ECON 352x – 26363 – Macroeconomics for Business Syllabus – Spring 2013 – MW – 6:00-7:50 pm Professor: F. Ibrahimi Nazarian Office: Bridge Hall 204C Office Phone: (213) 740-3934 Office Hours: Monday &Wednesday 3:00-4:00 pm‚ or by appointment E-mail: ibrahimi@marshall.usc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION Making sound business decisions requires knowing the economic environment in which firms operate. It requires an understanding of key economic indicators‚ the relationship among economic
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Macro social structure focuses on the bigger picture: are there any patterns of certain things occurring in a certain population or place? Weber describes macro social structural trends as being “often represented analytically as a set of lifeless statistics about different populations.”; she sees it as data and information. Looking
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What are Micro Nutrients? Each flowering plant requires minor elements or micronutrients besides the chemical or organic fertilizers. These micronutrients help the plant in many ways‚ such as give more numbers of flowers‚ larger flower size and good luster of the petals. The above diagram shows symptoms associated with deficiency (shortage) of each micronutrient in the plant. If your plant has any micronutrient deficiencies‚ it will warn you by showing these symptoms on the leaves
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Introduction Micro environment is the specific or the task environment of a business which affects its working or operations directly on a regular basis. While the changes or transformation in the macro environment will affect the business in the long run‚ the effects of changes or transformation in the microenvironment will be noticed immediately as it is near to the internal part of the business itself. Let us take a roughly look at the macro environment just to get the rough
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CHAPTER 1 MACROECONOMIC SITUATION After an impressive growth performance for almost six years‚ the world economy has entered a period of uncertainty due to a financial turmoil triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States of America (USA). During 2002 to 2007‚ the world economic growth averaged 4.5 percent per annum compared to 3 percent in the 1990s. The sudden gloom in world economic prospects has come as a surprise in view of the persistent economic growth and stability
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SAU LECTURE NOTE ON ECO 213 INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS I COURSE OUTLINE 1. Nature and scope of macroeconomics • Macroeconomics defined • Why study macroeconomic • Macroeconomic theories • Relationship and interdependency of microeconomics and macroeconomics • Drawbacks of macroeconomics 2. National income accounting • Definitions • Concepts associated with national income •
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RUNNING HEAD: MICRO-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Micro-Organizational Behavior Robert Alford Grantham University MICRO-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Abstract During the course of this class my focus will be on the use of micro-organizational behavior and to focus on and discuss the finer points of behavior within a large organization such as that of the military or that of Wal-Mart Corporation. Furthermore I will talk about the process of decision-making and cooperation
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Micro-environmental factors such as customers are essential in determining the success of marketing especially when the needs of the clients are satisfied. Similarly‚ the contribution of employees to the company is fundamental in production of high quality products which are highly marketable (Apple‚ Inc. 2008). The media is an equally crucial factor of the micro-environment because any information which originates from the media either positive or negative can adversely affect the sales of the
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Sociological theories can be divided into two categories‚ macro-sociological and micro-sociological theories‚ otherwise known as structural and action theories‚ respectively. As sociological theories‚ they both aim to explain the society we live in‚ but differ in where they choose to focus their explanation‚ with macro-sociological theories observing society as shaping the individuals that live in it‚ and micro-sociological theories observing individuals as shaping the society they live in. Structural
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If you were having a conversation with a Keynesian and a Classical economist‚ and the conversation turned to why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ how would each economist explain unemployment and what policies would each advocate? If I were having a conversation about why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ with a Keynesian and a Classical economist I think that the economists would explain
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