SULEMAN DAWOOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
MBA PROGRAMME
CLASS OF 2016, SECTION B
AUDITORIUM A-104 SEMESTER II 2014-2015 (SII)
Assignments for the week of February 02 to February 06, 2015
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 02
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Managerial Economics
0905 - 1035
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
TANVEER SHAHZAD
Topic: Economic Growth and Unemployment
Case: Unemployment in France: Priority No. One
Assignment:
1.
What are the differences in socialism and capitalism?
2.
Why Double digit unemployment is problematic?
3.
What are the causes of unemployment in France?
4.
What are the different approaches in solving these problems?
Note: Please read the case.
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Business Development and Economy
1140 - 1310
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMY
KHALID MIRZA
Topic: Industrial Expansion in the United States
Cases:
1.
2.
The Integration of Mass Production and Mass Distribution
Introduction: The Visible Hand
1
1310 - 1435
Lunch break
1435 - 1505
Discussion Group: Operations Management
1510 - 1640
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
SYED ZAHOOR HASSAN
Topic: Operations Strategy and Competitiveness
Case: American Connector Co. (A)
Assignment:
1.
How serious is the threat of DJC to American Connector
Company?
2.
How big are the cost differences DJC’s plant and American
Connector’s Sunnyvale plant? Consider both DJC’s performance
in Kawasaki and its potential in the United States.
3.
What account for these differences? How much of the difference is
inherent in the way each of the two companies compete? How
much is due strictly to differences in the efficiency of the
operations?
4.
What should American Connector’s management at Sunnyvale
plant do?
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 03
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Financial Management
0905 - 1035
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SYED MUBASHIR ALI
Topic: Bond Valuation
Case: Note on Bond Valuation and Returns
Assignment: Be prepared to discuss the case and readings.
Read: B&E Chapters 6 & 7
1035 - 1105
Tea break
2
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Managerial Accounting and Control Systems
1140 - 1310
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
AYESHA BHATTI
Topic: Cost Accounting Fundamentals
Case: Pakistan International Airlines
Assignment: Questions in the case.
Read: Ch. 12, Financial and Cost-Volume-Profit Models, pp. 468-475
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 04
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Managerial Economics
0905 - 1035
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
TANVEER SHAHZAD
Topic: Poverty and Inequality
Read:
1.
2.
Think Again, Again
A Billion Hungry People?
Assignment:
1.
What is meant by poverty?
2.
What is the difference between poverty and inequality?
3.
How can global poverty and inequality be reduced as per
AbhijeetBannerjee?
1035 - 1105
Tea break
1105 - 1135
Discussion Group: Business Development and Economy
1140 - 1310
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMY
KHALID MIRZA
Topic: The Rise of Managerial Capitalism
3
Cases:
1.
2.
The Emergence of Managerial Capitalism
The Development of Under-development by Andre Gunder Frank
1310 - 1435
Lunch break
1435 - 1505
Discussion Group: Leadership and Social Responsibility
1510 - 1640
LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
GHUFRAN AHMAD
Topic: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah: The Mindset of a Leader
Cases:
1.
2.
Jinnah of Pakistan – Book Chapters 1-3
The Charismatic Leader – Book Chapter 2, pp. 100-110
Read: Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan – Book Chapter/Part 1
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 05
Kashmir Day Holiday
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 06
0830 - 0900
Discussion Group: Leadership and Social Responsibility
0905 - 1035
LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
GHUFRAN AHMAD
Topic: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto: The Evolution of a Leader
Case: Zulfiqar Bhutto of Pakistan: His Life and Times – Book Chapters
1-3
1035 - 1055
Tea break
1055 - 1125
Discussion Group: Operations Management
1130 - 1300
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
SYED ZAHOOR HASSAN
Topic: Operations Strategy and Competitiveness
Case: McDonald’s Corporation
4
Assignment:
1.
Which characteristics of McDonald’s production system have been
most important in building its record of success and growth in the
industry?
2.
What are the primary new challenges McDonald’s faces in the
1990s?
3.
How would you adapt the system to accommodate these changes in
the U.S.?
4.
How can McDonald’s lay the basis for future growth?
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