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Sudhaar: Kasur District Education Policy

Karman Lone, Naim Sipra


INDUSTRY : Education

AREA : HRM/OB

ORGANIZATION : Sudhaar, Pakistan

LENGTH : 22

LUMS No : 05-732-2004-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2004

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KEYWORDS:

Sudhaar,Kasur,District Education Plan,Human Resource Management,Organizational Behaviour,Pakistan,Executive Committee,Education Plan,Morale,Decision,Funds


DESCRIPTION:

At an emergency meeting in September 2002, Fawad Usman Khan, CEO Sudhaar, told the members of the Executive Committee that more than Rs 250,000 had been invested in the Kasur District Education Plan on the verbal assurance of the district government that it would reimburse the cost, and another Rs 150,000 was needed to complete the project. However, no funds had been received so far. Fawad was aware that the Executive Committee members were resentful that they had not been kept informed while this risky key decision had been taken by the CEO. He wondered whether he should risk further loss of morale by laying off the less essential staff members to cut costs, or should he formulate a plan to raise funds to complete the ongoing program? He had to take a decision within a fortnight otherwise the project might be closed down by the Executive Committee at its next meeting. Fawad wanted to explore all the options before taking a decision. 


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The case can be taught in an MBA Programme or in a Masters in Development Management Programme in a course on Social Enterprise Management or in an Executive Programme for the not-for-profit sector.


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour