Course Outline "Macroeconomic key factors and their impact on business (B 51)"

Instructor: PhD. Ia Natsvlishvili, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Course Objective

This course introduces students to key macroeconomics issues and highlights their implications for business performance. Some key considerations will include business cycles, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, productivity, technological change, and economic growth.

Course Outline

Week	Topic	Lessons	Reading
Week 1	No Class - Orientation Day	-	-
Week 2	Supply & Demand. The National Economy	Lessons 3-4	Chapters 5 & 6
Week 3	Unemployment & Inflation. Productivity and Growth	Lessons 5-6	Chapters 7 & 8
Week 4	Aggregate S & D	Lesson 7	Chapters 9 & 10
Week 5	Quiz. Fiscal Policy.	Lessons 8-9	Chapters 11 & 12
Week 6	Money and Financial System. Banking and Money Supply.	Lessons 10-11	Chapters 13 & 14
Week 7	Monetary Theory and Policy	Lessons 12-13	Chapters 15 & 16
Week 8	Final Exam.	Lesson 14

Teaching Method

The course will be delivered in lecture format with interactive teaching methods. The language of instruction is English.

Prerequisites

Formal requirements: Full-Time students of Business Administration (B.A.) in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences.

Content requirements: Fluency in English.

Assessment

Grades will be based on a mid-term exam worth 40 points and a final exam worth 60 points (20 points oral presentation, 40 points written exam), for a total of 100. Exams will be based on the material covered in class. The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus, as appropriate.

Text

Macroeconomics: A Contemporary Approach, 9th, 10th or 11-th Edition, by William McEachern

Art	Datum der Leistungserbringung	Prüfungsanmeldung
(bitte Zeitangabe ...Min)		Ende 1. HS*	Ende 2. HS*	individuelles Datum
Klausur: ...Min.	wird vom PA festgelegt*	X		bei Klausur nicht möglich
Test: ...Min.	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Präsentation	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Hausarbeit	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj
Andere	tt.mm.jj			tt.mm.jj

* Prüfungsamt Termine

Bewertung

Siehe Modulbeschreibung.