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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.
Civilization and organization theory: a new epistemological discourse
(LAMBERT Academic Publishing (LAP), 2012) Naveed Yazdani; Hasan Sohaib Murad
Coronary heart disease and five factor model of personality: a statistical assessment of the link
(Pakistan Journal of Cardiology, 2013) Naveed Yazdani; Ahmed Faisal Siddiqi
This empirical study explores the role of personality traits in causation of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). A total of 231 participants including both confirmed cases of CHD and non-patients were surveyed. Data regarding personality traits was collected by using TIPI instrument while closedended questions elicited data about other medical and demographic variables of interest. Logistic Regression analysis2 was used to isolate significant personality traits in relation with the dependent variable CHD. Baron&Kenny mediation approach was employed in the attempt to isolate mediators of the study. Analytical findings are discussed in the light of cardiology and personality literature review undertaken to arrive at theory developed in the paper. Future research implications and major limitations of this study are also discussed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The effect of affect-based and cognition-based trust on the sharing and use of tacit knowledge
(3rd International Conference UMT, Lahore, 2013) Naveed Yazdani; Adnan Siddique
In this era of knowledge economy when knowledge is considered the most important resource for gaining sustainable competitive advantage, it is necessary for organizations to leverage this resource. Organizations should build interpersonal trust among their employees so that the tacit knowledge which resides in their employees is utilized. The interpersonal trust is of two type’s i.e. affect-based and cognition-based trust. This study finds the effect of alternative types of trust on the willingness of employees to share and use tacit knowledge using a sample of 102 respondents from different business organizations. The findings support the hypothesis that both type of trust i.e. affect-based and cognition-based trust is important in determining the willingness of employees to share and use their tacit knowledge. Research limitations are discussed in the end.
Effect of corporate alienation on managerial decision making
(2013) Rana Zamin Abbas; Muhammad Rizwan Junaid; Muhammad Razzaq Athar; Zulfqar Ahmad
This study revolves around the core process of decision making in an organization keeping on board the middle management tier which is involved mostly in decision making. In every passing day more and more mangers are coming across different personal problems; and even with strong academic qualifications and flair towards offering their best they are finding no place for themselves in this busy and dynamic corporate world. Organizational structure and design are the main causes that make their options miserable and leave no place to run and room to hide. They lose happiness, completeness and confidence and they hit back the society as an alien soul without any defined objective and definite purpose. The causes are studied here in the perspective of a continuous process of decision making which is the most important of all tasks a manager performs.
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.
Emotional labor & big five personality model
(3rd International Conference on Business Management (ICoBM), UMT, Lahore, Pakistan, 2013) Naveed Yazdani
Exhibit of emotions has become a topic of great interest for sociologists and psychologists during the last few years. The main reason of this attention is due to the changes in the structure of economy, as the economy has shifted from the manufacturing to the service industry and more jobs are being offered in the areas of CRM. As a result of which employees are under a considerable stress to hide their emotions and state of mind hence exhibiting a false sense of gregariousness with their customers or in other words to increase the level of their emotional labor. Not all people respond to this challenge similarly. Therefore the main purpose of this study is to expose that a personality plays a pivotal role in understanding and describing the phenomena of emotional labor. Examination of the role of personality in relative to emotional labor may assist us to foresee which individuals are best able to perform emotional labor on the job.
An empirical study of meat supply chain and prices pattern in Lahore (Pakistan): a case study
(2013) Hamid Jalil; Syed Shahid Hussain; Ahmed F.Siddiqi
Meat has become an integral part of human body because it is an affluent source of proteins, vitamins, minerals, micronutrients, and fats for human beings. This study is an attempt to investigate the spending of meat and pricingmodel in Lahore city.The essential factors of the contribution of small farmers of livestock in the meat sector have been highlighted in this paper. Based on the primary data of year 2008 from some stakeholders, dealers and officials of the meat industryof Lahore,the findings of this research reveal that the meat prices are growing up due to unnecessary transportation expenditures imposedon the suppliers (farmers) of remote areas. The global changes like 9/11 and other regional, national and international challengeshave significant impacts on the meat production, consumption and pricing patterns. Based on the information embarkedon this primary research, this study invokes the role of the Government and policy makers to perk up the productivity of meat. The authors are of the point of view that this seminal research will provide insight to the policy makers, planners, strategists,businessmen, and future researchers to replicate and spread it over other parts of the country.
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.
Exploring the multidimensionality of globalization: perspectives and insights
(Doctoral Conference Hosted By UMT, 2013) Rana Zamin Abbas
The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss the multiple complexities of the phenomena of globalization under the microscope of different perspectives, and not just the relative simplicities of the different disciplines that deal with it. This approach leads us to ask: can we engage the phenomena of globalization – globally.
Faith & reason: a synthesis in our society
(Oxford Business & Economics Conference, 2007) Naveed Yazdani
Feasibility report: power generation feasibility for naseer paper mills private limited
(2017) Qadeer Syed Abdullah; Rafique Humayon; Raza Ghulam; Nawaz Ali; Maryam Esha
Energy is the most essential element for social and economic development of a country. It is considered to be the backbone of any economy because of its foremost demand in running industries and machinery. A fast increase in the demand of energy has been observed from last few decades as a result of increasing population and industrial development. On other hand a sharp decline in the production of energy as compare to demand can be observed as well. The supply of energy is far less to meet current energy demands of the country. We are facing severe energy crises in our country lately. Energy crises can be defined as “any great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy
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.
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.
A historicity in management research
(3rd International Conference on Business Management (ICoBM), UMT, Lahore, Pakistan, 2013) Mudassir Farooqi; Naveed Yazdani
This theoretical paper focuses on the application of pure empiricism in management research. The paper traces the ahistoric consequences of empiricism in management research. It first traces the evolution of empiricism as an art of inquiry based on Cartesian dualism. It then focuses on empiricism as a dominant methodology of management research. The paper also traces the consequences of empiricism and resulting ahistoricity in the form of gap between management research and practice, moral and ethical problems in organizations. The underlying question which the paper raises is the ahistoricity in management research as a byproduct of pure empiricist stance. The paper concludes by proposing that for the management research to be effective and useful for the practitioner it has to bring context specific knowledge of organizations.
Hofstede's cultural model, lmx and Pakistani historic-socio-political discourse
(2013) Naveed Yazdani
This paper grounds its analytical historical discourse of Pakistani culture, society and leadership (political, social and economic) in Hofstede’s model of national and organizational culture. It borrows from LMX theory of leadership which entails both transactional and transformational elements and applies it in the context of Pakistani leadership style. Since the founding ideology of Pakistan is the religion of Islam, the paper also undertakes a detailed account of Divine Commands based socio-economic Islamic precepts. It also presents some empirical evidence reflecting the present Pakistani cultural and societal values embedding both the culture and leadership style of the country. The paper challenges Hofstede’s labeling of Pakistani culture as collectivistic and calls for future research on the ‘Dark Side’ of LMX practices prevalent in Pakistani discourse. .

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