Title:	Zareen and Majid Durrani
Author(s):	Ehsan ul Haque
University:	Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (LUMS)
Abstract:	This disguised case focuses on the challenges faced by a female entrepreneur, Zareen Durrani, in balancing her personal and professional lives. Details about the family backgrounds, education and work experiences of the two protagonists of the case, Zareen and her husband Majid Durrani, are provided to understand their goals and aspirations. Both are ambitious professionals and their work related ambitions are creating serious tensions in their personal lives. While the case deals with deeper, macro-level factors (such as socio-economic, cultural and traditional forces) in shaping the positions and world views of the protagonists, an immediate and very real issue of a child coming down with chicken pox is bringing all the tensions to a head. Which parent should take significant time out will be determined partly by the participants' own world views of the appropriate roles assigned to the two sexes by the society. The case examines interesting ways to explore and debate the socially designated sex roles in the Pakistani society. Majid Durrani posits specialization of labor, contract violation, and cost-benefit arguments to make his case while Zareen has her own set of fairly valid arguments. The case will expose participants to a variety of issues that females face in balancing home and work.
Available In:	LUMS Case Research Centre Collection/LUMS-SEDC
Publisher:	LUMS
Publisher Case No:	17-004-2007-1
Distributor(s):	LUMS
ISBN:	-
Pub/Rev Date:	2007
Case Length:	11 pgs
Teaching Note:	No
Pub TN Ref No:	-
Pages (TN):	-
Subjects:	Human Resource Management
Issues:	Managing NGOs (Human Resource Management/Gender)
Country:	Pakistan
Period Covered:	1998 - 2006
Industry:	Non-Profit
Level:	Postgraduate
Organization(s):	-
Links of Interest:	-