Shahid Raza Mir, Ph.D.

smir@iba.edu.pk

 

Career Objective

To excel in the field of teaching and training with the help of providing consistently improved skills and updated knowledge and conducting research activities in the management disciplines like Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems, Operations Management, Technology Management and Human Resource Management.

 

Summary of Skills

 

Employment Experience

 

Assistant Professor and                                                                          Aug. 2001 – Till date

Chairman, Department of Management,                                             Jan. 2010 – Till date

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

-          Teaching following subjects to MBA/BBA classes.                           2001 – till date

o   Management Information Systems, Technology Management, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Management, , Productions/Operations Management, Materials Management, Business Strategy, Marketing Management, Methods in Business Research/Marketing Research, Management

o   Average Students’ evaluation ranges from 3.8 – 4.2 on a scale of 1 – 5.

-          Developed and conducted management training programs (Management and Leadership modules) for Federal Bureau of Revenue.

-          Conducted training programs for NOG Managers at IBA in coordination with LUMS, Lahore.

-          Certified trainer and conducted programs on JobPakistan for USAID. 

-          Coordinator Testing Service (In-charge of BBA and MBA Admissions)     2005 – 2008

o   Accomplishment: Admitted best students as evident from Higher Education Commission ranking report for highest points in students’ intake.

-          Students’ Counselor of IBA                                                                           2002 – 2008

o   Accomplishment: Organized various events as Seminars, International Conferences, Annual Dinners, Picnics, Drama, Music Concerts, Community work, Business Plan competition etc.

-          Member Academic Committee (2009 – till date)

o   Formulated and implemented various academic decisions, carried out course audits, introduced new subjects etc.

-          Patron HR club (2010)

o   Organized HR forum inviting HR managers of various national and multinational companies for hiring and educating new graduates

o   Organized HR summit inviting HR professionals to highlight new  developments in HR practices and skill development

-          Coordinated America in Karachi Program in 2001

o   Accomplishment: Invited four professors from US to teach in summer classes at IBA campuses.

 

Associate Dean, MBA Program,                                                                        1998 – 2001

Institute of Business Administration and

Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

-          Managed all activities pertaining to:

o   Administration of faculty, staff and students affairs including curriculum/course development, subject allocation to faculty members, scheduling, examination and results administration.

 

Electronics/Senior Electronics Engineer,                                                          1983 – 1995

Civil Aviation Authority, Karachi, Pakistan

-          Managed staff of over 100 engineers and technicians as in-charge of Electronics Workshop.

-          Accomplishment: Received Commendation Certificate from Director General Civil Aviation Authority on “Achieving highest standard of maintenance despite shortage of manpower and material” by providing back-up maintenance and logistic support to various airports and equipment sites throughout Pakistan.

-          Completed site development, installation and commissioning of Instruments Landing Systems (ILS) at Hyderabad and Lahore airports. These were highly sophisticated equipment earlier handled by French and American Engineers.

-          Completed site development, installation and commissioning of Navigational Aid equipments like DVORSs/CVORs/DMEs at Multan, Panjgur, Turbut, Lahore, Faisalabad, Zhob, Rahim Yar Khan, Alipur airports and sites. These were highly sophisticated equipments earlier handled by French and American Engineers.

-          On job training and evaluations.

 

Additional Professional Experience

-          Conducted trainings for NGO Managers (Training of Managers) in association with Lahore University of Management Science/McGill University, Canada.

-          Developed and conducted training programs for Senior Officers of Sindh Secretariat, Government of Sindh, Pakistan.

-          Developed and conducted training programs on “Management and Team Building” and “Leadership” for middle/senior level officers of Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) at Karachi and Lahore.

-          Participant, Entrepreneurship Program, Beyster Institute, U.C. San Diego, 2006.

-          External examiner for IT courses at NED University of Engineering and Technology.

 

 

Academic Qualifications

-          Ph.D. (Management), Adamson University, Manila, Philippines,                              1998

-          MBA, (MIS) Adamson University, Manila, Philippines,                                           1995

-          Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics),                                                                       1983

 NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

 

Additional Professional Trainings

-          Certified Trainer by McGill/LUMS, sponsored by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

-          Certified Lead Auditor ISO 9000

-          CVOR/DVOR/DME maintenance training from CSF Thomson, Paris, France

-          CVOR/DVOR/DME commissioning training from CSF Thomson, Paris, France

-          Airport Management Training, Sofravia, Paris, France

 

Memberships

-          Member, National Business Incubator Association, USA

-          Founding member, South Asia Forum for Entrepreneurship Education and Research (SAFEER), Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Ahmedabad, India.

-          Member, Royal Aeronautical Society, United Kingdom

-          Life Member, Pakistan Engineering Council, Pakistan

 

Awards

-          United States Education Foundation (USEF) awarded Fulbright Post Doctoral Research Scholarship to carry out research at Monterey Institute of International Studies, California, USA. The focus was on “The Role of Business and Incubation Centers in Accelerating the Formulation, Growth and Success of Small and Medium Entrepreneurial Firms”

 

Publications

-          Author of a Paper (in progress) along with (Co-author) Prof.  Muhammad Mahboob Ali, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh entitled “Comparative Study of Entrepreneurial Intentions Levels of Graduate and Undergraduate Students in Selected Institutions of Higher Learning in Pakistan and Bangladesh.”

-          Paper accepted and under publication at an Annual London Conference on Money, Economy and Management held on 9-10 July, 2009 at Imperial College, London, entitled "Disengagement of Young Terrorists through Entrepreneurship Programs in Federal Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan”

-          Author of a paper entitled “Pitfalls in Higher Education Impeding Entrepreneurial Behaviors in Pakistan" accepted in an International conference held on 10 - 13 September, 2009 at Izmir, Turkey.

-          Author of a paper entitled “Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intention Levels of Graduating Students in Pakistan" presented in an Asian Business Research Conference, held on 11-12 April, 2009 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

-          Co-author of a paper/ presented in South Asian Management Forum 2006 Conference, (Rescheduled on 24-25 February 2007), Hosted by North South University at Dhaka, Bangladesh, “Entrepreneurship Development in Pakistan: Issues and Perspectives

-          Presented a paper on “Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study on Optimum Utilization of Raw Material to Enhance Productivity delivered at Conference on Corporate Governance organized by Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan.

-          Author of  a paper “Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance in Pakistan–an Empirical Study” delivered at LUMS/SECP conference on Corporate Governance, Lahore, Pakistan.

-          Co-author of “Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance in Pakistan–an Empirical Study”, delivered in Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics and Finance, Bangkok, Thailand.