Course Learning Outcomes:
In at least one page, answer the case study's proposed prompt or questions. Use size 12, Times New Roman font. Cite references from the textbook where necessary. Provide a graduate level response complete with APA citation Failure to meet this expectations will result in parting credit,
Course Reflection
Reflective Paper: Course Reflection
It is expected that you will share your lessons learned. It is important that your lessons learned demonstrate your learning and critical thinking. Here are sonic suggestions to ensure you provide appropriate depth and breadth:
- Process Evaluation: What was the most valuable concept you learned about in this class?
- Content Highlights: Discuss what you have learned in this class and how it will assist you in achieving further professional goals.
- Spirit of Inquiry and Continuous Learning: What questions will you carry forward, either because of their inherent value to continue to inform or just because they remain perplexing?
- Improvements: What enhancements could be made to this class and how would they improve the overall learning experience? What would you keep the same about this course?
Take the time to craft a well-written and thoughtful reflection that contains relevant reference to the course concepts and readings. 450-500 words
Portfolio
Final Portfolio Assignment: This is your final assignment and will become part of your CUC MBA ePortfolio.
In this assignment you will complete a paper on the following situation:
Ed Draycutt is the engineering manager of Airway Technologies, a firm that makes computer systems for air traffic control installations at airports. He has proposed a new device the success of which depends on two separate events. First the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must adopt a recent proposal for a new procedural approach to handling in flight calls from planes experiencing emergencies.
Everyone thinks the probability of the FAA accepting the new method is at least 98%, but it will take a year to happen. If the new approach is adopted, radio makers will have to respond within another year with one of two possible changes in their technology. These can simply be called A and B. The A response is far more likely, also having a probability of about 98%. Ed's device works with the A system and is a stroke of engineering genius. If the A system becomes the industry standard and Airway has Ed's product, it will make a fortune before anyone else can market a similar device.
On the other hand if the A system isn't adopted, Airway will lose whatever it's put into the new device's development.
Developing Ed's device will cost about $20 million, which is a very substantial investment for a small company like Airway. In fact, a loss of $20 million would put the firm in danger of failing.
Ed just presented his idea to the executive committee as a capital budgeting project with a $20 million investment and a huge NPV and IRR reflecting the adoption of the A system.
Everyone on the committee is very excited. You're the CFO and are a lot less excited. You asked Ed how he reflected the admittedly remote possibility that the A system would never be put in place. Ed, obviously proud of his business sophistication, said he'd taken care of that with a statistical calculation.
He said adoption of the A system required the occurrence of two events each of which has a 98% probability. The probability of both happening is (.98x.98=.96) 96%. He therefore reduced all of his cash inflow estimates by 4%. He maintains this correctly accounts for risk in the project.
In this assignment you will:
1. Evaluate Ed's analysis. Does Ed have the right expected NPV? What's wrong with his analysis?
2. Suggest an approach that will give a more insightful result.
3. Discuss why the firm might consider passing on the proposal in spite of the tremendous NPV and IRR Ed has calculated?
4. Evaluative if Ed's case be might be helped by a real option. If so, what kind? How would it help?
You have two options for how you may present your Signature Project, including the following:
- A written essay (8-10 pages-not including the CUC cover, title, or reference pages)
- PowerPoint or Prezi presentation (20 slides-not including the reference slide)
All presentations must be submitted via Word document. For all presentations that are not in an essay format, insert your presentation slides into a Word document or paste the link to your online presentation into a Word document and submit that document as your assignment. Notes in the form of a professional-quality handout must accompany all presentations other than essay format. The handout should contain what you would say if you were presenting to a board of directors or senior leadership of an organization.