Course - Economic Approaches to Organizations - BBOA4000
BBOA4000 - Economic Approaches to Organizations
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 100/100 | 5 hours | E |
Course content
Central to the course is the theoretical basis and development of business economics. What is business economics? The course's starting point is the foundation of business economics with rationality and economic choices. The course deals with developments in assumptions about economic actors from "economic man", via "administrative man" to "contractual man". The starting point for the course is different ways of organizing economic activity, in markets and hierarchies, as well as fundamental information problems such as information asymmetry.
The course deals with key business economic perspectives such as standard microeconomics, organizational theory, business economic behaviour theory, agent theories and transaction cost theory.
The course also deals with digitalisation and platform organisations and the consequences of new technologies for coordination in markets and organisations. A key question is how business economics theory can help to understand technological changes and assumptions.
The course deals with the application of business economics theory in financial management, finance, marketing, strategy, organization and management.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
The student:
- Has knowledge on the nature and content of economic theory and economic approaches to organizations
- Has knowledge on microeconomic theory of choice and the development towards more realistic models of economic decision making and behavioral theories.
- Has knowledge on a range of economic theories and economic approaches to organizations.
Skills
The student:
- Is able to mobilize economic theories and economic approaches to organizations to understand issues facing firms and to find appropriate solutions.
- Is able to mobilize theoretical concepts and analytical methods to economize with the human, technological and economical resources of the firm.
- Is able to mobilize theoretical perspectives in understanding research questions related to the master thesis.
- Is able to understand technological changes, digitalization and platform organizations drawing on different economic theories.
General competencies
The student:
- Has reflected on the relationship between firms access to and use of resources in a sustainability perspective
- Has the foundation to understand and solve complex organizational issues.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, shortpapers, cases and discussions
Compulsory assignments
- Obligatoriske innleveringer i gruppe (kortpapers)
Further on evaluation
According to NTNU general rules Admission to study programme is required, see "special conditions".
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Economics and Business Administration (MSIVØK5)
Economics and Business Administration (ØAMSC)
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
Douma, S. Schreuder, H. (2017) Economic Approaches to Organizations. 6th ed. Prentice-Hall/Pearson Education Ltd. Hovedbok.
Other mandatory readings are provided at the beginning of the semester.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFE4000 | 5.0 | AUTUMN 2018 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2024
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Economics and Administration
Department with academic responsibility
NTNU Business School
Examination
Examination arrangement: School exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 E 2024-12-14 09:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL310 lilla sone Sluppenvegen 14 80 SL310 blå sone Sluppenvegen 14 36 SL310 hvit sone Sluppenvegen 14 11 - Summer UTS School exam 100/100 E INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"