SULEMAN DAWOOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
MBA PROGRAMME
CLASS OF 2016, SECTION A
AUDITORIUM A-103 SEMESTER II 2014-2015 (SII)
Assignments for the week of April 13 to April 18, 2015
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MONDAY, APRIL 13
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Managerial Economics
0905 - 1035
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
TANVEER SHEHZAD
Topic: Market Structures
Learning Objective: Attributes of different market structures and price
and output determination in them
Assignment:
1.
What are the different assumptions of Perfect and monopolistic
competition?
2.
How are monopoly and oligopoly different from each other?
3.
How output and prices are determined in each market structure?
Read: Firm Competition and Market Structure
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics
1140 - 1310
ISLAMIC ETHICS
KAMRAN RASHID
Topic: Textual Sources of God’s Will (Part I)
Quran: Stages of Compilation and Paleography
Read: History of Quranic Text (Chapters 5-8) (Dr. Azmi)
1310 - 1435
Lunch break
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1435 - 1505
Discussion Group: Operations Management
1510 - 1640
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
HASSAN RAUF
Topic: Supply Chain Design and Related Operations System Design
Challenges
Learning Objectives:
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2.
3.
Measuring supply chain performance
Production planning decisions – when to produce, how much to
produce and where to produce
Global Sourcing – Key trade-offs and challenges
Case: Sport Obermeyer, Ltd.
Assignment:
1.
Using the sample data given in Exhibit 10, make a
recommendation for how many units of each style Wally
Obermeyer should order during the initial phase of production.
Assume that all ten styles in the sample problem are made in Honk
Kong, and that Obermeyer’s initial production commitment must
be at least 10,000 units. (Ignore price difference among styles in
your initial analysis.)
2.
What operational changes would you recommend to Wally to
improve performance?
3.
How should Obermeyer management think (both short-term and
long-term) about sourcing in Honk Kong versus China?
Read: Chapter 10: Supply Chain Strategy
TUESDAY, APRIL 14
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Financial Management
0905 - 1035
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SYED MUBASHIR ALI
Topic: Strategic Financing Decisions and Dividend Policy
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Learning Objective: This case is designed to show the effect of financial
leverage on the value of the firm and its weighted average cost of capital.
Although the case is somewhat mechanical, it presents a very common
type of discussion and serves as a springboard for a discussion of many
subtle issues
Case: Port-a-Cabin, Inc.
Assignment: Answer the questions in the case.
Read: Revise B&E, Chapters 16 & 17
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Managerial Accounting and Control Systems
1140 - 1310
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
M JUNAID ASHRAF
Topic: Management Control Systems
Learning Objective: Concerns analysis of management control system
working at the divisional level. Is there something terribly wrong with the
system or is there some method to this madness?
Case: Empire Glass Company
Assignment: Evaluate Empire’s Budgeting Process. What Changes will
you recommend in it?
Read: Chapter 18 “Organisational Design, Responsibility Accounting and
Evaluation of Divisional Performance”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Managerial Economics
0905 - 1035
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
TANVEER SHEHZAD
Topic: Perfect Competition
Learning Objective: Pricing and profit maximization under Perfect
Competition
Case: Perfect Competition under EBAY: A Fact or Factoid?
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Assignment:
1.
What is meant by Perfect Competition?
2.
Which features of EBay match Perfect competition?
3.
Which features of EBay do not match with Perfect competition?
Note: Please read the case.
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics
1140 - 1310
ISLAMIC ETHICS
KAMRAN RASHID
Topic: Textual Sources of God’s Will (Part II)
Hadith: Process of Compilation
Read:
1.
2.
Kitaab al-‘illal (Ali ibn al-Madiyniy)
Letter to Layth ibn Saad (Maalik bin Anas)
1310 - 1435
Lunch break
1435 - 1505
Discussion Group: Business Integration and Innovation
1510 - 1640
BUSINESS INTEGRATION AND INNOVATION
JAMSHED H KHAN
Topic: Origins of Strategy
Case: Honda (A)
Assignment:
1.
What is the strategy that has allowed Honda to be so successful in
the motorcycle industry and, in particular, in the United States?
2.
What indications do you have, if any, that the strategy was planned
in advance? What indications do you have, if any, that the
company stumbled onto its strategy?
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Read: Ch. 2, Planning Vs. Opportunistic Adaptation (BOOK: The Origin
and Evolution of New Business by Amar V. Bhide)
Note: Honda (B) (To be distributed in Class)
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Financial Management
0905 - 1035
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SYED MUBASHIR ALI
Topic: Short Term Financial Management
Case: O.M. Scott & Sons Company
Assignment:
1.
As an official in O.M. Scott & Sons, review the company's
position? How was Scott able to achieve its rapid growth?
2.
Analyse the company’s financial conditions in 1961 and evaluate
its future prospects. Would you change the operational strategy of
the firm?
Read: B&G Chapter 22
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Managerial Accounting and Control Systems
1140 - 1310
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
M JUNAID ASHRAF
Topic: Management Control Systems
Learning Objective: The case introduces the concept of ROI as a tool to
evaluate the performance of business divisions and managers. It also helps
the students to understand the problems and pitfalls associated with the
use of ROI as a performance evaluation tool
Case: Enager Industries, Inc.
Assignment: Questions in the case.
Read: Chapter 18 (Review)
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1310 - 1435
Lunch break
1435 - 1505
Discussion Group: Operations Management
1510 - 1640
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
HASSAN RAUF
Topic: Supply Chain Design and Related Operations System Design
Challenges
Learning Objectives:
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2.
3.
Economies and diseconomies of scale
Capacity flexibility
Using decision trees to evaluate capacity alternatives
Case: New Balance Athletic Shoes
Read:
1.
2.
Chapter 11: Strategic Capacity Planning
Technical Note Eleven: Facility Location
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Financial Management
0905 - 1035
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SYED MUBASHIR ALI
Topic: Short Term Financial Management
Case: Carrefour S.A.
Assignment: What is Carrefour’s growth strategy? Has it been successful?
Evaluate the company’s financial strategy. What are the
critical problems facing the firm? Are joint ventures more
profitable than franchises? Can the Carrefour strategy be
replicated?
Read: Revise B&G Chapter 22
1035 - 1055
Tea break
6
1055 - 1125
Discussion Group: Business Integration and Innovation
1130 - 1300
BUSINESS INTEGRATION AND INNOVATION
JAMSHED H KHAN
Topic: Origins of Strategy
Case: The British Motorcycle Industry at a Crossroads
Assignment:
1.
How did Honda discover the strategy that allowed it to be so
successful in the motorcycle industry and, in particular, in the
United States? Does the story told by the Honda executives in the
(B) case differ from the one you expected after reading the (A)
case?
2.
In 1975, how large is NVT’s competitive disadvantage with
respect to Honda? What are the most important sources of
disadvantage?
3.
What can NVT’s management team do? What should it do?
Read:
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3.
Honda (B)
Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 6, 25 7-2 72 (1985) - Of
Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent
Planning Vs. Opportunistic Adaptation (Review)
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
0900 - 1200
ISLAMIC ETHICS
KAMRAN RASHID
Mid-Term Examination (Open Book/Open Notes)
Venue: Auditorium 103
Auditorium 104
(2016-01-0001 to 0043)
(2016-01-0044 to 0088)
Note: Mobile phones are not allowed.
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