The Economics Of Organizations - Fall 2013

What activities does the organization engage in? How is the organization structured? How are members motivated to work on behalf of the organization? We will consider these questions by primarily relying on economic analysis but also take up some of the issues from the vantage of other social sciences.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

What it takes to get hired at Google

I thought this an interesting read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?hp&rref=opinion
How to Get a Job at Google - NYTimes.com via kwout
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Student Posts

  • Herbert Simon Econ 490 Fall 2013 Blog
    Class Review - I think ECON 490 was a very good class to take. I learned a lot about how organizations work that will help me a lot when I graduate and work for an organi...
    11 years ago
  • Elinor Ostrom
    - The part of the course that I learned the most in were the talking sessions. I found the anecdotes provided to be very insightful looks at the things that...
    11 years ago
  • Ronald Coase Econ 490 Blog
    Review and Thoughts on Econ 490 - Going into this course, I didn't have a good idea of what economics of organizations meant but I thought it would be a very interesting course regardless. ...
    11 years ago
  • Daniel Kahneman Blog
    One Last Hoorah - I must say, when signing up for this course I had no idea what the class truly entailed. From the class description I gained a small insight of what topic...
    11 years ago
  • Joseph Stiglitz for Econ 490
    Course Review - I enjoyed the overall structure of the course and the way that it was taught. I personally thought that this course was very informative and insightful, pa...
    11 years ago
  • Oliver Williamson
    Review and Critique of the Class - I feel that one of the most important things I took from this course was during our discussions about empowerment. Coming into the course, I understood emp...
    11 years ago
  • Armen Alchian Blog
    End of Semester Course Reflection - I thoroughly enjoyed the course this semester. It was a great to be able to connect what has happened in the classroom, within student organizations, and o...
    11 years ago
  • Laura D'Andrea Tyson Econ 490 Fall 2013
    Final Blog Post - Economics 490 has been very beneficial with learning more in depth about Organizations. Although I believe I did have a good amount of knowledge before b...
    11 years ago
  • Alvin Roth For Econ 490 Blog
    Review of the Course - I thought the course was very different and interesting compared to many of the other economics courses taught here at U of I. While I am able to take away...
    11 years ago
  • Peter Diamond Econ 490 Fall 2013
    Organizations Review - One of the main topics that I enjoyed learning about the most revolved around the conflicts we studied in organization. A lot of the aspects of conflict we...
    11 years ago
  • Christina Romer for Econ 490 fall 2013 Blog
    Course Review - I enjoyed learning the material in this course. While some of the material was not directly applicable to my life, such as transfer pricing, the topics we...
    11 years ago
  • Amy Finkelstein Econ 490 Fall 2013
    Review about the class - I think the structure of this class is really creative. It also provides me lots of interesting organizational management concept to think about. For examp...
    11 years ago
  • Paul Milgrom Econ 490 Fall 2013
    Final Blog Post - Class Reflection - This class was taught in a fairly different way than most of the college courses I have taken thus far. Typically, it seems that in most classes the format...
    11 years ago
  • Francis Edgeworth Econ 490 fall 2013 blog
    Review and Critique of the Course - Econ of Organizations was a class I had been interested since the class catalog had come out. After reading through the descriptions of the various Econ 49...
    11 years ago
  • Donald Patinkin Econ 490
    Review and critique for Econ 490 - During this course, I have learned many useful aspects about organization. The one that influenced me the most is about triangular tension in companies bec...
    11 years ago
  • Carl Shapiro Econ 490
    Post 11: Critique of the Course - I think the biggest thing I learnt in this class is that sometimes the best option is the one that seems the least logical. For example, Akerlof’s Gift Exc...
    11 years ago
  • John Roberts for Econ 490
    Blog finale - First of all, I am thankful for the teaching and feedback given by Professor Arvan! I enjoyed the class and the format. As for the lessons learned, I think...
    11 years ago
  • William Baumol Econ 490 Fall 2013
    The Last Post! - I can't believe this is my last post, it seems like I was just writing the bio post about William Baumol. In thinking back over my time in the class, I rea...
    11 years ago
  • Glenn Hubbard Econ 490
    Take-aways from this Course - Has the course given you some new ideas about how to extend your human capital and better maintain the human capital you already have. In particular on th...
    11 years ago
  • Milton Friedman Econ 490 Fall 2013
    Final Blog Post - This course taught me a new way of thinking about how organizations make decisions. In my business minor classes I’ve learned most of these...
    11 years ago
  • David Ricardo, An Econ 490 Biography (Fall '13)
    Transaction Costs of a Family Business - College is a busy time for everyone, especially those who want to juggle part-time work, a heavy course-load and/or extra-curriculars, all on the same plat...
    11 years ago
  • Christopher Pissarides ECON 490 Fall 2013 blog
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