It may be viewed as a special branch of economics bridging the gulf between pure economic theory and managerial practice. Economics has two main divisions :- (i) Microeconomics and (ii) Macroeconomics. Microeconomics has been defined as that branch of economics where the unit of study is an individual or a firm. Macroeconomics‚ on the other hand‚ is aggregate in character and has
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headed for an economic collapse? By: John Shepherd America’s collapse Is America headed for an economic collapse? Research indicates the possibility of an economic collapse because of the exorbitant national debt‚ loss of jobs‚ and the falling stock market. History can tell a story that many people overlook. People tend to repeat their mistakes and if we take a look at what is in the past we can predict what the future may hold. In the 1930’s the United States faced an economic emergency that
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