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Macroeconomics I – The goals and decisions of organisations

Organisations

1.1 Definition

‘Organisations are

 social arrangements for the

 controlled performance of

 collective goals.’

(Buchanan and Huczynski)

1.2 Why do we need organisations?

Organisations allow people to:

 share skills and knowledge

 specialise

 pool resources.

This results in synergy.

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