Reading Brief Guidelines
Week 14 – IT Adventures Ch. 18 – Brief Guidelines
Due by Monday, April 27, 10AM
- What are the three choices that Mr. Barton has?
- Why did Goldman and Luce give Barton job offers?
Week 13 – ITC eChoupal Case – Brief Guidelines
Due by Wednesday, April 15, 10AM
- Why was the supply chain for soybean so inefficient and how does eChoupal change it?
- What kind of information does eChoupal provide to farmers?
- What are the benefits of eChoupal to farmers and ITC?
Your brief may not cover page 11-16, but please DO NOT SKIP to read them.
Week 12 – Caregroup Case – Brief Guidelines
Due by Wednesday, April 8, 10AM
- What happened at Caregroup on Nov. 13, 2002? What caused this incident and what exacerbated it?
- How did Caregroup manage to recover from the incident?
- What were the major and decisive decisions that Mr. Halmaka and the senior management team had made?
Your brief does not need to include p. 1-4 and Lesson Learned section (p. 10-12), but DO NOT SKIP TO READ THEM.
ROI Homework #2 – B&K Distributors – Brief Guidelines
Due by Monday, April 6, 10AM
- Who are B&K’s customers and how does it categorize them?
- What are the expected changes in the relationship with customers after implementation of the Web Portal?
- What are the cost components of the Web Portal?
Reading brief waivers on Blackboard
Thanks to requests from several of you, I have posted how many reading brief waivers each of you has on Blackboard. Everyone has three waivers in minimum, plus additional ones from in-class group exercises and presentations.
Week 11 – IT Adventures Ch. 10 and 11 – Brief Guidelines
- What happened at IVK on Thursday, June 28?
- What are the issues with regard to disclosure?
- What are the three recovery plans? What is Mr. Barton’s recommendation and why did he recommend it?
- What is Mr. Williams decision?
Week 10 – Bharti Airtel Case – Brief Guidelines
- What are Bharti Airtel’s business areas and key business functions?
- What is the unique nature of the proposed outsourcing deal of Bharti?
- Why does Mr. Gupta propose this deal?
- What are the reactions to this deal from Bharti and the vendors?
Your brief does not need to cover “History and Background” and “Indian Market for Telecom,” but DO NOT skip to read them.
Week 9 – IT Adventures Ch. 7 and 14 – Brief Guidelines
Chapter 7
- Why is the Infrastructure Replacement (IR) project failing?
Chapter 14
- What are the differences between three prospective vendors for the IR project?
- What are the differences between two contracting models that IVK is considering?
Your report does not need to include
- “Wednesday, April 28, 10:12 a.m.” (p. 107-109),
- the consultant’s report (p. 120-122),
- “the third major disagreement” (p. 226-228),
- “Monday, October 1, 11:00 a.m.” (p. 228-231), and
- vendor assessment matrices (p. 233).
But please DO NOT SKIP to read them.
Week 8 – IT Adventures Ch. 16 – Brief Guidelines
- What has made IVK IT systems so complex?
- Why is Mr. Barton considering to standardize IVK’s IT systems?
- What are his alternatives? What are the pros and cons of each option?
Week 7 – IT Adventures Ch. 9 – Brief Guidelines
- What does Mr. Barton want to tell to members of the IVK board of directors? What’s his message?
- How did his presentation go at the board meeting? Did the board make any decision regarding IT or Mr. Barton?
Don’t forget read the slides on pages 150-153. Your brief doesn’t need to cover “Thursday, June 14, 5:38 p.m” section (page 147-149), but please do not skip to read.