Prompt for Blog Post Due Friday September 13 at noon

This week you might write about your own experience with organizations, particularly ones that have undergone some change.  For example, have you been in an RSO that merged with another RSO and if so why?  Or you might talk about some place where you've worked and the organization structure there.  Finally, you might talk about "transaction costs" in some of your school or work (or social) relationships.  How did the transaction costs matter?  Again, the idea here is to tie your own experience to the concepts we are studying to give those concepts more meaning for you.

Fifth Class Session - Tuesday September 10

Real world coordination issues and transaction costs.

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Fourth Class Session - Thursday September 5

Economic Efficiency - More on Transaction Costs

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Third Class Session - Tuesday September 3

Technology demo - it would be good for you to bring a laptop if you can, so you can follow along that way.

We'll also review/extend the discussion from the first week so that everyone is up to speed.

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Excel Homework On Efficiency Concepts Due - Wednesday September 3 at 11 PM

After completing the workbook on efficiency concepts and getting all answers correct please be sure to access the form and enter your information there to get credit.

Second Class Session - Thursday August 29

M&R Chapter 1, historical examples of different organization structures as ways to innovate on previous structures and changes in the economic environment.  B&D Chapter 1, the four frames.

Please also review this PowerPoint (I think you will like the music). It's also important to read through the annotated notes, as the economics is there.  We'll review this example first since it should be pretty familiar.  Then the other examples from M&R will be easier to digest.

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Prompt For Blog Post Due Friday September 6 at Noon

In this first post I'd like you to write something about the economist from whom your alias has been derived - a bio sketch if you will.  My preference is for you to find a source other than Wikipedia.  If you can find multiple other sources, all the better.  If you can find a photo of the person, include that.  Include why this person's work is important, whether you knew about the person before you were assigned this alias, and whether the person's work is relevant for the economics to be discussed in our course.  Please note that this post is meant mainly as an ice breaker and to verify that you can get your blog to work, so don't stress out too much on the content otherwise.