Workshop in Economics

Catalog of Institut Mines-Télécom Business School courses

Code

MGFE ECO 7002

Level

MSc

Field

Economie

Language

Anglais/English

ECTS Credits

2

Class hours

24

Program Manager(s)

Department

  • Management, Marketing et Stratégie

Educational team

Learning goals/Programme objectives

  • LG2 Having the ability to manage uncertainty and complexity with accuracy and rigor
  • LG3 Having the foundations of responsible and sustainable management

Learning objectives/Intended learning outcomes

  • 2.2 - Explore solutions, decisions, and their relative and absolute impacts
  • 3.1 - Understand and employ basic concepts, knowledge and theories related to the discipline
  • 3.2 - Apply discipline knowledge appropriately and effectively
  • 3.3 - Identify the boudaries of the discipline and possible cross-disciplinary connections

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Number of SDG's addressed among the 17

1

Learning delivery

synchrone,Mixte

Pedagogical methods

A typical class consists of a lecture, where main concepts are explained, followed by a problem-solving session, where students should apply learned theory to qualitative and numerical examples. Homework exercises to be done between the classes intended to help the students to learn better new material and will be discussed at the beginning of the next class. Several classes will be organized as flipped classrooms.

Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams

Successful completion of classroom and homework exercises is a necessary condition to pass the course tested with 3 classroom quizzes covering Lectures 1 & 2 (test 1), 3 & 4 (test 2), and 5 & 6 (test 3).

The overal grade for the course is calculated as follows:
• Test quizzes (50%)
• Final exam (50%)

If necessary, students will sit a catch-up exam.

Module Policies

Professor-Student Communication
● The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
● Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.

Students with accommodation needs
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.

Class behavior
● Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
● Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
● The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
● Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.

Honor code
IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.

Textbook Required and Suggested Readings

Textbook:
(main) Allen, W.B., Doherty, N.A., Weigelt, K., and E. Mansfield (2012) Managerial Economics, W.W. Norton & Company, 8th Edition.

(optional) McDowell, M., Thom, R., Frank, R. and B. Bernanke (2009) Principles of Economics, McGraw-Hill, 2nd European Edition.

Extra readings for specific classes will be available on Moodle.

Keywords

Economic analysis, consumer behaviour, market structure, competition, monopoly, price discrimination, game theory, auctions

Prerequisites

Basics of mathematics and calculus