GSM 5000 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING 2 PROFESSOR DR. MAD NASIR SHAMSUDIN GROUP 5: AZLINA IDRIS MOHD KHAIRUL AINUDDIN MD ZIN ONG WEE HONG VOO LIDY GM04172 GM04218 GM04213 GM01460 1. Learning Issues 1.1 What is forecasting? Forecasting is the process of making statements about future happenings based on the previous data collected. Forecasting usually is an estimation of the future data‚ happenings‚ trends‚ values‚ etc for the specified date. A commonplace example is estimation of
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with business-related decisions. However‚ the making of such decisions in the real world is often unstructured. The term ‘rational decision making’ epitomises the confusion and widely varying interpretations surrounding this phenomenon. A process-oriented approach may‚ therefore‚ seem different from traditional ways of arriving at a choice. Nevertheless‚ the benefits of adopting such an approach are significant‚ and its use seems certain to improve managerial decision making in organisations. The
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Economic Analysis of Building and Construction Industry Productivity: 2012 Report This report was prepared for Master Builders Australia 27 February 2012 This report has been produced for Master Builders Australia Ltd (MBA) according to their terms of reference for the project. Independent Economics makes no representations to‚ and accepts no liability for‚ reliance on this report by any person or organisation other than the MBA. Any person‚ other than the MBA‚ who uses this report does
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OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Managerial Economics Assignment QUESTION 1 A certain production process employs two inputs labor (L) and raw materials (R). Output (Q) is a function of these two inputs and is given by the following relationship: Q = 6L2 R2 - 0.10L3 R3 Assume that raw materials (input R) are fixed at 10 units. (a) Determine the total product function (TPL) for input L. (2 marks) (b) Determine the marginal product function for input L. (2 marks) (c) Determine
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Chuck Jones aimed to have a new design decision process supported by data and surveys instead of a return or payoff on the investment approach. At first when he presented his idea‚ authorities requested poof and Mr. Jones was unable to show them proof. Then M. Jones started his process. 1. As a first step‚ he surveyed 15 "design-centric" companies‚ including BMW‚ Nike‚ and Nokia. To his surprise‚ few had a system for forecasting return on design 2. Mr. Jones needed to provide a new plan to focus
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Topic 5 Homework Questions – Solution 1. Resources that are used in operations for more than one year with no physical substance are called: a. current assets b. intangible assets c. non-current assets d. property‚ plant and equipment 2. Able Company purchased land and incurred the following costs: Purchase price $1 000 000 Excavation costs 100 000 Removing old building 25 000 Broker fees 20 000 Cost of a parking lot 50 000 What is the cost of the
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the industry produce similar products and consumers have complete and accurate information about their prices. All firms have equal access to raw materials‚ capital‚ labor and technology. A perfectly competitive industry‚ therefore‚ has no single market leader or monopolistic firm. All participating companies are identically leveraged and each must offer high quality products to retain customers. Examples of perfectly competitive industries include those that offer agricultural products‚ such as
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in strong terms‚ to make people think. However‚ I feel there is a need to redress the balance and point out the many mistakes and limitations of Economics which are stated below. Economics is difficult John Maynard Keynes said economics is very difficult and many people underestimate how difficult it is. In Maths 2+2 always equals 4‚ but in economics it usually depends on countless variables almost too difficult to take into account. To give one example‚ the link between the Money supply and inflation
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Week 2 Assignment Crystal G Tanner BUS640: Managerial Economics Brian Shaw April 23‚ 2012 CH 3. 2. Appalachian Coal Mining believes that it can increase labor productivity and‚ therefore‚ net revenue by reducing air pollution in its mines. It estimates that the marginal cost function for reducing pollution by installing additional capital equipment is MC = 40P where P represents a reduction of one unit of pollution in the mines. It also feels that for every unit of pollution reduction the
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Decision Making Strategies: Thompson’s Classification A Review of the Literature Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Description of the main existing theories-approaches and their possible interactions..4 Presentation and discussion............................................................................................5 Relation with Managerial Decision-making................................................
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