Oct 15, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate and Professional Studies Hill Book 
    
2025-2026 Graduate and Professional Studies Hill Book

MBA 606 - Economics for Managers

3 Credits
A managerial overview of both macro and microeconomics, focusing on economic concepts related to individuals, businesses, and markets as well as the overall economy. Students will emerge with the analytical and economic tools needed to make effective business decisions. Key topics include how markets determine the configuration and pricing of outputs and inputs, the behavior of consumers and businesses in response to market forces, factors affecting economic growth, alternative market structures, regulation, and the effects of fiscal and monetary policy on strategy and concepts like GDP, unemployment, inflation, business cycles, and investments. The course will emphasize the micro foundation of macroeconomics in making key management decisions using economic and optimization models within organizations.

Prerequisites/Restrictions: Completion of a bachelor’s degree.