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Management Centre

Rationale

 

"Management" (from Old French ménagement "the art of conducting, directing", from Latin manu agere "to lead by the hand") characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). Early twentieth-century management writer Mary Parker Follett defined management as "the art of getting things done through people."

One can also think of management functionally, as the action of measuring a quantity on a regular basis and of adjusting some initial plan, and as the actions taken to reach one's intended goal. This applies even in situations where planning does not take place. From this perspective, there are five management functions: Planning, Organising, Leading, Co-ordinating and Controlling.

Management is also called "Business Administration", and schools that teach management are usually called "Business Schools". The term "management" may also be used to describe the slate of managers of an organization, for example of a corporation. A governing body is a term used to describe a group formed to manage an organisation, such as a sports league.

 

Historical development 19th century 20th century 21st century Nature of the work References Areas of management   See also Adhocracy Administration Conflict Style Inventory Design management Engineering management Futures Studies Knowledge visualization Leadership Management consulting Management development Management styles Management Technology Managing upwards Micromanagement Middle management Music management Poor management Senior management Virtual management Vendor Management Peter Drucker's MBO Eliyahu M. Goldratt's theory of constraints Pointy Haired Boss - negative stereotypes

 

 

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Module Structure

 

Programmes, Learning Contents

The Learning Contents for customising include three courses or stages as indicated below allowing two exit points for the students who, for any reason, would prefer to have an option of taking each course at their convenience. The individual Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Management awards, see Programme Guides below, will not be made to those enrolling for the full programme. 

You are free to rename the programmes and build your own module structures for customising from the units and options indicated below or use any of the other learning centres according to your market requirements. 

Apart from the free Readings suggested in the module teaching plans and the resource pages, and all the free Learner Support, Case Study and Activity, Assignment and Assessment Units available to all students and management scholars throughout the word, the modules subscribed or selected for customisation will have a 'once only' nominal charge to cover our customising and set-up costs.  There is also a small 'module per student' fee for the copyright transfer to the client institution payable at the enrolment. 

The Moodle-based Online Business School services remain free for the users of the programmes and learning contents originated by us or our associates.  Our OBS would be pleased to manage and deliver any of your existing programmes for distance learning.

If required, further information of a British University Accreditation are available on Cooperation with British Universities page here.

 

Management Programme Guides for Recognised Universities, Colleges, Business Schools and Organisations

BA/BA (Hons) Business Studies

Certificate in Business Studies

• Introduction to Business
• Organisational Behaviour
• Quantitative Methods
• Managerial Economics
• Principles of Marketing
• Business Finance I
• Business Accounting I
• Business Law
• Motivation and Leadership
• Information Systems
• Business Communication
• Human Resource Management

 

Diploma in Business Studies

Accounting Options

• Macroeconomics
• Business Planning
• Business Finance II
• Business of Accounting II
• Business Analysis and Audit
• Accounting and Law
• Decision Making and Accountancy
• International Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Accounting Information Systems
• Principles of Business Taxation

 

Management Options

• Macroeconomics
• Consumer Behaviour
• Public Relations Management
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Business Finance II
• Business of Accounting II
• Multinational Enterprise
• International Management
• Business Logistics
• Cost Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Contemporary Management

 

BA/BA (Hons) Business Studies

• Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Management
• Project Management and Research Methodology
• Final Projects
  • Accounting Research
  • Marketing
  • Management

 

BA Economics  (currently unavailable)

• Introduction to Management

 

BA/BA (Hons) Business Administration

Certificate in Business Administration

• Business Finance I
• Human Resource Management
• Introduction to Business
• Managerial Economics
• Organisational Behaviour
• Business Accounting I
• Marketing Fundamentals
• Quantitative Methods

Diploma in Business Administration

• Business Accounting II
• Business Finance II
• Business Law
• Consumer Behaviour
• Information Systems
• Macroeconomics
• Management of Diversity
• Business Communication
• Diplomat's Project
  
  

BA Business Administration

• E-business
• Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
• International Management
• Marketing Management
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Management
• Project Management and Research Methodology
• Final Dissertation/Project

 

English Language

Executive MBA

Postgraduate Certificate in Management

• Global Marketing Management
• Economics of Organisations and Strategy
• International Financial Management
• Management Advantage
  
  

Postgraduate Diploma in Management

• Corporate Finance
• International Business Management
• International Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
• Operations Management and Strategy

 

 

Optional Modules

• Business Analysis
• Business Ethics
• Corporate Leader
• Electronic Business
  • E-business Knowledge Base
  • Electronic Commerce Categories and Tools
• Entrepreneurship
• Human Resource Management and Development
• Innovation and New Product Development
• International Business Law
• Management Information Systems
• Organisational Development and Change
• Multinational Management
  

 

Executive MBA

• Project Management and Research Methodology
• International Strategic Management
• Management Application Project

 

International MBA

Postgraduate Certificate in International Management

• Accounting and Finance
• Global Marketing Management
• International Financial Management
• Introduction to Institutions, Investments, and Management
• Operations Management and Strategy
  
  

Postgraduate Diploma in International Management

• International Management
• International Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
• Multinational Management
• Business Analysis
• International Strategic Management
  
  

International MBA

• Corporate Finance
• Management Application Project
• Project Management and Research Methodology

 

MA Entrepreneurial Management

Postgraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management

• Business Planning
• Business and Society - Ethics and Stakeholder Management
• Management of Diversity
• Operations Management
  
  

Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management

• Business Law Today
• International Management
• Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  
  

MA Entrepreneurial Management

• Project Management and Research Methods
• Integrated Entrepreneurial Project

 

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

• Curriculum, Assessment, Learning and Teaching
• Educational Technology
  • Computer Confluence
  • Computing Skills
  • E-learning
  • Instructional Systems Design

 

Education and Professional Studies

• Professional Development
• Psychology Applied to Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology
• Communication
• Practical Teaching and School Experience
  • Support Staff
    • Career development framework
    • Learning Support Staff
    • Professional Standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistants
• Educational Research

   

   

  

Teaching and Learning Guides/Workshops

for

• Research Data Collection, Literature Review
• Revision
• Seminars, Workshop Topics,
• Self-directed Study,
• Subject Guides,
• Supplementary Teaching Plans,
• Etc.

 

Select your Management Related Teaching and/or Learning Guides and Workshops below

Customisable Free Modules, Teaching Plans

Customisable Subject Specific Teaching Skills Modules

Aims, objectives, strategies, tactics and resources Argos Case Study Example B2B Marketing Basic Business Statistics Business Administration Business and External Environment Business and Society - Ethics and Stakeholders Business Communication Business Environments Business Ethics Business Foundations Business in Action Business Law Business Law Business Law (Canada) Business Law and Legal Environment Business Law Today Business Logistics Management Business Models Business Organisation Business Performance Business Planning Business Systems - Boundaries Establishing Strategies Introduction to Venture Capital Business Policy and Planning: short Business Policy and Planning: long Business Statistics Business Strategy Model Career Directions Cognition Contemporary Business Management Contemporary Management Issues Contemporary Theories in Management Contingency Theory Contract Law Corporate Strategy Strategic Thinking Conducting Strategic Planning Identifying Strategic Directions Cost Accounting Creating a Vision E-business Effective Management Electronic Learning Electronic Marketing Elements of Multinational Strategy Employment Law Essential Marketing Establishing Strategies Financial Planning Financial Management Fundamentals of Management Fundamentals of Operations Management, Part One Fundamentals of Operations Management, Part Two Future Business Global Business Today Human Resource Development Innovation Management Innovation Strategy Innovation Systems Intercultural Communication Internal Organisation International Business Environment International Business Law International Business Concepts International Business Management International Business Management International Business Tools International Business Integration International Business Management International Business Management International Law International Management Introduction to Business Introduction to Business Introduction to Business Studies Introduction to Game Theory Introduction to International Business Introduction to Quantitative Methods Introduction to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Introductory Management Knowledge Management Leadership and Management Theories Revisited Leadership and Management Tutorials Leadership Competency Definitions Leadership Experience Leadership and Motivation Leadership Presentations Legal Environment Legal Environment of Business Legal Systems Management Management Accounting Management - Competence Based Approach Management Education and Learning Theories Management Essentials Management Information Systems Management of Diversity Management Organisation Managerial Communication Managerial Communication Managerial Decision Making Process Accounting Information and Managerial Decisions Managerial Economics Mind Mapping Mission and Objectives Motivation Multinational Enterprise Multinational Management Operations Strategies Organisation as a System Organisation Development and Change Organisational Theory and Behaviour Organisation Theory and Design Organisational Theory: Determinants of Structure Organisational Behaviour Organisational Behaviour and Management Organisations and Their Environments People and Organisation Plan Monitoring Power, Organisation and Management Preparation for Strategic Planning Principles of Business Law Principles of Management Principles of Operations Management Principles of Operations Management The Prisoner's Dilemma Quality Management Systems Quantitative Methods for Business Research Methods Resources Scenario Planning Setting Goals and Objectives Statistics for Business Economics Statistical Modelling Strategic Analysis Strategic Company Appraisal Strategic Human Resource Management Strategic Issues in HRM Strategic Management Strategic Management Strategic Management Concepts Strategic Management Process Strategic Renewal Strategic Management Reviews, Seminars and Cases Strategic Planning Strategic Planning Models Strategy Development Project Planning Matrix Strategic Implementation Planning Matrix Strategic Thinking Supply Chain Management Sustainability Teamwork and Communications: Exploring Mental Maps Using Conflict Effectively Visioning World Business

Teaching B2B Marketing Teaching Business Administration Teaching Business and Professional Communication Teaching Business Ethics Teaching Business Organisation Teaching Business Studies Teaching Certificate in Business English Teaching Diploma in Business English Teaching English Language and Business Skills Teaching Key English Test, IELTS 3.0 Teaching Preliminary English Test, IELTS 4.0 Teaching English for Careers, IELTS 5.5 Teaching English Language for Managers, IELTS 6.5 Teaching Concept of Leadership IELTS 7.5 Teaching Financial Analysis and Markets Teaching Travel, Tourism & Hospitality English Language Teacher Resources Content and Language Integrated Learning Task-based language learning (TBLL) Educational Leadership and Planning for Technology Educational Research Open and Distance Learning Tutorials Psychology Applied to Teaching Student Motivation and Active Leaning Teacher Training Teaching Principles

 

 

Foundation and Pre-University Modules and Courses

Select your Foundation Programmes and Teaching and Learning Guides below or go to Foundation Centre.

Business Programmes

Certificate in Business Administration

• Introduction to Accounting
• Introduction to Business
• Introduction to Business Communication
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods

 

Diploma in Business Administration - Part 1

• Economics for Organisations
• Organisational Behaviour
• Principles of Accounting
• Business Communication

 

Diploma in Business Administration - Part 2

• Marketing, Customer Service and Public Relations Foundation
• Human Resource Development
• Business Statistics
• Management Accounting
• Principles of Business Law
• Systems Analysis and Design Methods

 

Advanced Diploma in Business Administration

• Corporate Strategy
• Management Organisation
• International Business Management
• Strategic Marketing
• Principles of Corporate Finance
• Managing Human Resources Through Strategic Partnerships
• Knowledge Management

 

Certificate in Business Information Systems

• Introduction to Business

 

Diploma in Information Systems - Part 1

• Business Communication

 

Diploma in Information Systems - Part 2

• Systems Analysis and Design Methods

 

Certificate in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

• Introduction to Business
• Introduction to Accounting
• Introduction to Business Communication
• Introduction to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

 

Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality - Part 1

• Economics for Business
• Organisational Behaviour
• Principles of Accounting
• Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
• Principles of Business Law
• Systems Analysis

 

Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality - Part 2

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Operations Management
• Managerial Accounting

 

Advanced Diploma in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality

• Corporate Strategy
• International Tourism & Hospitality
• Tourism & the Environment
• Management Organisation
• Strategic Marketing
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Managing the Information Resource

 

Certificate in Human Resource Management

• Introduction to Business

 

Business and Management Foundation, One-year, Postgraduate Level Pre-university Course

Business and International Trade, One-year, Undergraduate Level Pre-university Course

Business Foundation, One-semester, Undergraduate Level Pre-university Course

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Foundation

• Management - Competence Based Approach
• Business Research and Analysis
• Contemporary Marketing
• Financial Analysis and Markets
• International Business
• Information Technology and Systems
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Managerial Accounting
• Operations and Productivity
• Organisations and Their Environments
• Organisational Behaviour

 

 

Recommended Text

 

International Management -Managing Across Borders and Cultures: International Edition 5th Edition Helen Deresky 0131968580 (Paperback) Feb 2005, 528 pages  Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.

 

Strategy: Analysis and Practice John McGee, Warwick Business School Howard Thomas, Warwick Business School David Wilson, Warwick Business School Student Resources Cola Wars in China: The Future is here Cola wars simmer in India DSM - Performance Management HSBC - Migrating for Value IKEA - Culture as Competitive Advantage LVMH - Managing the multi-brand conglomerate NEC and GTE - Core Competence   Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.

 

 

Resources

Further Readings

• An Introduction to Supply Chain Management
• Contingency Theory
• Creating a Corporate Identity
• Culture of China
• Examination of E-learning and E-books
• Indirection
• International Management
• International Management
• Knowledge Management and E-learning
• Learning - India Seminar
• Learning and Career Management Skills
• Producing Quality Goods and Services
• Structural Cybernetics
• Supply Chain Knowledge base
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Think

 

 

 

 

 

• Groups That Work
• India a Fortune 500 success story

 

 

 

The Chartered Management Institute is a professional institution for managers, based in the United Kingdom.

In addition to supporting its members, the organisation encourages management development, carries out research, produces a wide variety of publications on management interests, and publishes the national magazine Management Today (in addition to its members journal Professional Manager). The Institute also engages with government and other public bodies concerning policy on management and business related issues.

• British professional bodies
• UK topics
• Professional institutions in management
• List of management topics
  

 

Business Resources

 

 

Access Business Online

There is a vast amount of business news and information gathered here in the form of a daily business newspaper updated three times daily, plus dozens of categories including legal, financial, and political topics, opinion, trend analysis, and more.

Administrative Science Quarterly

Need to know more about how business, government, and education organizations work? ASQ publishes the latest and best research in organization studies and theory. The site contains the contents tables of current and past issues, and abstracts of the articles.

Advertising Age

Advertising Age brings you marketing, advertising, and ad media news. This site contains summaries of the company's magazines as well as extensive and interesting articles on the people and companies in advertising. Also of interest: a history of TV advertising, and Advertising Age's top 50 commercials.

American City Business Journals

With links to 35 weekly regional newspapers across the United States, this site offers up-to-date business information. You can find headlines, full text articles, and commentaries.

American Stock Exchange

Here's where you can get all the numbers you want, current and historical information, options, summaries, and news.

The Argus Clearinghouse

The business section of this huge clearinghouse offers hundreds of business-related site directories listed alphabetically. With ties to the University of Michigan, this is a great resource.

Bank of America

Another great resource for small business owners and students in small business administration, this site includes information on all financial aspects of running a small business, including tax preparation and planning.

Better Business Bureau

We've been looking forward to the BBB getting online, and now that they're here, we can tell you it was worth the wait. Up to the minute consumer news and alerts and a way to file complaints online. Very useful, and way cool.

BigBook

A very interesting online yellow pages, this site allows you to search for businesses by company name, category, city, or state and lets you create your own yellow pages of favourites.

Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEA, an agency of the Department of Commerce, is "the Nation's accountant". This agency produces and compiles economic, business cycle, and labour market data, and offers current information and articles on the state of U.S. business.

Bureau of Labour Statistics

This is a great resource for U.S. labour market and economic analysis, as well as human resources development planning.

Business Cycle Indicators

This site presents 256 data series known as the U.S. Business Cycle Indicators. Economists use them to track and predict the business cycle in the U.S. If you're not an economist, this may be more information, specific and technical, than you want.

Business News Americas

"Latin America's Business News Leader" offers mining, energy, telecommunications, privatization, and infrastructure news, plus archives. This started as a free service in May, 1996, but is now subscription-based. You can get a free trial in order to decide if it's a good investment for you.

A Business Researcher's Interests

"A searchable knowledge map of Contemporary Business, Management and Information Technology issues," A Business Researcher's Interests provides thousands of links to various market research resources on the Net, including newspapers, journals, report excerpts, and more.

Business Week

The online version of America's leading business magazine allows users to view articles from current and past issues. An excellent source of information for keeping up with what's happening in the business world.

CEO Express

This site puts the best business (and other) sites on the Internet right in front of you in such a compact, easy-to-use format that you might want to take the author’s advice and make it your browser’s opening page!

CSFBdirect

This site offers a huge repository of information, market quotes, research materials and more. If you're looking for help with investing, this online source is a winner. Great for students doing research as well.

Commercial Finance (NFSN)

This is the commercial end of National Financial Services Network, found in our Finance category. Click on Resource Library and find a collection of business articles and periodicals, as well as travel, tax, and terminology sources. Get loan, insurance, and banking information (and more) by state.

Controller Magazine

This magazine offers information for the controller in your business organization. Issues such as taxes, cash management, risk management, human resources, technology, and legal issues are covered in every issue. The web site also offers an interactive buyer's guide, web resources, and a product directory.

Copyright & Fair Use

Copyright is an area of law struggling to keep up with the explosion of online technology. Check out the status of various cases, opinions, articles, and more on this valuable resource from Stanford University Libraries.

Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index

This is the complete DOT (fourth edition), now available for download.

Digital Commerce Center

The Corporate Knowledge Center has a lot to offer: free personality and career assessment tests, summaries of corporate knowledge training programs, a library of links to management books and sites, access to thousands of corporate education courses, and more.

EDGAR

The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system performs automated collection and forwarding of submissions by companies required to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC makes this database of time-sensitive information available to investors and companies in an effort to benefit the economy.

The Economist

This experimental home page of The Economist, "the international weekly journal of news, ideas, opinion and analysis," offers selected articles and surveys. You can also arrange for a free e-mail subscription to their "Business This Week" and "Politics This Week" columns.

Fairplay

This online shipping magazine offers a searchable database (which can be accessed by vessel name or by company). There are daily news updates and information and some products for sale online.

Fast Company

Billed as "the handbook of the business revolution", Fast Company focuses on the changing business models for competition, product and service development, and more. Case studies of how the top teams are changing the way they work and the way they think to invent the future.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Business, financial, and labour market information is available here, as well as FRED, the historical economic database, and the Beige Book, summary of current economic conditions. There are also links to other Federal Reserve sites and to a number of domestic and international business sites of interest.

Forbes

The well-known business magazine online, plus past issues, additional articles, and access to Forbes ASAP and Forbes FYI (where you'll find "A Parent's Guide to Body Piercing--the hole story" and more!).

Hoover's Online

Find information on more than 10,000 publicly traded companies, searchable by a variety of criteria. Once you've got what you need from this site, you can search for a company's URL and check out their own Web site.

IPO Central

Hoover's Online and EDGAR Online bring you this information on companies in the process of going public. Size of share issue, expected price, company descriptions, and performances by similar companies are just a few of the things you can research here.

Inc. Online

The online version of this hot magazine for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies features the publication's current issue as well as archives of past issues. It also includes a special focus on Internet business issues, more so than the hard copy publication. A classic example of value-added Web content.

Interactive Investor

Information for investors interested in European business and industry investment opportunities. Detailed information on funds, mortgages, offshore, and more.

Internet Bankruptcy Library

Find out what companies have recently filed for bankruptcy, and learn about bankruptcy consumer issues, meetings, and news. IBL also links and lists many other online bankruptcy resources, from mailing lists and newsgroups to Web sites.

Invest Smart

This is a Think Quest site, suitable for use in math and business classes where studies of the stock market and investing are in order. It offers a stock market game, investment basics and lessons, a market simulation with various investment options, and real-life examples.

Market Guide

Includes a ton of investment and financial information. An especially useful resource is the collection of research reports on over 8,000 publicly traded companies.

The Market Research Center

If you're interested in market research, this is the place to be. This site includes a huge variety of information on many market research topics. A great source for business professionals and marketing students alike.

Merrill Lynch Online

Merrill Lynch has put together some interesting information regarding investing, business planning, and personal finance. In the personal finance area there is information about saving for college. In the business planning area there is a financial plan guide and business life cycle guide. Useful stuff.

NASDAQ

"The stock market for the next hundred years" offers statistics, graphs, and more.

Planetary News

An online consultant uses this site as his home base, and he offers his regular columns on a number of issues relating to publishing and news services, and how the Internet impacts them and provides them with new opportunities...and challenges. There are a lot of links to examples of online newspapers and magazines as well as some discussion lists. Very informative site for those in the news and publishing businesses.

Quote.com

Quote.com provides financial market data, including current quotes on stocks, options, commodity futures, mutual funds, and bonds. Some is free, some not. One neat feature is the stock price alarms via e-mail service.

Reuters MoneyNet.com

This site carries the latest stock market and business information in a format that's attractive and easy to use. Real Time Quotes are subscription-based, but you can get free delayed quotes and excellent free features such as a Portfolio Tracker service and a customized Market Snapshort page.

Science, Industry and Business Library

This is part of The New York Public Library and is the largest public information center exclusively devoted to science and business. To keep from getting overwhelmed and hopelessly lost (though the site is well organized), we'd recommend taking the virtual tour to get oriented.

Small Office

Great information and a search engine for those with a home office or small office. The site offers tips, techniques, and information on everything from how to choose a printer to evaluating your financial situation.

Social Security Online

This is the US Social Security Administration's official web site. If you're seeking answers, you can find them in their Frequently Asked Questions section or try their search engine, courtesy of Excite. Facts, forms, history, laws, and more are available here, in both English and Spanish.

Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC) Index

The complete online listing of all standard industrial classification codes and category descriptions. A great quick reference. Information on CD-ROM or diskette can be purchased, but the Web site is free.

Standard & Poor's Equity Investor Services

This service provides stock market news and commentary, research, top stock picks, and S&P 500 Index statistics.

Thomas Register

The online version of this print and CD-ROM directory of US company information. The site does ask you to register, but after that provides free access to their extensive online database.

Trade Easy

Encouraging companies to use the Internet as "a powerful tool for delivering their product information to buyers," Trade Easy is an international effort to match buyers and sellers, currently offering 30,000 companies in 40 countries, free.

United States Department of Labour

This site provides information from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS); and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as well as other DOL departments and programs.

Upside.com

This is the online version of Upside, "the business magazine for the technology elite." You'll find the latest on computer and net technology and the companies who produce it, plus predictions, reviews, conferences, all you need to be "in the know."

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition

Articles from the Journal are available here, plus continuously updated business news from the U.S. and around the world. You can get two weeks free, then subscribe online if you wish. The site also offers a personal stock tracking portfolio that's pretty cool.

The Web 100

The largest US and international corporations on the Web are indexed here. Articles about online marketing and advertising make this a great resource for entrepreneurs.

Worldclass

Make your way to the Supersite, a huge guide on global business news. It also includes many links to other business-related sites around the Net, and information on business and economic development conferences and organizations.

 

 

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• Middle East
• Southeast Asia
• World Economy
• Asian Economy

 

 

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In the social sciences, economics or oeconomics is the study of human choice behaviour and how it affects the production, distribution, and consumption of scarce resources. Economics studies how individuals and societies seek to satisfy needs and wants through incentives, choices, and allocation of scarce resources. Alfred Marshall in the late 19th century informally described economics as "the study of man in the ordinary business of life".

 

The word "economics" is from the Greek words οἶκος [oikos], meaning "family, household, estate," and νόμος [nomos], or "custom, law," and hence literally means "household management" or "management of the state." An economist is a person using economic concepts and data in the course of employment, or someone who has earned a university degree in the subject. The field may be divided in several different ways, most popularly microeconomics (at the level of individual choices) vs macroeconomics (aggregate results), but also descriptive vs. normative, mainstream vs. heterodox, and by subfield. Economics has many direct applications in business, personal finance, and government.

 

Theories developed as a part of economic theory have also been applied to non-monetary choices in fields as diverse as criminal behaviour, scientific research, death, politics, health, education, family, dating, etc. This is allowed because economics is fundamentally about human decision making.

In economics, business is the social science of managing people to organize and maintain collective productivity toward accomplishing particular creative and productive goals, usually to generate revenue.

 

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