EMBA PROGRAMME

CLASS OF 2020
Module V : Managing The Future
January 11 TO February 09, 2020

11-Jan 12-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 8-Feb 9-Feb

Auditorium 204
Sat Sun Sat Sun Sat Sun
DG 0830-0900 * * * *
EMBA EMBA
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Class 1 0905-1035 1 2 3 3 I I
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DG 1055-1125 E E
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LO LO IE LO I I
Class 2 1130-1300 1 2 4 4 M M
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DG 1400-1430 E E
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BS BS BS BS E E
Class 3 1435-1605 1 2 3 4 N N
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1. For course titles and instructors, please turn over.

2. Discussion group sessions will be held in the allocated discussion rooms as mentioned in the
discussion group list.

* Follow the timings given on the inner pages.

 EMBA CLASS OF 2020
Module V, Managing The Future

Code Course Title Instructors

IE Islamic Ethics/Corporate Governance Asif Iftikhar/Khalid A.Mirza

LO Leading Organizations M. Abdur Rahman Malik
BS Business Strategy Ehsan Ul Haque/Jamshed H.Khan
 SULEMAN DAWOOD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
EMBA PROGRAMME

MODULE V : MANAGING THE FUTURE

CLASS OF 2020
AUDITORIUM A-204

Assignments for the week of January 11 to February 09, 2020

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics

0905 - 1035 ISLAMIC ETHICS

ASIF IFTIKHAR

Topic: Foundations and Constructions of Ethics

Read:

1. Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law

2. Formation of Islamic Law

1035 - 1055 Tea break

1055 - 1125 Discussion Group: Leading Organizations

1130 - 1300 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

M. ABDUR RAHMAN MALIK

Topic: HRM And Competitive Advantage / Strategic HRM

Case: Southwest Airlines(A)

Assignment:

1. What is the real competitive advantage that South West Airlines has
generated?

2. Is the competitive advantage sustainable in the long term?

3. What is the biggest threat to South West Airlines ?

Read: Ambidextrous Organizations: Managing Evolutionary and Revolutionary

Change

1300 - 1400 Lunch break

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1400 - 1430 Discussion Group: Business Strategy

1435 - 1605 BUSINESS STRATEGY

EHSAN UL HAQUE

Topic: Introduction

Read:

1. Introduction to Strategy
2. Type of Strategy: Which Fits Your Business?

Assignment: Be prepared to discuss the readings in class.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics

0905 - 1035 ISLAMIC ETHICS

ASIF IFTIKHAR

Topic: Frameworks of Islamic Ethics and Law

Read:

1. Probabilism and Limits of Certainty

2. Stoning and Hand-cutting: Understanding the Ḥudūd and the Sharia in
Islam

1035 - 1055 Tea break

1055 - 1125 Discussion Group: Leading Organizations

1130 - 1300 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

M. ABDUR RAHMAN MALIK

Topic: Job Description & Analysis/Recruitment & Selection

Case: SG Cowen: New Recruits

Assignment:

1. Reflect upon a time you had a negative recruiting / hiring experience.

What were the signs the experience was not going well?

2. What are the key decision points used by S. G. Cowen in making hiring
decisions? What is your evaluation of the process used by the firm?

3. What is your evaluation of the criteria used by this organization in

making hiring decisions?
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 4. Which two candidates would you select if you were a member of the
recruiting committee?

Read: The Hiring Process: Attracting the Best People

1300 - 1400 Lunch break

1400 - 1430 Discussion Group: Business Strategy

1435 - 1605 BUSINESS STRATEGY

EHSAN UL HAQUE

Topic: Industry Analysis and Competitive Positioning

Case: United Foam Industries Ltd.

Assignment:

1. Would you label Pakistani foam industry attractive?

2. Which industry player are you most impressed with? Why?

3. What short- and long-term problems are faced by United?

4. As United’s MD what would you do and why?

Read: Competitive Strategy: The Core Concepts

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics

0905 - 1035 ISLAMIC ETHICS

ASIF IFTIKHAR

Topic: Sources of Directives and Injunctions

Read:

1. Tafsīr
2. The Qur’ān as literature
3. Authenticity of Ḥadīth: A Pseudo-Problem

1035 - 1055 Tea break

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1055 - 1125 Discussion Group: Islamic Ethics

1130 - 1300 ISLAMIC ETHICS

ASIF IFTIKHAR

Topic: Sources, Epistemology and Hermeneutics

Read:

1. Was the Gate of Ijtihād Closed?

2. Asif Iftikhar, “Uṣūl: A Note on Ijmā ”
3. Asif Iftikhar, “Review of Walid A. Saleh’s Article on Al-Wāḥidī’s
Views on the Interpretation of Ḍāll in Q. 93:7,”

1300 - 1400 Lunch break

1400 - 1430 Discussion Group: Business Strategy

1435 - 1605 BUSINESS STRATEGY

EHSAN UL HAQUE

Topic: Industry Analysis and Competitive Positioning

Case: Traders Joe’s

Assignment:

1. Using Dupont Analysis of Exhibit 2 of the case, identify how different

companies are making money in the supermarket industry?

2. What are the key sources of Traders Joe’s competitive advantage?

3. Are these advantages sustainable?

Read:

1. Creating Competitive Advantage

2. What is Strategy?

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26

0830 - 0900 Discussion Group: Leading Organizations

0905 - 1035 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

M. ABDUR RAHMAN MALIK

Topic: Compensation and Reward Systems

Case: Lahore Ring Road Police – Introduction of Variable Incentive Plan

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 Assignment:

1. Do you suggest LRRA to adopt the variable incentive plan? If yes, when
the system should be implemented?

2. If you favor a variable incentive plan, which KPIs should be used?

3. Should the proposed plan cover and provide KPI data to each warden or
inclusion into the plan and accessibility of data be limited to specific
wardens?

4. What could be the unintended consequences (both positive and negative)

of a variable incentive plan in uniformed, law enforcing service?

Read:

1. Six Dangerous Myths About Pay

2. Organizational Reward Systems

1035 - 1055 Tea break

1055 - 1125 Discussion Group: Leading Organizations

1130 - 1300 LEADING ORGANIZATIONS

M. ABDUR RAHMAN MALIK

Topic: Performance Management

Case: Spring Forward or Fall Back?

Assignment:

1. Evaluate the old appraisal and compensation systems. What were their
pros and cons, as compared to the new system?

2. Are the existing challenges primarily due to the design of the new
system or its implementation? What could have been done to avoid these
issues?

3. What would you do if you were Sara?

4. What would you do if you were Amer?

Read:

1. Performance Management Standard

2. Incentive strategy within organizations

1300 - 1400 Lunch break

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1400 - 1430 Discussion Group: Business Strategy

1435 - 1605 BUSINESS STRATEGY

EHSAN UL HAQUE

Topic: Industry Analysis and Competitive Positioning

Case: Husky Injection Molding Systems

Assignment:

1. What is Husky’s strategy? Why has the company been so successful so

far?

2. Are Husky’s injection molding systems worth the premium price? (Do
numbers support the argument?)

3. What has caused current challenges? As Bob Schad how would you
respond?

Read: Sustaining Competitive Advantage

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 08

0830 - 1605 INTERIM PRESENTATIONS

JAMSHED H. KHAN

Capstone Project Presentations

Venue: A-204, 2ND Floor, SDSB Building

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 09

0830 - 1605 INTERIM PRESENTATIONS

JAMSHED H. KHAN

Capstone Project Presentations

Venue: A-204, 2ND Floor, SDSB Building