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Faith & reason: a synthesis in our society
(Oxford Business & Economics Conference, 2007) Naveed Yazdani
Assessing the link between intellectual capital formation and performance of a university
(2008) Naveed Yazdani
The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm grew out of frustration with the structure-conduct-performance paradigm of the industrial organization (IO) view of the firm and the early RBV theorists found the IO view – that a firm’s success was wholly determined by its external environment – to be unrealistically limited and constraining. This paper is an attempt to apply the RBV of the firm to university settings and it looks at the process of Intellectual Capital (IC) formation of a university as the basis for its performance. The paper deals with the issues of IC formation, its measurement, definition of a university’s performance, its measurement and the association between the two. The paper provides an overview of the various RBV theories along with a detailed discussion on the notions of strategy, resources, capabilities, competencies and creation of competitive advantage of a firm with special emphasis on the role of human capital in sustaining this competitive advantage. While applying the RBV in Education industry, the four schools of University of Management & Technology (UMT) Lahore are studied in the light of RBV. The paper also highlights the limitations of the current study along with some of the future research implications for the human capital-RBV link.
Organizational democracy and organization structure link: role of strategic leadership & environmental uncertainty
(2010) Naveed Yazdani
This theoretical paper focuses on the issue of implementing democratic principles in modern day organizations facing turbulent and changing environments around them. The paper captures the notion of participatory style of management through the construct; organizational democracy. It traces the origin of this construct from theories and philosophies of political democracy. The paper also briefly describes the notion of economic democracy and why it failed to succeed in the face of partial success of political democracy. The underlying question which the paper raises is the role of organization structure and strategic leadership style in the successful implementation of democratic principles in organizations in the face of a turbulent and dynamic environment. The paper also attempts to raise some thought provoking questions for future research.
Effect of mentoring on the teaching skills of b.ed level students during teaching practice
(Common Ground, 2010) Abida Khalid; Farah Naz; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Farhat Munir
Teachers development is considered very important for the teaching- learning process in education. To enhance the learning opportunities mentoring is considered an effective tool now days. It is one of the most important ways to improve the quality of teaching. This research was conducted to see the perspective of prospective teachers (mentees) and mentors about the effect of mentoring on classroom practices. The study was conducted in one of the campus of University of Education at Pakistan. An experimental study was designed, implemented and evaluated in a year. Fifty prospective teachers and 12 senior faculty mentors were involved in the program. Fifty prospective teachers were taken in the control group and 50 prospective teachers were taken in the experimental group. This study was basically conducted to determine the improvement in teaching skills of mentees after providing a complete session of training and the research supported that mentoring contributes a lot in enhancing the teaching skills of teachers and indicated clearly that mentoring has a positive effect on classroom practices.
Mintzberg�s strategy continuum: philosophic and theoretical underpinnings
(Oxford Business & Economics Conference Program, 2010, 2010) Naveed Yazdani
This theoretical paper views Henry Mintzberg’s ‘Strategy Safari’ as representing a strategy continuum along which different styles/modes of strategy making and implementing are spread, with Prescriptive/Planning style of strategizing at one end and the Descriptive/Learning mode of strategizing at the other end. The paper attempts to highlight some of the reasons behind the traditional ‘hype’ created for the Prescriptive/Planning mode, its impact on the teaching behavior of the teachers of strategic management and, the underlying philosophical and theoretical assumptions behind the two extreme end of the strategy continuum. Based on these underpinnings, the paper presents some propositions and calls for launching research efforts to test and verify these propositions. The paper proposes to include the strategy continuum view for the teaching of Strategic Management courses at graduate and under-graduate levels in the business schools.
Western corporate practices or jahiliyya? A dilemma for Pakistani organizations
(Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research, 2011) Naveed Yazdani; Farah Naz
Islam goes much beyond a religion because of being regarded as “Din” a complete code and way of life. It happens to be the revealed solution of all ills, problems and recurrent and issues to emerge. It is meant for whole of the humanity. It embraces the cannons of justice, equity, equality and modernity as well but in the limited periphery. It routed out the ordains of the past which had been the practice of the masses though it be the rounds of holy Kaba, the enactments of business, the marriage contracts, the inheritance laws. It has a philosophy of its own which believes in the subservience of God, and living of masses on the earth as vicegerent of God to elevate and implement her will. Pakistan inherited its systems from the colonial era explicitly believing and implementing the western philosophies though wrong. The practices that crept into and polluted the pious rituals of Islam still persist and has given rise to the dented personalities partially believing in westernize and practicising Islam at the same time. This duality is the mother of all ills we could inherit. There is a need to rethink; Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership, Joint Venture, Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP),Limited Liability Company (LLC), Corporations, S-Corporations, the different forms of corporate business in the light of Islamic teachings. Similarly the cannons of justice are to be reviewed family laws, laws of inheritance, laws of evidence, civil and criminal procedures in the light of established and referenced Islamic jurisprudence. There is also a need to peep into the practicality and implications of prevailing or pleaded to philosophies like rationalism, empiricism, skepticism, idealism, pragmatism, phenomenology, existentialism and structuralism as being incomplete philosophies and having established threats against them. On theoretical grounds if we go for a review and practically prepare a plan for the implementation of Islamic belief we would be living in a world of comforts for this day and thereafter otherwise we would be forming the world of Jahiliyya.
Entrepreneurial skills enhance the achievement level of school leaders
(Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research, 2011) Farah Naz; Farhat Munir; Abida Khalid; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah
Educational systems of almost every country of the world are facing the challenges of new dimensions. To manage with such fast growing challenges it has to coordinate with the global demands. Education being an industry has to work under the same patterns as any business organizations do. It is widely agreed that the intention of Conservative education policies is that the schools are to become business with a primary focus on profit and loss account (Ball, 1990, p68). In business sector business entrepreneurs are going to be encouraged. So it is the high time to realize the worth of educational entrepreneurs to make it successful as business and strengthen the country s economy. The objective of this article is to analyze the results of a survey carried out among school leaders at different schools in Lahore. The aim of this study was to investigate entrepreneurial skills in school leaders.The research involves analysis of data gathered from school leaders serving in different schools at Lahore Pakistan.Education has become the back bone of every country s economy. So it has become very necessary to develop the educational on the same patterns as any business organizations do. For this the role of school leaders should become significant and functional. They should become forward to lead the educational systems as business. They should be more focused to quality and profit to up lift the country s economy. The research has the implications for the school leaders and policy makers in term of identifying the importance of entrepreneurial skills for school heads in order to refine and up lift the educational system to strengthen the country s economy. The research will be valuable in terms of training of school heads. It will also provide the policy makers an insight about its importance in global perspectives.
The current context teachers and teaching in Pakistan
(Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2011) Farah Naz; Abida Khalid; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to throw light on the current context of teachers and teaching in Pakistan and to suggest further line of research on teaching and teachers in the country. Design: This paper is based on the review of different papers and articles available in different journals; and downloaded from internet and also on the daily experiences of mine which I face as a teacher and a teacher trainer. Findings: The review shows that teaching is a profession by default or an additional source of income. Male members only opt this profession because they could find any other job or adopt it for surplus income. Mostly the teachers are with low qualifications. Teaching is only the transmission of knowledge. Practical Implications: Future directions for the future exploration in this area of study are suggested. Originality: This paper is an attempt to know about the life of the teachers in developing countries, like Pakistan.
From comparative towards competitive advantage of Pakistan's agricultural sector: the analysis of one decade
(Socialo Zinatnu Vestnesis, 2011) Khalil Arbi; Boronenko, Vera
This paper aims at evaluating the performance of Pakistan in agricultural sector during the time period of one full decade from 1995 to 2004. During the study authors have analysed comparative advantage of Pakistan in various agricultural products. The guidelines for the policy makers of Pakistan agricultural sector which could help to convert comparative advantage into competitive one are presented by this paper. Results of the research give information on the export share of agricultural products of Pakistan in international markets, reflecting export trends, as well as comparative and competitive advantage presented by agricultural products for Pakistan. The authors of this research have used methods which are widely applied in international research, such as Balassa index and Vollrathís indices of Revealed Comparative Trade Advantage: RTA, lnRXA and RC. This paper is composed of five chapters. The first chapter contains the introduction part and the second chapter contains a theoretical part with a definition of comparative and competitive advantage. Also, the second chapter includes the description of methodology for measuring the comparative advantage based on analysis of various theories, as well as M. Porterís model of competitive advantage complemented by authors. The third chapter provides information about performance of Pakistanís agricultural sector. In the fourth chapter the results of the authorsí empirical research of comparative advantage for all the selected products of the Pakistani agricultural sector are presented. The fifth chapter includes conclusions and authorsí recommendations for the Pakistanís government related to conducting the agricultural policy. The novelty of this research is based on the analysis of comparative advantage of Pakistanís agricultural sector in the context of the possibility of its transference into competitive advantage, showing that during the analysed decade the unit weight of agricultural products with comparative advantage is growing, but at the same time these products generally are raw materials with minimal added value which do not provide competitive advantage for Pakistanís agricultural sector. Research findings show that although Pakistan has natural comparative advantage in the agricultural production, still a lot has to be done to transfer its comparative advantage into more competitive one.
The implementation of curricula at secondary level: role of head teacher
(Common Ground, 2011) Farah Naz; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Abida Khalid
A curriculum plan is as good as its implementation since it is the actual achievement and not merely the objectives set and organizational mechanism provided that determine the impact of a plan. Without effective implementation the decision of the curriculum planner are not to be carried out successfully. Since the people who plan the curriculum are not the same who carried out it, there is a considerable room of distortion of the curriculum planner’s intentions if the steps and actions appropriate to the plan are not taken. Construction and implementation of curriculum involves an intricate set of actions on the part of many people. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors which influence the implementation of curricula at secondary school stage as perceived by teachers, and principals. The study was based on the assumption that the curricula introduced were not fully implemented. Data was collected and tabulated for the purpose. Statistical techniques were applied to analyze the data. Analysis of major hypotheses and items shows that supervisory function had not performed in a manner that could ensure the effective implementation of curricula at school level. There are many factors that impede or facilitate the process of implementation of the curriculum as perceived.
From modernity to postmodernity: a historical discourse on western civilization
(2011) Naveed Yazdani; Hasan Sohaib Murad; Rana Zamin Abbas
This paper traces the historical discourse of Western Civilization from the period of Modernity to Postmodernity. Major political, social, moral, and scientific shifts occurred in the Western Civilization during Modernity because of the maturation of underpinning utilitarian and materialistic ethics. Postmodernity is a critique on the ideologies of modernity. The identifiable difference between the two lies in the nature of discourse. The discourse of modernity rests on the transcendent criteria such as ‘progress’ and ‘reason’. Postmodern discourse, on the other hand, analyzes social life in terms of paradox and indeterminacy and rejects all metanarratives and overarching guiding principles, religion, science, objectivity, rationality and the notion of truth. Yet the two are closely related and complement each other by sharing a deep commitment and affinity to empiricism, concrete forms and reductionism.
Model for employee relationship in domestic organizations of Pakistan
(Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research, 2011) Mudassir Farooqi; Javaid Iqbal; Muhammad Rashid
Tracing the roots of evolution of HRM, this article is focused towards employee relation model in Domestic organizations of Pakistan. The article first traces the roots of SHRM and then pinpoints the context specific nature of HRM. By arguing the context specific nature of HRM, the article develops a conceptual model of employee relationship in domestic organizations of Pakistan. The article concludes by developing an argument that HRM in Pakistan is still in its infancy and it is informal in nature.
Determinants of sinic civilization and their impact on organization theory
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2011) Naveed Yazdani; Hasan Sohaib Murad; Rana Zamin Abbas; Ishtiaq Ahmad Gondal
This paper traces the impact of Sinic Civilization and its underlying virtue ethics of Confucianism on the principles of management and organization theory. Sinic Civilization is envisaged to include the cultures of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Apart from linking the core Sinic ethics with organization theory, this paper also studies Sinic philosophy, cosmology, governance, and linguistics. The Japanese and Chinese management practices and cardinal principles are discussed in the light of traditional Sinic ethics. The past, contemporary and future contributions of Sinic way of management in terms of management style, organizational forms, organizational epistemology and ontology, organizational cultural orientations and major organizing principles are also discussed. The paper concludes that flexible, fluid and organic structures, emergent strategies, team work, coordination and, horizontal and flat organizations are natural outcomes of the Sinic ethical discourse which is manifested both in its historical as well as organizational discourses.
Civilization and organization theory: a new epistemological discourse
(LAMBERT Academic Publishing (LAP), 2012) Naveed Yazdani; Hasan Sohaib Murad
Economics, education and religion: can western theories be generalized across religions?
(Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2012) Naveed Yazdani; Dawood Mamoon
Some of the recent empirical studies relate economic growth and prosperity with religion. This paper raises the question that if economic systems are based on individualism and selfishness, can they be related with religion? The paper also finds that the Secularization hypothesis of Western Modernity is still valid for Western cultures, Judaism and Christianity but its application is highly unlikely in case of the third monotheist religion Islam. The paper expounds the causes of this proposition keeping in view the historical, religious and economic perspectives of Islam.
Managing knowledge and inter-civilization dialogue through islamic economic policy: a review of literature
(2012) Rana Zamin Abbas; Dawood Mamoon
Purpose Purpose of this paper is to show the relevant literature about knowledge management and inter civilization dialogue of Islamic economic policy that can pave the way for economic remedy for the whole world. Methodology Starting with the ideas of knowledge management this paper goes on to discuss knowledge management strategies, globalization, inequality among nations, real cause of civilizational clash, collapse of socialism and capitalism and finally suggests a way ahead applying Islamic economic policy in contemporary economy. Practical implications This paper has strong and serious implications for management scholars and political leaders and can enhance the overall appeal of the relevant literature package. Introduction Undoubtedly, there is plenty of literature on knowledge management, civilizations and different economic systems but there is a dearth of relevant literature on these issues in one place. This paper attempts to reduce this knowledge gap by producing and collecting relevant literature on the said topics in this paper.
Organization theory and poetry: a not so elusive link
(2012) Naveed Yazdani; Hasan Sohaib Murad; Rana Zamin Abbas
Since the times of Western modernity, knowledge is compartmentalized as different fields. This has however, not mitigated the influence of natural science model of theorizing on social sciences. As a result the discipline of organization theory has grown without the influence of abstract, ephemeral and metaphysical fields such as; religion, history, mystic philosophy, arts and literature. With the rise of organizational cultural studies and the emergence of symbolic-interpretive view of organizing during the last three or four decades, the trend is however gradually shifting. Corporate aesthetics is one such field within organization theory which places value on the aesthetical aspects of managing and organizing. Taking lead from corporate aesthetics, this paper highlights the link between organization theory and literature (poetry, both English and Urdu). The linguistic and conceptual instrument of metaphors is isolated as the underpinning tool of this link. The role of metaphors in organization theory assumes further importance since the emergence of ‘social construction’ and ‘sense making’ view of organizations. The paper reinforces the views of contemporary writers of organization theory that the field draws from multiple and diverse disciplines by highlighting the link between organization theory and poetry through employing metaphoricity.
The economics and philosophy of globalization
(MPRA Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2012) Naveed Yazdani; Dawood Mamoon
The economics and philosophy of Globalization are generally not discussed together. This paper assesses the claims of economic prosperity through economic integration in the backdrop of cultural, political and social value system implications of Globalization. This debate becomes important when we see a major part of developing world still struggling with impoverishment while cheerleaders of Globalization already claim a success story out of increased integration of developed and developing economies post 1980s.
Mirror up to km paradoxes and strategy paradoxes: an exploratory account
(3rd International Conference on Business Management (ICoBM), UMT, Lahore, Pakistan, 2013) Rana Zamin Abbas
Objectives 1. To explore, extend and refine the theory based framework of Schultze and Stabell discourses, and contradictions in KM research. 2. To discuss double edged nature of knowledge by highlighting different assumptions about knowledge and its management. 3. To discuss strategy paradoxes as additional contradictions in the domain of KM research 4. To elaborate further specifically dialogic discourse and constructivist discourse. Methodology Using the examples of Pakistani organization and International cases for exploring paradoxes in the land of KM and strategic management, the relevant literature has been explored from strategic management and knowledge management. For Pakistani organizations insights are taken from Brand Elections 2010 and for multinational organizations, the examples of short cases are taken from the book Strategy: Process, Content, Context – An international perspective. The 3D view of strategy (strategy process, strategy content, strategy context) along with the exploration of different paradoxes lying in 3D view of strategy (strategy process, strategy content, strategy context) with reference to KM has been presented. Suggestions have been made to extend and further refine the theory based model of Schultze and Stabell as the direction for future research.
Online quiz system spa online quiz system
(University of Management and Technology, 2013) FAIZA ABID
Online Quiz system website is developed to facilitate user especially teachers and students in education field to enhance their skills through taking tests and quizzes. The websites can help teachers and students to save their time. Thissimulator helps teacher to organize test for their students. And provide them security for their data.

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