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Graduate. Studies 

Subject. .'. 

Graduate 

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MBA 634-5 

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Date.........

•l• 198.     

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MBA 635-5 

Action undertaken by the Executive Committee, Senate Graduate 

Studies Committee, at its Meeting on November 19, 1984, gives 

rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board 

of Governors, as set forth in, S.84-78 

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, the following 

new Graduate Courses: 

MBA 634-5 Business Forecasting 

BA 635-5 Business Strategies Simulation" 

John N. Webster 

.

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Dean of Graduate Studies. 

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[OCT

DEAN OF GRADUATE

484i

STUDIES OFFICE

att: New course proposal? 

sample outline 

SiMON RASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

To ....... Iohn.'Zebatejz,.

Dean ............... 

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From..B...&chcineL,.Dir.ector.,. .Gr.athtat.P.ograms 

Graduate, Stu.die.s 

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. . Faculty .of 

. Bus.i.ne6s. Adin.ini.str.atLon..... 

Subject .....

New. .Caurse. P.roposal 

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.

Date.. 

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We are proposing two new elec ve courses for the Executive MBA program. 

These courses have both been 3ffered in the past with success. The 

Business Forecasting was of fe èd as a special section of MBA 695 and the 

Business Simulation some time ago under MBA 621. 

We are currently offering four elective courses in the spring semester. 

Our intention is to maintain the same number of offerings, but to have 

greater variety. This is especially important since, under our revised 

EMBA curriculum, students take eletive courses in the second and third 

year of their program. Previously, elective courses were taken only in 

the second year. 

SIMON FRASER tJNT.VES[TY 

rew! Graduate Course Pro 

posal

rorn 

CALENDAR INFORMATION: 

Department: 

Facult 

of Business Administration ? 

Course Number: 

MBA 634 

Title: ? 

BUSINESS FORECASTING 

Modern forecasting !Methods appliedtoa variable otinterestto tté student 

Description:  

?

his

Qlrployer_cts 

_

t1ing_i-ho_

oiirse_must

_

have 

_access to at least 

5 years of monthly 

data or 12 years of quarterly data on the variable to be 

fnro'a1 _neri11,_the_p

p per_written_

for_ 

this _pursewillprovide the 

basis for the MBA prolect. 

Credit Hours: 

__________________

vctor:         

Prerequisite(s) if an 

y ?

mission of 

5

?

the instructor 

ENROLLME 

NT AND SCHEDULING: 

Estimated Enrollment: 

?

_19 _When will the course first he offered:6_1 

Now often will the course be offered: 

?

once every other year 

?

-

JUSTIFICATION: 

This course has alread 

been offered as a section of MBA 695, Research Methods in 

84-1. The course was well received and will again be offered as a section of 

MBA 695 in 85-1. Putting the course in the calendar reflects current practise. 

RESOURCES:

Which Faculty member will normally 

teach the course: ? 

Richard Holmes, Professor? 

What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:_________________________________ 

Are there sufficient Library resour es (aovend details):____________________________________ 

Appended: a) Outline of the Course 

b)

An indication of 

-the competence of the Faculty member to give the course. 

c)

Library resources 

Approved: -De 

artmental Graduate Sttidies Committee: ? 

Date:____________ 

Faculty Graduate 

-.idiel Committee: ? 

Date: 

1 ?

3/(

Faculty:____ 

?

Date:___________ 

Senate Gfaduate Studies: Commit 

Senate: 

?

________________________________________

Date:

MB A.6955 

BUSINESS FORECASTING 

COURSE OUTLINE 

SPRING, 1984 

?

R. HOLMES 

291-3560 

The purpose of the course is to teach the methodology involved in the 

development of a 

?

tai'.' ? 

p17mQ ?

forecast for an individual 

firm. Students who take this course will be expected to use the methodology 

developed in the course (regression and time series models) to prepare a 

mLiiitent 

forecasting model for their employer. The major require- 

ment for completion of the course will be a Written description of the 

forecasting model developed. These papers may provide the basis for MBA 

projects. The advantage of this approach to the MBA 

.project is in the close 

supervision which the instructor can provide and in the interaction with 

other students working on similar projects. 

No technical background other than the basic statistics taught in the MBA 

program is prerequisite to this course. However, students should probably 

not take this course unless they are sufficiently interested in quantitative 

work to develop a forecasting model as their MBA project. The necessary 

methodology including the use of SFU computer programs will be taught in 

the course, but students must have access to sufficient data from their 

employer for the development of a quantitative forecasting model (at least 

10 years of quarterly data or at least 5 years of monthly data on the 

variable to be forecast). 

There is no one text that is entirely suitable for the proposed course, so 

the text will be supplemented by readings from various other books (photo-. 

copies to be provided) and by notes provided by the instructor. The primary 

purpose of the course will be the development of students' forecasting models 

and the issues to be discussed will be determined by that goal. 

The reading list and outline of the course are as follows: 

Reading List 

Granger, C.W.J., Forecasting in Business and Economics, Academic? 

?

Press, 1980, Ch. 3. 

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(G)

Jenkins, G.M., "Some Practical Aspects of Forecasting in Organizations", 

Journal of Forecasting, 1982, 

udl, 

pp.

3-21 (J) 

McCleary, B., and R.A. Hay, Applied Time Series_Aijysis for the 

Social Sciences, Sage 1980, Ch. 

2, 3, 5. (M.H.) 

'ITS Primer 

Nelson, C.R., Applied Time Series Analysis for Managerial Forecastj, 

Holden Day, 1973, Ch. 7. (N) 

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COURSE OUTLINE 

MBA 695-5 

IC

?

HOLMES 

Pindyck, R.S., 

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ad

D.I. Rubinfeld, 

Econometric Models 

and Economic 

Forecasts, McGraw 

Hill, ? 

1981, 

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Ch. ? 

3,4,4,5,8,9.1,11.2,16,17. ? 

(P.R.) 

TROLL Primer, MIT 

•

Texts: ? 

MTS Prer 

TROLL 

rimer 

Pindyc 

and Rubinfeld 2pcit. 

Course Outline; 

•

Weeks           

•Tp_ic 

Readings 

1

MTS System 

•MTS Primer 

2-3

TROLL 

TROLL Primer 

4-6

Univariate Time        

J

pp. ? 

3-21 

Series Models         

C ch. ? 

3

PR •ch. ? 

16,17 

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Nch. ? 

7

MR ch. 

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2,3

7-8

Intervention and       

MR ch. ? 

5

Transfer Function 

Models 

9-10          

Classical Linear 

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PR Ch. ? 

3,4

Regression Model 

11-12          

Multicollinearity,      

PR Ch. ? 

5,6

Autocorrelated Dis-      

11.2 

turbances, Hetero- 

scedasticity, Simul- 

taneity Problem 

13

Distributed Lag Models    

PR ch. ? 

9.1

SPON 

FRASER UNLVEP.SETY

New Graduate Course Pronosal worn 

CALENDAR INFORMATION:

Department: 

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Faculty of Business Administration

Course Number:

MA 635 

Title: ?

BUSINESS STRATEGIES SIMULATION

Students will manage computer simulated companies 

in a generalized tool &

Description: rlye_ 

-indust-ry_

F.rn-h_ 

nmpany_ 

will _ous-ist_

f our_ 

the

management team. All decision relating to the success or failure of the firms are the

xesDonsibilit 

y_

of the management _teamhi't_ 

ur'hat'h_mnlgmnr_roam_ 

isresponsible

to the Board of Directors of the 

e

company. Return on shareholders Eciuitv is a significant 

Credit 

Hours: ? 

______________Vctor. __________________ 

rrerequs].ces) 

1.t

arty:_______ 

:. ? 

5

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2-0-3 

?

3rd year of program? 

component of the measure of success of eacn company. 

ENROLLMENT. kND

SCHEDULING: 

Estimated

Enrollment: ?

15

?

When 

wi].l 

the

course first he offered: 

?

How often will the course be offered: 

onee per year

JUSTIFICATION: 

This 

._course _was _previonsly_ 

run _s 

part_ 

-

of

_

MBA_ 

621_in_1980,_81_ and _82._ The course 

was well received and putting the course in the calendar reflects current practise. 

RESOURCES:

Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:

E.Love,AssociateProfessor

What 

are the

budgetary 

implications of mounting the

course: ? 

non_-

Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details): 

Appended: a) Outline of the Course 

b) An indication of the competence of the Faculty 

member to give the course. 

C) Library resources 

Approved: De 

p

artmental Graduate Studies Committee:________________ 

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Date: 

Faculty Graduate Studies Committee: 

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Date: _

Faculty: ? 

Date: 

Senate Geaduate Studies Commit 

,

^e: ? 

4^_

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e:

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^A

Senate: ?

__Date: 

c)%4

•

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 

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Faculty of Business Administration 

COURSE OUTLINE 

COURSE: Business Administration 

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SEMESTER: 

TITLE: Business Strategies Simulation 

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INSTRUCTOR: G.E. Love 

Prerequisites: 

TEXT: ? 

T!IS ' fnteracti.ve Management Simulation, 

C. 1. 

Love, 1984, SF11 

Reference Material: (1) Re;uli ngs in Strategic Management, Thompson et al, 

Business Publications, Piano, Texas, 75075 

(2) Selected current material from Business Week, Globe 

and Mail 

etc

Lourze Objt'ii';:

The particif.)flts will

e diVided i,i't:.o •jroups c1 fours.

Each

team

(of 4) will take uj the rtianagement of an inc1pCndent

con:pany, operating in the Automobile Parts

Industry.

...

The firms in the industry ate in cotp tici: with ouch other

foL

the

sale of. thir

i.o'1u;t

to tho Au tenutive Industry.

This is a two-tiered indu;(i:y. Thus

some

ui:i;lyinj raw materials (in

co;FetttiOfl) 

to 1:icins in the Secondary Parts Sector.

Each teani will

ho rouirei to wake all decisicnz relating to

thQ control an] O:OLtiCfl ci their Iiru. These include over-

all strategic

lo.:i 

Los relating to the success of the

firni, all deciiozo; reatincj Lc the £ ii;aricial Flaaniutj and

c:oitro1.

0 ?

tilt 

Lirtr (ic: stock l:11iLioZ1s, debt Linarcing,

etc.) all dci-;ion

relatir

tu ti lt?

niauketiij of the firms

products (advertising, product quality, salesmen, etc.),

pi:o3uction

[)lc1flfl1.fl3 

and control, inventory control, Irocluct

distribution, juatity ccntr.cl and personnel planning.

Eac Ii t cain will elect L roul ii' s

J. (;UL 

members,

President,

a Vice- Pros idoiit o

iinaimc,

Vice

-President of iar}zettng

and a Vice-

PI:eH

id on I.. ci P jud tic ii on and Personnel. Other

officers can ho addod to t1it coIIIpcmny

L the discretion

Of Millingellielit t

ani (01:; tho Board of Directors)

iach firm, is mi tially caii ta lized with

shares 

of common stock, held hy the general public. Voting

control fur all 48,000 sliarcs

issues of couimcn stuck tc the uhli.c cire

1101U101.(`,

i!Itit

The

ma image ii'e ml ( of each firm has.

p

p

in it

.ly , non-

Ling

tnb

Ell ip

on. thO Uca rd

Of Directors of their firm. Individual meiubrS 

nay acquire stock in any or all firus in the Industry. 

Thus at any time, they may 

become

voting members oila 

Board 

Directors. Furthermore, firms have the opticn 

of purchasing stock of both their own firm or other 

firms. Thus

the firm may assume all 

the

rights of an 

individual shareholder. 

Weekly decisions for each firm must be made by the 

management team. These decisions are implemented via 

th.e 

S

business sinrulaticn. Competitive results for 

each firm will be provided in the form of various managerial 

reports. It is expected that each firmwill, make 10 decisions 

in total over the semester, simulating two and one-half years 

Cf Company 

oçerations.

Reports Required by Each Management Team 

Three reports are required by each management team. 

Reports are to be submitted te the firm's Board of 

Directors. 

(1)

Initial strategic Plan for the Firm detailing 

the policies tc 

be followed. This

plan is to 

provide a blueprint for the Board of Directors, 

It should be no more that 4 pages (typed, double 

spaced) in length, and is to be submitted at the 

end of the 2nd week. Note that this is regarded 

as a confidential document. 

(2)

Interim President's Progress Report to the 

Board of Directors. 

This report shcu.lcl not 

exceed 10 pages typed

double-spaced. Tt should provide a sumary 

of operating rtsults to 

date. 

It must provide 

a Balance Sheet, arid Income Statement and a 

Source and Applications and Funds report. 

Any new strategic plans should be included. 

To be submitted at the end of 

week 7

This report is confidential to the Board 

of Directors. 

(3)

Final President's Progress 1iport. 

This report, similar to the interim report, 

will finalize the results of the firm. It 

is expected that this report will include more 

detail, including forecasts for the future 

of the firm, beyond the tenure of the current 

management team. This report should not e-xceed 

twenty pages in length. It i,s expected that 

the

Management Team 01 each firm, will appear 

in person at a final Board of Director's Meeting 

to present their results. The report is to be 

submitted at the end of week 12. 

S

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Finally note, that a 

shareholder's meeting caii be

called

at any 

time, 

providccl that at least 

35° 

of

the outstanding common stccR requests such a meeting. 

A shareholder's meeting is required to table motions

regarding articles of inco.zoration of the 1iiu, altering

the equi. ty structure of the firm or for voting a change

in

the

Board of Directors. A uiijority of voting shares

is required for

dIly

motion to be pts;ed. 

Course Evaluation:

15%

Initial Strategic Plan for the Firm

15% ?

Tnterim President's

IvoL't

25%

?

Final President's 

Report

' ?

45% ? 

Overall Performance oi the Firm. The criteria 

of performance will be specified by the Board

of Directors

in weck 1 of the ccurse. however, 

'Return on Shareholder's Equity' will, no doubt 

be a significant

component of the 

measure.