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SESSION 2020-2024
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Financial Accounting I
COM-301
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
Weekly Course Objectives
Week Module In This Chapter, We Will Addressthe Following Questions.
▪ What is an event
Chapter – 2:
▪ Features
Transaction and
▪ Classification
Accounting
2–3 ▪ Rules for deciding whether a transaction is cash or credit
Equation
▪ The effects of business transaction upon the accounting
(Page 19-33)
equation.
TEXT BOOK
▪ Setting up a brand new business with practical examples.
▪ Analysis of Transaction
▪ Double entry system
▪ Advantages of double entry system
Chapter – 3:
▪ Single entry system
Analysis of Business
▪ Distinction between double entry system and single entry
Transactions and
4–5 system
Double entry system
▪ What is an account
(Page 35 – 57)
▪ Classification of accounts
TEXT BOOK
▪ Rules for debiting and crediting
▪ Explanation of rules
6–7
▪ Journal: 1st Phase of Accounting Cycle.
▪ Definition, characteristics, narration, advantages of journal,
simple entry and compound entry.
Chapter – 4 & 5:
▪ What is ledger, features, forms of ledger, posting procedure,
Original Book of
balancing of an account, normal balances.
Entry & Ledger
▪ Posting procedure illustrated
(Page 59 to 106)
▪ Self-balancing form of ledger account
TEXT BOOK
▪ Trial balance
▪ Methods of preparing trial balance
Chapter – 11
▪ Work Sheet
Work Sheet ▪ Methods of preparing Work Sheet
16 – 17 (Page 387- 401)
TEXT BOOK
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Lyallpur Business School
(LBS)
Course Specifications
Principles of Micro Economics
ECO-301
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Weekly Work Plan:
To achieve the above these are the main course components:
1st – 2nd Week
Introduction about Economics Chapter -1: by Mankiw principles of micro Economics( page
#3-15) .Ten principle of economics.
Market forces of supply and Demand Chapter #4 by Mankiw principles of micro Economics
( page #62-85). Definition of Market, Demand determinants of individual demand, normal
good, inferior good. substitutes and complements shift in demand .
3rd – 4th Week
Market forces of supply and Demand Chapter -4: by Mankiw principles of micro
Economics. ( page #62-85). Supply , determinants of individual supply shift in supply curve
Equilibrium change in equilibrium, Supply demand together, three steps to analyzing changes in
equilibrium.
Theory of consumer choice Chapter -21: by Mankiw principles of micro Economics. ( page
#447-460)
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
COURSE CONTENTS
➢ INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
o Computer, its characteristics, history, generations of computers
o Computer Hardware and its peripherals. New hardware and peripheral‘s
installation.
o Basic Architecture of Computer System
o Software – its types, basic operations.
o Concepts on Computer Virus, Worms, Hacking, Spam
➢ INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEM (MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP)
o Basic concepts regarding System Software and OS
o Using Windows Environment.
o Windows Features
o Start Menu, Task Bar, System Tray
o Control Panel, its basic items
o Managing Files and Folders
o Windows Explorer
o Windows application, operations and uses
o Customizing the Tool Bars
➢ WORD PROCESSING BASICS
o Types of documents created with a word processing program(MS Word)
o An overview of the menus in MS Word
o Principal features of a word processing program
o In depth knowledge and competence on various operations of MS Word
➢ SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS
o Spreadsheet basics, its vocabulary, principles
o Usage of functions, macros, sorting, formatting, generating charts, pivot tables.
o Financial Management related Formula‘s Implementation.
o Statistics related Formula‘s Implementation.
o Cell Formatting, print previewing / printing of selected data
o Insert and name worksheets
o Import spreadsheet reports and charts into word processing documents
o Set up and analyze itemized lists of numbers e-g- various types of budgets
/financial statements
➢ SIMPLE CONCEPTS OF DATABASE
➢ PRESENTATIONS THROUGH POWERPOINT
o Examine purpose, examples of a presentation; explain components of a
presentation
o Outline a presentation and apply good design principles
o Apply and modify a design template
o Add clip art, charts, sound to a presentation
o Formatting a slide show; Applying slide background, color, style, transitions –
visual, text
o Running a slide show
➢ NETWORKS & NETWORKING BASICS
o Use of Networks; Its Common Types
o Data Communication Modes; Using Telephone Lines, Modems
o Wireless Networks
o Network Security
➢ INTERNET & E-MAIL BASICS
o Introduction to the Internet, the terminology, its advantages / disadvantages
o Internet Terminology
o Security on the Internet – Tools & Tips
o IT Issues
o Privacy
o Ethics
Recommended Text:
1. Kinkoph, Shery (2003) How to use Microsoft Office XP. SamsPublishing
2. Grauer, Robert T. & Barber, Maryam (2000) Exploring Office XP, Volume 1. Prentice
Hall Publishers
3. Capron, H.L. (2004) Computers, Tools For An Information Age, Prentice Hall
Publishers, 8th Ed
4. Gralla, Preston (2003) How The Internet Works, Que Publishers, 2nd Ed.
5. Crumlish, Christian (1997) The ABCs of the Internet, Sybex Inc, 2nd Ed.
6. Sinha , P. K. (1992) Introduction To Computers BPB Publications.
7. Liong & Long, Introduction to Computers
Department of English
Syllabus
English Courses for Other BS Hons Programs
(Implemented from 2015 onwards)
Semester 2
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL (LBS)
Course Specifications
Principles of Management
MGT-401
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Class Format & Weekly Work Plan:
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Financial Accounting-II
COM - 302
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
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GC UNIVERSITY,
FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Lyallpur Business School
(LBS)
Course Specifications
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Weekly Work Plan:
To achieve the above these are the main course components:
1st – 2nd Week
Introduction to concept of macro economics chapter #1 by A.Hamid Shahid (page # 9-23)
Classical ,J.M.Keynes and hicksian economics. Scope of macro economics, problems of macro.
3rd – 4th Week
National income Chapter # 2 by A.Hamid Shahid (page # 1-8)
Definition of N.I, Measurement of GNP or GDP. Circular flow of NI.
Classical theory of income and employment Chapter # 3 by A.Hamid Shahid (page # 25-40)
Introduction to classical theory of income and employment. Assumption of classical model
,Say’s law of markets. Goods markets in classical model .The labor market in classical model.
AD&AS for labor .
5th – 6th Week
Keynesian theory of income and employment Chapter # 4 by A.Hamid Shahid (page # 41-58)
Salient features of Keynes theory of income and employment. Determination of equilibrium
level of income and employment in a two sector economy and three sector economy. Criticism
of Keynesian theory of income and employment. Keynes equilibrium in monetary sector.
7th – 8th Week
Keynes propensity to consume or consumption function. Chapter # 5 by A.Hamid Shahid (page
# 59-92).Consumption function, Saving function, Keynes psychological law of consumption,
Theories of Consumption.
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Business Mathematics
MTH-306
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Learning Objectives
• Account for inventory by inventory sheets and reports
from a perpetual inventory system.
• Compute inventory value by the average cost, LIFO, and
Inventory FIFO methods.
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and Turnover • Compute inventory by using the lower of cost or market
value.
• Estimate inventory by using cost of goods sold.
• Compute inventory turnover. 7
By studying this chapter and completing all assignments you 9
will be able to:
• Compute the future value of an annuity.
• Compute the regular payments of an annuity from the
future value.
15-16 Annuities • Compute the present value of an annuity.
• Compute the regular payments of an annuity from the
present value.
• Compute the loan payment required to amortize a loan.
• Create a loan amortization schedule.
Final Term Exam
Suggested Books:
➢ Exploring the World of English by Saadat Ali Shah
➢ College Writing: From paragraph to Essay: Zemach &Rumisek
➢ Reading. Upper Intermediate. Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis.
➢ Oxford Supplementary Skills. Third Impression 1992.
➢ Glencoe Writer’s Choice: Grammar and Composition. McGraw Hill Glencoe
➢ College writing skills by John Langan. McGraw Hill Publishers, 2004
➢ Reading upper intermediate. Brain Tomlinson and Rod Ellis. Oxford supplementary
skills. Third impression 1992
Recommended Books:
1. Anderson, Margaret and Howard F. Taylor. 2001. Sociology the Essentials.
Australia: Wadsworth.
2. Brown, Ken 2004. Sociology. UK: Polity Press
3. Gidden, Anthony 2002. Introduction to Sociology. UK: Polity Press.
4. Macionis, John J. 2006. 10th Edition Sociology New Jersey: Prentice-Hall
5. Tischler, Henry L. 2002. Introduction to Sociology 7th ed. New York: The
Harcourt Press.
6. Frank N Magill. 2003. International Encyclopedia of Sociology. U.S.A: Fitzroy
Dearborn Publishers
7. Macionis, John J. 2005. Sociology 10th ed. South Asia: Pearson Education
8. Kerbo, Harold R. 1989. Sociology: Social Structure and Social Conflict. New
York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
9. Koening Samuel. 1957. Sociology: An Introduction to the Science of Society.
New York: Barnes and Nobel..
10. Lee, Alfred Mclung and Lee, Elizabeth Briant 1961. Marriage and The family.
New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc.
11. Leslie, Gerald et al. 1973. Order and Change: Introductory Sociology
Toronto: Oxford University Press.
12. Lenski, Gevbard and Lenski, Jeam. 1982. Human Societies. 4th edition New
York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
13. James M. Henslin. 2004. Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach. Toronto:
Allen and Bacon.
Semester 3
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
Course Specifications
Principles of Marketing
MKT-401
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Weekly Work Plan:
To achieve the above these are the main course components:
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
Week Module Intended Main Learning Objectives
▪ Know what marketing is and why you should learn
about it.
▪ Understand the difference between marketing and
Chapter – 1: macro-marketing.
▪ Understand what a market driven economy is and
(Page 03 –33 of TEXT
how it adjusts the macro-marketing system.
BOOK)
1-2 ▪ Know what the marketing concept is –and how it
Marketing: Creating should guide a firm or non-profit major
Customer Value and organization.
Engagement
▪ Understand what customer value is and why it is
important to customer satisfaction.
▪ Understand the contemporary terms in marketing.
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Managerial Accounting
COM-554
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Chapter – 3: Various Classifications of Cost, Elements of Cost such as Material, Labour and
Expenses, Cost Ascertainment V/S Cost Estimation, Methods and Techniques of Costing (Cost
Accounting by Matz Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
7th - 8th Week
Chapter – 4: Introduction of Financial Statements, Prime Cost, Conversion Cost, Total Factory
Cost, Cost of Goods Manufactured, Cost of Goods Sold at Normal and Actual, Cost of Goods
Sold Statement of a Trading Concern, Cost of Goods Sold Statement of a Manufacturing
Concern, Income Statements, Numerical Exercises and Problems (Cost Accounting by Matz
Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
Mid Semester Examination
10th Week
Chapter – 9: Material Purchase Procedure, Store Records, Store Ledger Card, Inventory
Systems: Periodic and Perpetual, Methods of Costing of Material Issue, Inventory Planning and
Control, Measurement of Stock Levels (Order Level, Maximum Stock Level, Minimum Stock
Level, Danger Level), Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Numerical Exercises and Problems
(Cost Accounting by Matz Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
11th Week
Chapter – 11: The term Labour and its Classifications, Importance and Nature of Productivity,
and Productivity’s Relationship to Labour Costs, Methods of Labour Remuneration, Labour
Incentive Plans, Numerical Exercises and Problems (Cost Accounting by Matz Usry, 14th
Pakistan Edition)
12th Week
Chapter – 12 & 13: Factory Overhead Predetermine and Use, Selection of Different Bases for
Factory Overhead Rates, Factory Overhead Control Account, Factory Overhead Variance
Analysis, Departmentization of Factory Overhead Cost, Allocation and Apportionment of FOH
Cost, Numerical Exercises and Problems (Cost Accounting by Matz Usry, 14th Pakistan
Edition)
13th Week
Chapter – 18 & 19: Methods of setting standard costing, Criticism of standard costing, Variance
Analysis, Direct material and Direct Labor Variance Analysis, Numerical Problems of standard
Costing and variance Analysis, Numerical Exercises and Problems (Cost Accounting by Matz
Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
14th Week
Chapter – 6: Production Report, Process Costing, Normal and Abnormal Loss, Cost of
Production Report with Numerical Exercises and Problems (Cost Accounting by Matz Usry,
14th Pakistan Edition)
15th Week
Chapter – 20: Contribution Margin Approach, Equation Approach, CVP Analysis, Income
statement of Contribution Approach, Income statement of Traditional Approach, Break even
points in units and dollars, Numerical Exercises and Problems of CVP (Cost Accounting by
Matz Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
16th Week
Chapter – 15 & 16: Capital budgeting, Techniques of capital budgeting, Decision making on the
basis of techniques foe manager in selection of project, Numerical problems for the selection of
different projects, (Cost Accounting by Matz Usry, 14th Pakistan Edition)
COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is aimed at: 1. To provide Basic information about
Islamic Studies 2. To enhance understanding of the students regarding Islamic Civilization 3. To
improve Students skill to perform prayers and other worships 4. To enhance the skill of the
students for understanding of issues related to faith and religious life.
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Business Finance
FIN-402
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
• Agency Problem
Net present value and other Net present value and other investment
investment Criteria Criteria
TEXT BOOK (Van Horne, Net present value.
Fundamentals of Financial The payback rules.
15 & 16 Management & CFA NOTES) The average accounting returns.
The internal rate of return.
The profitability indexes.
The practice of capital budgeting.
•
Semester 4
BUSINESS Credit
Course COMMUNICATION Hours 3
Pre-
requisite Functional English Semester 4th
COURSE OUTLINE
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GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Marketing management
MKT-402
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
Weekly Course Objectives
Week Module In This Chapter, We Will Address the Following Questions.
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GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Human Resource Management
MGT-404
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
COURSE SPECIFICATIONS
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
Weekly Course Objectives
Week Module In This Chapter, We Will Address the Following Questions.
Text: Following text books are referred for this course. A pdf
copy of these books will be provided to the students.
Recommended Books:
1. Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, Botkin, D.B & Keller, E.A. 9th Ed.
John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
2. Environmental Science: working with the Earth.11th Ed. Miller, G., Tyler. Cengage
Learning, 2005.
3. Environmental Science. 4th Ed. by Dr. Suresh K. Dhameja. Published by S.K.
Kataria and Sons, New Delhi, 2012.
4. Environment and Ecology. 1 Ed. by Dr. J.P. Sharma. Published by
st
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Financial Management
Spring – 2022
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
▪ Agency Problem
“Capital Budgeting”
▪ Distinguish between cash flows and accounting profits;
▪ Define the following terms and discuss their relevance
to capital budgeting: incremental cash flow, sunk cost,
opportunity cost
▪ Define an expansion project and a replacement project;
▪ Define initial investment outlay, operating cash flow
Chapter – 12: over a project’s life, and terminal-year cash flow, and
Capital Budgeting and compute each measure for an expansion project and a
9-10 Estimating Cash Flows replacement project;
TEXT BOOK (Van ▪ Discuss the effects of inflation on capital budgeting
Horne, Fundamentals of analysis.
Financial Management) Techniques of Capital Budgeting”
NPV
IRR
Payback period
Accounting rate of return
Discounted payback period
Discounted NPV
“Capital Budgeting”
▪ Calculate four methods used to evaluate capital projects:
payback period, discounted payback period, net
present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR);
Chapter – 13: ▪ Explain the NPV profile;
Capital Budgeting ▪ Explain the relative advantages and disadvantages of the
11 & 12 Techniques NPV and IRR methods, particularly with respect to
TEXT BOOK (Van independent versus mutually exclusive projects;
Horne, Fundamentals of ▪ Describe and calculate the modified IRR (MIRR);
Financial Management) ▪ Explain the “multiple IRR problems” and the condition
that can cause the problem;
▪ Explain why NPV, IRR, and MIRR methods can
produce conflicting rankings for capital projects.
• Financial leverage
• Total leverage
Semester 5
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL (LBS)
Course Specifications
Consumer Behavior
MKT-501
Fall 2021-22
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
st nd
1 – 2 Week
Chapter – 1: Consumer Behavior & Technology (Page 3 – 39) (Consumer Behavior by Leon G.
th
Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
rd th
3 – 4 Week
Chapter – 2: Market Segmentation & Real Time Bidding (Page 41 – 72) (Consumer Behavior by
th
Leon G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
th th
5 – 6 Week
Chapter – 3: Consumer Motivation and Personality (Page 73 – 111) (Consumer Behavior by
th
Leon G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
CASE STUDY
th th
7 - 8 Week
Chapter – 4: Consumer Perception & Positioning (Page 113 – 168) (Consumer Behavior by Leon
th
G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
th th
12 Week – 13 Week
Chapter – 10: The Family and its Social Standing (Page 351 – 372) (Consumer Behavior by
th
Leon G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
th th
14 Week – 15 Week
Chapter – 11: Cultural Values & Consumer Behavior (Page 373 – 414) (Consumer Behavior by
th
Leon G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
th th
16 Week – 17 Week
Chapter – 13: Consumer Decision - Making and Diffusion of Innovations (Page 447 – 476)
th
(Consumer Behavior by Leon G. Schiffman, Joseph Wisenblit, S. Ramesh Kumar, 12 Edition)
CASE STUDY
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Lyallpur Business School
(LBS)
Course Specifications
Organizational behavior
MGT-507
Fall- 2022
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
▪
• Concept of diversity.
• Discuss about the Discrimination.
Chapter -2 & 3: by
Stephen P. Robbins • What are the biographical characteristics?
• Discussion on other biographical characteristics.
Diversity in organizations • Define attitude & behavior.
& • Different major job attitudes.
3–4
Job & Attitudes. • Measuring the job satisfaction and also describe
the impact of satisfied & dissatisfied employees
on workplace.
• Perform activity
• Case incident 1.
• Case incident 1
• Case incident 2
Chapter – 6 & 7: by
• Discuss about perceptions.
Stephen P. Robbins • Perform some activities of personality and
7 – 8 Perception & values and perceptions.
Motivations • Discus about the Motivation. And discuss
about some theories of Motivations.
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL
Course Specifications
Operations Management
MGT-501
Fall 2022-23
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
Kalyar, M. N., Shafique, I., & Abid, A. (2019). Role of lean manufacturing and
environmental
management practices in eliciting environmental and financial performance: the contingent
effect of institutional pressures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(24),
24967-24978.
Kalyar, M. N., Aftab, M., & Shafique, I. (2020). Enhancing Firms’ Environmental
Performance and Financial Performance through Green Supply Chain Management
Practices and Institutional Pressures. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy
Journal, 11(2), 451-476.
10th Week
Chapter 6: Process Selection and Facility Layout (pages 243-295) (Operations Management by
William J. Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Shafique, I., Kalyar, M. N., & Rani, T. (2020). Examining the impact of ethical leadership on
safety and task performance: A safety-critical context. Leadership & Organization
Development Journal, 41(7), 909-926.
11th Week
Chapter 8: Location Planning and Analysis (pages 342-371) (Operations Management by
William J. Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Assignment-II
12th – 13th Week
Chapter 11: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling (pages 462-499) (Operations
Management by William J. Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
14th Week
Chapter 12: MRP and ERP (pages 500-549) (Operations Management by William J. Stevenson,
14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Chapter 14: JIT and Lean Operations (pages 610-645) (Operations Management by William J.
Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
15th Week
Chapter 16: Scheduling (pages 690-729) (Operations Management by William J. Stevenson, 14th
Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Quiz-II
16th – 17th Week
Chapter 18: Management of Waiting Lines (pages 782-821) (Operations Management by
William J. Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Chapter 17: Project Management (pages 732-781) (Operations Management by William J.
Stevenson, 14th Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill.)
Kalyar, M. N., Sabir, H. M. & Shafique, I. (2013). Improving Cycle Time Performance: The
Role of Market Turbulence and Cultural Competitiveness. Production & Manufacturing
Research: An Open Access Journal, 1(1), 3-18.
Class Format:
Week Module Intended learning objectives
1 Introduction to operations management and supply chain.
2 Identifying similarities and differences between production and
service operations.
3 Explaining the importance of learning about operations management.
4 Identifying the three major functional areas of organizations and
describe how they interrelate.
Introduction to
5 Summarizing the two major aspects of process management.
1-2 Operations
6 Describing the operations function and the nature of the operations
Management
manager’s job.
7 Explaining the key aspects of operations management decision
making.
8 Describing current issues in business that impact operations
management.
9 Explaining the need to manage the supply chain.
1 Listing several ways that business organizations compete.
2 Naming several reasons that business organizations fail.
3 Defining the terms mission and strategy and explain why they are
important.
Competitiveness, 4 Discussing and compare organization strategy and operations strategy
3 Strategy, and and explain why it is important to link
Productivity the two.
5 Describing and give examples of time-based strategies.
6 Defining the term productivity and explain why it is important to
organizations and to countries.
7 Describing several factors that affect productivity.
1 Listing features common to all forecasts.
2 Explaining why forecasts are generally wrong.
3 Listing the elements of a good forecast.
4 Outlining the steps in the forecasting process.
5 Summarizing forecast errors and use summaries to make decisions.
6 Describing four qualitative forecasting techniques.
4-5 Forecasting 7 Using a naive method to make a forecast.
8 Preparing a moving average forecast.
9 Preparing a weighted-average forecast.
10 Preparing an exponential smoothing forecast.
11 Constructing control charts and use them to monitor forecast errors.
12 Describing the key factors and trade-offs to consider when choosing
a forecasting technique.
1 Explaining the strategic importance of product and service design.
2 Describing what product and service design does.
3 Naming the key questions of product and service design.
4 Identifying some reasons for design or redesign.
5 Listing some of the main sources of design ideas.
Product and
6 Service Design 6 Discussing the importance of legal, ethical, and sustainability
considerations in product and service design.
7 Explaining the purpose and goal of life cycle assessment.
8 Explaining the phrase “the 3 Rs.”
9 Briefly describing the phases in product design and development.
10 Discussing several key issues in product or service design.
1 Naming the three key questions in capacity planning.
2 Explaining the importance of capacity planning.
3 Describing ways of defining and measuring capacity.
Strategic 4 Naming several determinants of effective capacity.
Capacity 5 Discussing factors to consider when deciding whether to perform in-
7-8 Planning for house or outsource.
Products and 6 Discussing the major considerations related to developing capacity
Services alternatives.
7 Describing the steps that are used to resolve constraint issues.
8 Briefly describing approaches that are useful for evaluating capacity
alternatives.
1 Explaining the strategic importance of process selection and the
influence it has on the organization and its
supply chain.
2 Naming the two main factors that influence process selection.
3 Comparing the four basic processing types.
Process Selection 4 Explaining the need for management of technology.
10 and Facility 5 Listing some reasons for redesign of layouts.
Layout 6 Describing product layouts and their main advantages and
disadvantages.
7 Describing process layouts and their main advantages and
disadvantages.
8 Solving simple line-balancing problems.
9 Developing simple process layouts.
1 Identifying some of the main reasons organizations need to make
location decisions.
2 Explaining why location decisions are important.
Location 3 Discussing the options that are available for location decisions.
11 Planning and 4 Discussing key considerations related to global location decisions.
Analysis 5 Outlining the decision process for making location decisions.
6 Describing some of the key factors that guide service and retail
location decisions.
7 Using the techniques presented to evaluate location alternatives.
1 Explaining what aggregate planning is and how it is useful.
2 Identifying the variables decision makers have to work with in
aggregate planning.
3 Describing some of the strategies that can be used for meeting uneven
Aggregate
demand.
Planning and
12-13 4 Describing some of the graphical and quantitative techniques
Master
planners use.
Scheduling
5 Preparing aggregate plans and compute their costs.
6 Discussing aggregate planning in services.
7 Disaggregating an aggregate plan.
8 Describing the master scheduling process and explain its importance.
1 Describing the conditions under which MRP is most appropriate.
2 Describing the inputs, outputs, and nature of MRP processing.
3 Explaining how requirements in a master production schedule are
translated into material requirements for
lower-level items.
4 Discussing the benefits and requirements of MRP.
5 Describing some of the difficulties users have encountered with MRP.
6 Describing MRP II and its benefits.
7 Explaining how an MRP system is useful in capacity requirements
planning.
8 Describing ERP, what it provides, and its hidden costs.
9 Explain the terms lean operations and JIT.
14 MRP and ERP
10 Describe the main characteristics of lean systems.
11 List the five principles of how lean systems function.
12 List some of the benefits and some of the risks of lean operation.
13 Describe the Toyota Production System (TPS).
14 List the three goals of a lean system and explain the importance of
each.
15 List the eight wastes according to lean philosophy.
16 Identify and briefly discuss the four building blocks of a lean
production system.
17 Describe key lean improvement tools.
18 Describe some of the obstacles to lean success
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL (LBS)
Course Specifications
Fall - 2022
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
Xiao, M., & Cooke, F. L. (2019). Why and when knowledge hiding in the workplace is
harmful: a review of the literature and directions for future research in the Chinese context.
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 57(4), 470-502.
8th Week
Chapter – 6: Negotiating Access and Research Ethics
Introduction, Issues associated with gaining access, Strategies to gain access, Research
ethics and why you should act ethically, Ethical issues at specific stages of the research process,
Case Study (Page 220 – 271), (Research Methods for Business Students by Mark Saunders,
Philip- Lewis, Adrian Thornhill)
10th – 11th Week
Chapter –7-8: Selecting Samples, Using Secondary Data
Introduction, Probability sampling, Non-probability sampling, Types of secondary data
and uses in research, locating secondary data, Advantages and disadvantages of
secondary data, Evaluating secondary data sources (Page 272 – 353), (Research Methods for
Business Students by Mark Saunders, Philip- Lewis, Adrian Thornhill)
12th - 13th Week
Chapter – 9: Collecting Primary Data Through Observation
Introduction, Participant observation: an introduction, Participant observation: researcher roles,
Participant observation: data collection and analysis, Structured observation: an introduction, Structured
observation: data collection and analysis. (Page 354 – 388), (Research Methods for Business
Students by Mark Saunders, Philip- Lewis, Adrian Thornhill)
Bari, M. W., Khan, Q., & Waqas, A. (2022). Person related workplace bullying and knowledge
hiding behaviors: relational psychological contract breach as an underlying mechanism.
Journal of Knowledge Management, (ahead-of-print).
14th – 15th Week
Chapter – 10-11: Collecting Primary Data Using Semi-Structured, In-Depth and Group
Interviews, “Collecting Primary Data Using” Questionnaires
Introduction, Types of interview and their link to the purposes of research and research strategy,
When to use non-standardized (qualitative) interviews, Data quality issues and preparing for the
interview, Interviewing competence, Managing logistical and resource issues, Group interviews
and focus groups, Telephone, Internet- and intranet-mediated interviews, overview of
questionnaire techniques, Deciding what data need to be collected, Designing the questionnaire,
Administering the questionnaire (Page 388–495), (Research Methods for Business Students by
Mark Saunders, Philip- Lewis, Adrian Thornhill)
16th Week
Chapter – 12: Analyzing Quantitative Data
Introduction, Preparing, inputting and checking data, Exploring and presenting data Describing
data using statistics, examining relationships, differences and trends using statistics (Page 496–
566) (Research Methods for Business Students by Mark Saunders, Philip- Lewis, Adrian
Thornhill)
Meng, Y., & Bari, M. W. (2019). Design Perceptions for 3D Printed Accessories of Digital
Devices and Consumer-Based Brand Equity. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2800.
Weeks Outline
Week 1 Definition and classification of Laws, over view of general and commercial terms,
Business
Entities such as sole proprietorship, partnership and joint stock companies
Week 2 Definition of a contract, Essential elements of a valid contract, Legal provision
governing offers
,communication, acceptance or counter offer, consideration, agreement, lawful
purpose, parties to the contract and their intent to create contractual obligations
Week 3 Rights and Duties of parties, specific performance of the contract ,Discharge of the
contract,
Breach of the contract and remedies, illegal, voidable and void contracts
Week 4 Definition and Essential Elements of a partnership, partnership deeds, rights and duties
of
partners, partnership distinguished from sole proprietorship and the companies
Week 5 Individual and Joint liabilities of the partners for the firm debts, principles
governing ownership of the firm’s asset and distribution of profits, implied and
specific authority of the partners,
principle of holding out, Dissolution of the partnership
Week 6 Concept of limited liability and Juristic person Requirement and process of
incorporation, Effects of incorporation, types of 54 joint stock companies by nature
and formation, Ownership and
management of the companies
Week 7 Rights of the shareholders, Rights ,power and duties of the Board of Directors,
Statutory provisions governing the election of Directors, meeting of the shareholders
and the board of
Directors, disclosure requirements and the financial statements
Week 8 Listed vs. non listed companies, advantages and disadvantages of listing, listing
requirements of Stock Exchange. salient provision of Code of Corporate Governance,
Brief discussion of Securities
and Exchange Commission Of Pakistan as the corporate watch dog
Week 9 Mid –term exam
Week Definition, Nature of the contract of sale, conditions and warranties, Definition
10 ,Nature of the
contract of sale condition and warranties
Week Transfer of property ,performance of the contract of sale, Delivery of the goods,
11 Unpaid seller and auction sale, Consignment basis, Delivery against advance
payment ,supply against letter of
credit, types of letter of credit
Week Laws relating to indemnity, guarantees, bailment, hypothecation, pledge and
12 Mortgage, agency
agreement
Week Evolution of Banks, types of banks, major function of banks, Negotiable instruments
13 Act
,Definition ,characteristics of Negotiable instruments,
Week Bill of Exchange and promissory Notes, parties to instrument, negotiation and
14 endorsement,
liabilities of the parties, payment and discharge of liabilities
Week Revision
15
Week Final exam
16
Recommended Books
1. Dr. Khwaja Amjad Saeed, Mercantile and Industrial Laws in Pakistan Latest
Edition, Institute of Business Management. 2. Nazir Ahmad Shaheen, Practical
Approach to the Companies Ordinance, Latest Edition, PLD 3. Business Law by
Khalid Mehmood Cheema
1. Sajid A Qurashi, Business Law, Latest Edition. 2. Liaqat Ali Butt, The
Negotiable Instrument, Latest Edition, PLD.
GC UNIVERSITY, FAISALABAD
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
LYALLPUR BUSINESS SCHOOL (LBS)
Course Specifications
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
MGT-503
http://www.gcuf.edu.pk/
Class Format & Weekly Work Plan:
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility is a concept based and discussion-driven
course with application, thus the vast majority of our classes will be focused on concept
discussion and practical implications.
Our weekly class Instructions and discussions will follow this format:
3rd-4th Week
Chapter – 1 (Continue): Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Applying
Ethical Concepts to Corporations, Objections to Business Ethics, Ethical Issues in Business
World, Moral Responsibility and learn how the businesses can become morally responsible,
Stages & Levels of Moral Development (Page 15 – 39) (Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases
by Manuel G. Velasquez, 8h Edition)
Reading: Goel, M. & Ramanathan, P. E. (2014) Business Ethics & Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) - Is there a dividing line? Procedia Economics and Finance (Elsevier). 11.
49-59.
10th Week
Concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility