MG465      Half Unit
Managerial Economics for Masters in Management Students

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Tan Gan

Availability

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Management (1 Year Programme). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.

Course content

This course is a graduate-level introduction to managerial economics with a focus on its applicability to business decisions. Students will develop a rigorous way of thinking about managerial problems, issues and decisions that managers face, as well as enabling a better understanding of the external business environment in which an organisation operates.  The emphasis is on widely-used theoretical principles. Topics include an in-depth understanding of the geometric structure of the supply & demand model and its applications, the interaction of government and markets, efficiency analysis, international trade, game theory, monopoly and oligopoly strategy, price discrimination, dynamic competition, strategic moves, and information economics.

This course develops tools that are the foundation of courses in Marketing, Business Strategy, and Finance, which students will take in core courses throughout the rest of the year.

Teaching

10 hours of seminars and 20 hours of lectures in the Autumn Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.

In its Ethics Code, LSE upholds a commitment to intellectual freedom. This means we will protect the freedom of expression of our students and staff and the right to engage in healthy debate in the classroom.

Formative assessment

Students will be expected to produce 5 problem sets in the AT.

Indicative reading

  • T van Zandt; Firms, Price and Markets, available online (2006); S. Estrin et al, Microeconomics, Prentice Hall (2008).
  • D M Kreps, Microeconomics for Managers, W. W. Norton (2004); B. Douglas Bernheim and Michael D. Whiston, Microeconomics, McGraw Hill (2008).

Assessment

Exam (60%), duration: 120 Minutes in the January exam period

Problem sets (30%)

Course participation (10%)

For detailed assessment information, including all deadlines and timings, please see the relevant course Moodle page. Assessment timings will be available at the start of each term. 


Key facts

Department: Management

Course Study Period: Autumn Term

Unit value: Half unit

FHEQ Level: Level 7

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 65

Average class size 2024/25: 65

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills
  • Commercial awareness