90-875 Behavioral Economics @ Work

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Nonprofit organizations and businesses are increasingly incorporating insights from behavioral economics and other behavioral sciences into their strategies. This course provides an overview of psychological and economic factors that affect the choices and behavior of individuals within organizations. The course will review empirical research on applications of behavioral insights to a wide range of organizational areas including product pricing, marketing, designing incentives schemes, motivating employees, fundraising, and behavior change. Inclass exercises and group projects will supplement the lectures and provide students with handson experience in designing solutions to organizations challenges based on behavioral insights. The course emphasizes experimentation as a primary tool for informing organizations decisionmaking and accurately measuring the effectiveness of behavioral interventions.

Prerequisites: none listed

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