Faculty Profile
Steve Erfle
Professor of International Business and Management (1989)
Contact Information
Althouse Hall Room 102
717-245-1635
http://blogs.dickinson.edu/playing-with-polygons/
Bio
Is author of Electronic String Art: Rhythmic Mathematics, Taylor and Francis, 2024, Intermediate Microeconomics: An Interactive Approach, Textbook Media Press, 2016, and is coauthor of Managerial Economics: Economic Tools for Today’s Decision Makers, 7th edition, Pearson, 2013 with Paul Keat and Philip Young. He is interested in interdisciplinary research and teaching pedagogy. He has consulted for Seagram Classics Wine Company, BlueSky Investment Management, Forum on Education Abroad, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and his published research ranges from economics and economic pedagogy to political geography and communications theory to physical education and public health. The link above takes you to his current project, Playing with Polygons, which formed the basis for the Electronic String Art book.
Education
- B.S., University of California at Davis, 1977
- B.A., 1977
- M.A., Harvard University, 1981
- Ph.D., 1983
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
INBM 220 Managerial Decision Making
Applies the principles and methods of economics to analyze problems faced by managers in a business or other type of organization. This course emphasizes how managers can (and should) use economic tools to further the objectives of the organization. Emphasis is on application of theory to actual business decisions. Many applications will require students to build economic models using spreadsheets, just as they will be required to do in a business setting.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 and INBM 110.
INBM 220 Managerial Decision Making
Students must register for one of the two labs offered with this course - INBM 220-LA Friday 9:30-10:20 or INBM 220-LB Friday 10:30-11:20.