TY - BOOK AU - Brickley,James A. AU - Smith,Clifford W. AU - Zimmerman,Jerold L. TI - Managerial economics and organizational architecture. T2 - The McGraw-Hill series in economics SN - 9780073375823 (alk. paper) AV - HD30.22 .B729 U1 - 658 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill Irwin KW - Managerial economics KW - Organizational effectiveness N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008032004.html ER -