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Brickley, James A.

Managerial economics and organizational architecture. / James A. Brickley, Clifford W. Smith, Jerold L. Zimmerman. - 5th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2009. - xxi, 714 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - The McGraw-Hill series in economics . - McGraw-Hill series in economics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Basic concepts: Introduction -- Economists' view of behaviour -- Markets, organisations and the role of knowledge -- Managerial economics: Demand -- Production and cost -- Market structure -- Pricing with market power --Economics of strategy: Game theory -- Incentive conflicts and contracts -- Designing organizational architecture: Organizational architecture -- Decision rights; the level of employment -- decision rights: Bundling tasks into jobs ans subunits -- Attracting and retaining qualified employees -- Incentive compensation -- Individual performance evaluation -- Divisional performance evaluation -- Application of organizational architecture: Corporate governance -- vertical integration and outsourcing -- Leadership: motivating change within organizations -- Understanding the business environment: The economics of regulations -- Ethics and organizational architecture -- Organizational architecture and the process of management innovation.

ISBN: 9780073375823 (alk. paper) 0073375829 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008032004

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Managerial economics.
Organizational effectiveness.

LC Class. No.: HD30.22 / .B729

Dewey Class. No.: 658