MBA PROGRAMME

CLASS OF 2022
Spring Semester II (IIB)
Section B
Weekly Class Schedule
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 15 TO MARCH 19, 2021

15-Mar 16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar 19-Mar 20-Mar

Auditorium B-2
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

DG 0830-0900
BI MC BI MC
Class 1 0905-1035 1 11 2 12 *
Experiential
DG 1105-1135 Learning II
BEI FMG BEI FMG
Class 2 1140-1310 1 17 2 18

DG 1435-1505
OMT OMT
Class 3 1510-1640 1 2

DG 1700-1730

Class 4 1735-1905

1. The soft copy of the weekly schedule is available on the main page of LUMS website
www.lums.edu.pk - Information For: Students/Schedules/MBA Schedule

2. For course titles and instructors, please turn overleaf.

* Follow the timing given in the inner pages for Friday, March 19.

** FMG WAC is due on Sunday, March 21.

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 MBA CLASS OF 2022
Spring Semester II (SIIB)
LIST OF COURSES BEING OFFERED

CODE UNITS COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTOR(S) SESSIONS

MC 1 Managerial Communications Atif Rahim Khan 28

FMG 1 Financial Management Syed Mubashir Ali 28
BEI 0.5 Business Ethics and Islam Jawad Syed 14
BI 0.5 Business Intelligence Ussama Yaqub 14
OMT 0.5 Operations Management-Technology, Syed Zahoor Hassan 14
Innovation and Emerging Trends

EL-II 0.5 MyStartup M. Shehryar Shahid 14

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 SULEMAN DAWOOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
MBA PROGRAMME

CLASS OF 2022
AUDITORIUM B-2
Spring Semester II (SIIB)
(Section B)

Assignments for the week of March 15 to March 19, 2021

For Section B

Individual:

Link: https://zoom.us/j/93397964391?pwd=MXVTdmJncWEvMlJNUDdOaU4xRytjZz09
Meeting ID: 933 9796 4391
Passcode: 810565

Joint:

Link: https://zoom.us/j/98559787866?pwd=OTlvVlpzU3gxVnVER3FBRWVIMitrUT09
Meeting ID: 985 5978 7866
Passcode: 514919

Note:

 All sessions will be started and hosted by TAs from SDSB Auditoriums initially. Faculty will
be made co-host or host later, as required.
 All classes should be joined using section-wise zoom link unless we mention that its a joint
session.

MONDAY, MARCH 15

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Business Intelligence

0905 - 1035 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

USSAMA YAQUB

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

Teaching Assistant: Fatima Nadeem (fatima.nadeem@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Introduction

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 Case: Frito-Lay: A Strategic Transition 1987-89

Assignment:

1. What key lessons were learnt from analyses of problems the

company faced in 1986?

2. How do you evaluate the information infrastructure developed to

support business operations and management systems at all levels
of the organisation?

3. Describe the HHC project, the “Pipeline” project and the “Blue
Chip” project. How these IT projects relate with the company’s
overall strategy?

4. How the various types of systems described in the reading,

Information Systems in the Enterprise relate with the case?

Read: Information Systems in Enterprise

1035 - 1105 Tea break

1105 - 1135 Discussion Group: Business Ethics and Islam

1140 - 1310 BUSINESS ETHICS AND ISLAM

JAWAD SYED

Instructor Venue: Off-Site LUMS

Teaching Assistant: M. Ali (mamuhammad.ali@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Ethical Frameworks and Application

Case: The Parable of the Sadhu

Read: A Framework for Ethical Decision Making

1310 - 1435 Lunch break

1435 - 1505 Discussion Group: Operations Management-Technology

1510 - 1640 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT-TECHNOLOGY

SYED ZAHOOR HASSAN

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

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 Teaching Assistant: Haseeb Asif Bajwa (haseeb.asif@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: OM, Supply and Value Chains - Challenges and Opportunities

Case: Benihana of Tokyo

Assignment:

1. Review your Introduction to Micro-Enterprises project from last

summer and identify the specific concepts that you have learnt so
far in the MBA program (especially in OMF and EL-1) that you
can apply to help this micro enterprise. Submit a two page report
to tauseef.zahra@lums.edu.pk by 05:00 pm, March 14, 2021.

2. Review the main concepts that you have learnt during the OMF
course and other courses, including the EL-1, studied so far.
Which of these concepts may be useful in analyzing the current
situation at Benihana? Make a list.

3. What are the key stakeholders in Benihana value chain? How has
Benihana positioned itself in this value chain? What is unique
about Benihana?

4. What factors may explain the success of Benihana? What metrics

would you use to define success in this case? What is the specific
role of operations management at Benihana?

5. What would you as Rocky do regarding the issues mentioned at the

end of the case? What drives your decisions?

6. What are Benihana’s sources of competitive advantage? Are they

sustainable? How would you comment on the issues raised by
Russ Carpenter in the last paragraph of the case?

Read: Operations Strategy

TUESDAY, MARCH 16

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Managerial Communications

0905 - 1035 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATIONS

ATIF RAHIM KHAN

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

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 Teaching Assistant: Sheharyar Ahmed (sheharyar.ahmad@lums.edu.pk)

Presentations

1035 - 1105 Tea break

1105 - 1135 Discussion Group: Financial Management

1140 - 1310 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SYED MUBASHIR ALI

Instructor Venue: Off-Site LUMS

Teaching Assistant: Madiha Khursheed (madiha.khursheed@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Capital Structure Theory

Case: An Introduction to Debt Policy and Value

Assignment: Be prepared to discuss the case and readings.

Read: B&E Chapters 14 and 15

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Business Intelligence

0905 - 1035 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

(Lab Session) USSAMA YAQUB

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

Teaching Assistant: Fatima Nadeem (fatima.nadeem@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Python Programming

Case: Introduction to Python

Assignment: Students will be given a lab exercise to complete and

submit before end of day.

Read: A Practical Introduction to Python Programming: Chapters 2, 3, 4,

5 and 6

1035 - 1105 Tea break

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1105 - 1135 Discussion Group: Business Ethics and Islam

1140 - 1310 BUSINESS ETHICS AND ISLAM

JAWAD SYED

Instructor Venue: On Campus

Teaching Assistant: M. Ali (mamuhammad.ali@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Islamic Perspective on Ethics

Case: Bribery and Extortion in International Business (Abridged)

Brief Video Lecture on Ethics and Character in Islam

Read:

1. Ethical Viewpoint of Islam

2. Introduction to JOBE SI

1310 - 1435 Lunch break

1435 - 1505 Discussion Group: Operations Management-Technology

1510 - 1640 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT-TECHNOLOGY

SYED ZAHOOR HASSAN

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

Teaching Assistant: Haseeb Asif Bajwa (haseeb.asif@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: OM, Supply and Value Chains - Challenges and Opportunities

Case: McDonald’s Corporation

Assignment:

1. Which characteristics of McDonald’s production system have been

most important in building its record of success and growth?

2. What are the primary new challenges that McDonald’s faces in

1990s? How should it adopt to address these challenges?

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 3. How would you compare McDonald’s with Benihana (that we
studied in OM last semester) in terms of their strategy and key
elements of their operating systems? What are the similarities?
Differences?

4. How should McDonald’s respond to Burger King’s October 1st

announcement?

5. Visit McDonald website and one of their restaurants in Lahore to

determine how McDonald has changed since the time of the case.
What related changes, in your opinion, may have been
implemented in the operations strategy in this period? What could
be the main reason for these changes?

THURSDAY, MARCH 18

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Managerial Communications

0905 - 1035 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATIONS

ATIF RAHIM KHAN

Instructor Venue: On-Campus

Teaching Assistant: Sheharyar Ahmed (sheharyar.ahmad@lums.edu.pk)

Presentations

1035 - 1105 Tea break

1105 - 1135 Discussion Group: Financial Management

1140 - 1310 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SYED MUBASHIR ALI

Instructor Venue: Off-Site LUMS

Teaching Assistant: Madiha Khursheed (madiha.khursheed@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Strategic Financing Decisions

Case: Salazar Corporation: The IPO for NetSet4

Assignment: Answer the questions in the case.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 19

0900 - 1300 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING-II

M.SHEHRYAR SHAHID

Instructor Venue: Off-Site LUMS

Teaching Assistant: Fatima Nadeem (fatima.nadeem@lums.edu.pk)

Topic: Teaching model and reflections on entrepreneurial mindset

45 Minutes Course Outline Presentation and Teaching Model Discussion

75 Minutes Game Playing Session