Description of Assignments
Mapping Out Your Future – 10 points
The first assignment requires that you map out your professional future and is comprised of several components. First, describe your ultimate career goals. What is it that you want to achieve and why? Do you want to be the CEO of a large corporation, or perhaps the CFO or CIO? Do you want to become a partner in an accounting or consulting firm regionally or nationally, or perhaps become a leader regionally or nationally in a profession such as accounting? Do you want to launch and/or run your own firm? Do you ultimately want to run your own venture capital fund? Do you ultimately want to devote your time and efforts to a not-for-profit entity exclusively in order to give back to society? Describe what it is you ultimately want to achieve, no matter what that might be, and then explain why? What is it that drives you toward this goal, both personally and professionally? Do you want to change the world, be in charge of your own destiny, be able to buy a nice vacation home, leave lots of time in your life so that you can devote it to your hobbies, be in service to others, have balance in your life so you have ample time for family and friends, or some combination of the above?
Second, what are the intervening steps and critical success factors that have to happen in order for you to reach your ultimate goals, and why? What is the first job that you need to have right after graduation? What intervening jobs will you need to have? Which graduate degrees, additional training, and/or additional professional education or certifications will you need? When and where will these need to happen? Why will you need each of these? How will they enable you? Map out these steps graphically, and chronologically, and explain each in writing.
For this writing assignment and each of the writing assignments described below you will be graded based on timeliness, completeness, organization, quality, and professionalism.
Length: 2 pages
Case Study Summaries 9 cases * 10 points each = 90 points
There are nine case studies in class. To read the cases go to
Go to: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/7859076
To read/ access the notes associated with the case go to
Go to: Contentà Notes on Chapters and Casesà Locate the name of the case and download it. You can also download the notes from http://entrp489.weebly.com/lecture-presentations.html
You will be asked to submit summaries of each of them, individually. The summaries are not to exceed 5 pages (Double Spaced), and must stress on the following points.
1. What was the case about? (3 points)
2. What are the key points? (3 points)
3. What did you learn from it in regards to the course objectives and your future goals? (3 points)
4. Clarity of thought (1 point)
Thus, each student has to submit 9 summaries.
Detailed case Presentation and Report (80 points)
Look at Syllabus for Details
Participation (20 points)
For Participation and Professionalism each student is expected to attend and contribute to each and every class session in civil, constructive, value-adding ways. Participation is grades based on the student’s involvement in the Discussion Board related to presentations uploaded, topics from the texts and also cases. I would highly encourage students to ask me questions on topics and cases through emails and Discussion Board.
On the first week of class of the students will write a few lines introducing themselves to the class in the discussion board by 16th Jan 11:55 PM
The first assignment requires that you map out your professional future and is comprised of several components. First, describe your ultimate career goals. What is it that you want to achieve and why? Do you want to be the CEO of a large corporation, or perhaps the CFO or CIO? Do you want to become a partner in an accounting or consulting firm regionally or nationally, or perhaps become a leader regionally or nationally in a profession such as accounting? Do you want to launch and/or run your own firm? Do you ultimately want to run your own venture capital fund? Do you ultimately want to devote your time and efforts to a not-for-profit entity exclusively in order to give back to society? Describe what it is you ultimately want to achieve, no matter what that might be, and then explain why? What is it that drives you toward this goal, both personally and professionally? Do you want to change the world, be in charge of your own destiny, be able to buy a nice vacation home, leave lots of time in your life so that you can devote it to your hobbies, be in service to others, have balance in your life so you have ample time for family and friends, or some combination of the above?
Second, what are the intervening steps and critical success factors that have to happen in order for you to reach your ultimate goals, and why? What is the first job that you need to have right after graduation? What intervening jobs will you need to have? Which graduate degrees, additional training, and/or additional professional education or certifications will you need? When and where will these need to happen? Why will you need each of these? How will they enable you? Map out these steps graphically, and chronologically, and explain each in writing.
For this writing assignment and each of the writing assignments described below you will be graded based on timeliness, completeness, organization, quality, and professionalism.
Length: 2 pages
Case Study Summaries 9 cases * 10 points each = 90 points
There are nine case studies in class. To read the cases go to
Go to: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/access/7859076
To read/ access the notes associated with the case go to
Go to: Contentà Notes on Chapters and Casesà Locate the name of the case and download it. You can also download the notes from http://entrp489.weebly.com/lecture-presentations.html
You will be asked to submit summaries of each of them, individually. The summaries are not to exceed 5 pages (Double Spaced), and must stress on the following points.
1. What was the case about? (3 points)
2. What are the key points? (3 points)
3. What did you learn from it in regards to the course objectives and your future goals? (3 points)
4. Clarity of thought (1 point)
Thus, each student has to submit 9 summaries.
Detailed case Presentation and Report (80 points)
Look at Syllabus for Details
Participation (20 points)
For Participation and Professionalism each student is expected to attend and contribute to each and every class session in civil, constructive, value-adding ways. Participation is grades based on the student’s involvement in the Discussion Board related to presentations uploaded, topics from the texts and also cases. I would highly encourage students to ask me questions on topics and cases through emails and Discussion Board.
On the first week of class of the students will write a few lines introducing themselves to the class in the discussion board by 16th Jan 11:55 PM
