Principles of Management and Economics (1)
Principles of Management and Economics (1)
ECONOMICS
PRESENTED BY:
Tejaswini B 3BR22EC175
INRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
Economics is the study of how individuals and societies allocate scarce resources to produce
and distribute goods and services. It examines decision-making processes and market
interactions at both individual (micro) and national (macro) levels.
Types of Economics:
microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Microeconomics:
Microeconomics focuses on the individual units within an economy, such as households and
businesses.
Macroeconomics :
Macroeconomics looks at the economy as a whole. It studies aggregate indicators and
phenomena that affect entire economies rather than individual markets
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MICROECONOMICS AND
MACROECONOMICS
MICROECONOMICS MACROECONOMICS
• Individual agents (households, firms) • Aggregate economy (national level)
• decisions regarding resource allocation,
• National income, inflation rates
pricing, and consumption.
• macroeconomics employs a top-down approach,
• Microeconomics takes a bottom-up approach,
assessing overall economic performance
analyzing individual behaviors and decisions.
• macroeconomics looks at government policies
• Microeconomics is concerned with how
and their impact on the economy.
individuals and firms make choices regarding
resource allocation • :macroeconomic analysis typically involves
long-term trends and cycles in economic
• Microeconomic analysis often focuses on
performance.
short-term market fluctuations
CIRCULAR FLOW MODEL OF ECONOMICS