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Item The role of organizational development in process automation in textile sector; a moderating role of industry 4.0(UMT Lahore, 2022) Muhammad AliThis study aims to investigate the impact of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between organizational development and process automation in the textile industry of Pakistan. Organizational development is the independent variable, process automation is the dependent variable, and industry 4.0 is the moderating variable. The study employs a quantitative research method with a questionnaire as the data collection tool. The sample consists of employees from various textile firms who have experience with process automation and organizational development. The study uses linear regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The results show that there is a positive relationship between organizational development and process automation, and that Industry 4.0 moderates this relationship. The findings have practical implications for textile firms that are looking to implement process automation and organizational development initiatives in the context of Industry 4.0. Overall, this study contributes to the literature on organizational development and process automation by exploring the role of Industry 4.0 as a moderator of this relationship in the textile industry of Pakistan.Item Identifying the lean management factors affecting work efficiency in switchgear manufacturing industries; a moderating role of lean performance(UMT Lahore, 2022) Muhammad Arslan ZahoorSwitchgear Industry is one of the strong pillars of the Pakistan’s Power Sector. The drive behind this research is to find out the effect of Lean Management Factors on the work efficiency of Switchgear Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan. This study is based on positivistic deductive approach using a quantitative descriptive research design. A cross sectional study had been done and total of 213 responses had been collected from different switchgear manufacturing industries of Punjab, Pakistan through purposive sampling technique. IBM SPSS Statistics 25 was used for the data analysis. This work had not been cast off in Pakistani Context due to lack of knowledge related to Lean Application across Switchgear industrial sector of Pakistan. These kind of studies helps industries to shift towards modern era of industrialization.Item The potential of barren soil of punjab to cultivate olive and its impact on gdp of pakistan(UMT Lahore, 2022) Hassaan Ahmed Khan; Kashif Umair; Abdul Manan SaeedFarm of Olive Tree is a recognized commercial farm located in the Potohar area of north eastern Pakistan. The planned project is for Olive Farming on a 50-acre plot of land. Growing olives on fifty acres and with contemporary farm management methods may be a profitable venture. Olive cultivation and marketing is a project that entails growing olives and supply them to the process market and oil processors. Extensive market research was made to obtain adequate lands on which to establish Olive Tree Farm. Our farm will be a conventional commercial operation, which means that we will be engaged in commercial olive cultivation, oil processing, and packaging. As a result, the gear and equipment to be purchased are also recommended based on the forecasted future production. Olive tree cultivation is a lucrative enterprise since olive trees survive for more than 250 years and may thrive on desolate ground. On average, an olive tree produces between 20 and 35 kilograms olive fruits each year, each of which contains more than 20% oil. The olive fruit may be sold in the market for between 100 to 200 rupees per kilogram, while the olive oil can be sold for between PRs. 700 and PRs. 3,000 per liter, depending on the type and quality of the oil. Olive farming on fifty acres with contemporary farm management methods can be a profitable venture. It is advised that property be bought in the rural regions specified. We have developed strategies to assist us in establishing a conventional olive oil processing facility during the first six years of operating Farm of Olive Tree. We want to process and pack olive oil in such a way that it will flood the market in Pakistan and around the globe. The planned units would extract oil from olives and sell in the local market. The units will extract oil from olives by centrifugation. Oil will be available in three sizes: 0.5, 1.0, and 4.0 liters. The projected initial cost for establishing an Olive Cultivation farm is 50.93 million rupees. The project is made to be funded using a 50/50 mix of loan and equity. The project's net present value is estimated to be roughly 21.11 million rupees, with a 25% IRR and payback time of 4 years. Because olive trees begin bearing fruit at the age from 5- 6 years, the first 4 years' expense will be considered pre operating also included in the capital cost. Each processing plant would have a capacity of 200 kilograms of olive per hour, producing fourth liters of oil under ideal circumstances & 57,600 liters of virgin olive oil per year based on 2 months of working (1,440 hours, working in three shifts a day). In following decade, a total of 30 facilities will be erected. The planned Oil Extraction of olive Units need investment of 462,143,227 rupees, including PKR 459, 957, 8561 in fixed assets and PKR 2,185,372 in working capital. The project's Net Present Value is 281,801,919 rupees with a 39 percent internal rate of return and payback time of 6.5 years. The reason for this is because in addition to acquiring the essential farmland, we have also engaged numerous important personnel who are presently receiving training to suit the ideal twenty-first century commercial olive farm and production facility workforce that we are building. The initiative will employ 20 workers at the head office and three plant operators and three assistance at each processing unit on a season basis. In addition, two permanent guards will be employed for each processing site. With past expressions or education in a comparable business sector, an entrepreneur might anticipate a higher return on investment and continuous expansion of the firm. We are establishing the olive tree farming business because we want to leverage the vast opportunities available in the commercial farming industry to contribute our fair share to the growth of the Pakistan economy, national food production, raw material production for industries, agricultural exports from Pakistan to other countries, and profitably. Farm of Olive Trees. Is well-positioned to become one of Pakistan's top olive farms, which is why we have been able to get the finest personnel and farm equipment to administer the farm. We have implemented techniques that would enable us to follow best practices in olive tree growing, as mandated by Pakistan's regulatory organizations. XYZ owns Farm of Olive Trees, XYZ will fund the farm cum company entirely on its own. Prior to founding Farm of Olive Tree, XYZ worked for many of Pakistan's biggest commercial farms and olive oil processing companies; he has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Science from the SU.Item Impact of transformational leadership on project success:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Mehwish QamarThe stylishness of Transformational leadership is achievement recognition, and materiality in the field of leadership and project management due to it positive and optimistic impact on the employee and organizational outcomes. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the effect of transformational leadership (TL) on project success (PS) with project team building as a mediator between transformational leadership and project success (PS). The Data is collected as of 159 employees working in the organizations operating in the IT sector of Pakistan. Various statistical tests, such as Descriptive examination, correlation analysis, and regression and PROCESS MACRO technique was used using SPSS latest version 28. Moreover, the Mediation and Moderation analysis was carried out by the Model 4 and 1 of the Hayes process respectively. The results proved that transformational leadership is significantly and positively related to project success and team building. The findings of this study have implications to the theory of transformational leadership and is practically useful for the managers of firms working on projects aiming for success.Item Impact of servant leadership on construction project success:(UMT Lahore, 2022) SAEED UR REHMANThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between servant leadership and project success in the context of the construction industry in Lahore, Pakistan. Specifically, we examined team building and organizational culture as the intervening mechanisms in this relationship. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind in project management literature. We collected data from 254 field experts in project management and analyzed it using SPSS 25.0. We tested the direct relationships as well as parallel intervening mechanisms using the Hayes process. Consistent with previous research, our findings suggest that team building and organizational culture partially mediate the relationship between servant leadership and project success. Notably, organizational culture was found to be a more significant mediator than team building in this relationship. Our results suggest that project managers with a servant leadership style who invest in team building and organizational culture are more likely to achieve project success. Thus, we conclude that the servant leadership approach can help project managers overcome the challenges that impede construction project success.Item “Impact of emotional intelligence on project performance with the mediating role of employee performance and project quality”(UMT Lahore, 2022) Sobia Arshad RanaThe study examined the impact of emotional intelligence on project performance with the mediating role of employee performance and project quality within the IT industry of Pakistan. A research framework was developed to formulate and analyze the hypothesis and investigate the connection between all four factors. Data was obtained from multi- stakeholders involved in the IT industry situated in Lahore. Convenience sampling was used for data collection with 400 respondents. Employee and supervisory responses were recorded separately using distributed questionnaires. Of a total of 300 questionnaires distributed, 289 were recovered. According to the findings of the industry, emotional intelligence significantly affects project performance. Additionally, it was discovered that project management played a mediating role in the association between emotional intelligence and project success. Interestingly, term quality remarkably but only partially mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence and project performance. Involvement of employee performance in mediating the relationship between emotional intelligence and project quality was insignificant. Furthermore, the current study is expected to enable project managers to explore different approaches to comprehend project performance. This research offers a number of directions for further study and has a variety of managerial and academic applications, making it a significant contribution to the subject of project management.Item Impact of earned value management on project success:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Asad UllahThesis measured the impact of earn value management on project success, and considered the project complexity as moderating variable. Thesis also explored the components of earned value management and studied its individual impact on project success with and without moderation to precisely measure the earn value management. Thesis adopted strategy of quantitative explanatory methodology to conduct research and collected responses from questionnaire distributed among civil engineers in Lahore region based on purposive sampling. The results were analyzed on IBM SPSS tool. Analysis concluded that EVM has significant positive impact towards project success and project complexity negatively moderates the project success, but more complex projects focus effectively on the EVM and its attributes explored (Risk Identification and Response Planning, pre-construction planning, Effective communication, Effective scheduling and cost management), this ultimately enhances the success rate of project. Results indicate that project complexity has overall negative impact on project success but if we continuously monitor and control the attributed explored in thesis research can help civil engineers and project managers achieve project success. Each attribute of EVM identified in research proved to have significant positive impact on project success. Thesis has made significant addition to literature and industry engineers by exploring those critical attributes that impact project success for complex projects and considering those attributes and closely monitoring them will increase the chances to achieve project success.Item To investigate the impact of project planning on project success under moderating effect of transformational leadership and mediating effect of communication management:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Asifa ArshadThis thesis introduces the impact of Project Planning on Project Success, considering Transformational Leadership as moderator and Communication Management as a mediator. This thesis measured the direct relation of Project Planning on project success; its effect the contemporary research shows that there is contribution of other critical success factors as well in the management of projects like transformational leadership and communication management. Explored impact of mediator communication management and moderator transformational leadership, to have a clear picture of the necessities for further direction. Quantitative research came into practice, the target audience were software engineers and project managers, Team members and others from software firms, 182 respondents are witnessed, and the data collection was questionnaire based. The statistical results are analyzed on the respective tool named SPSS. After getting the responses, the deduced hypotheses were tested and came up with larger number of male respondents than females of different age groups, experience and position. Variables were significantly correlated with each other. To test the multiple regressions, assumptions were tested to be proven, just to strengthen the effect. Project planning, project success with communication management showed convergent effect with each other, proving the deduced hypotheses. Project planning has significantly positive effect on project success came true and communication management works as a mediator in the relationship of project planning and project success. Contrarily, the impact of transformational leadership on project planning and project success as moderator went divergent as zero came in between the values of LLCI and ULCI. The study has significantly added value to the literature and exploring the Project Planning actually is meant to be important for the betterment of project and its success, encapsulating the ongoing leadership and communication management.Item Effect of agile software development in achieving project success under moderating role of project complexity(UMT Lahore, 2022) NOSHEEN SHAHZADThe project-based companies in the present research study literature do not fully explain how they utilized agile software development to deal with the complexity of projects and increase the project success. This research study describes the variables that can be established to increase the project success. The Effect of agile software development in achieving project success has been explored. By using simple random sampling, data were gathered from 180 respondents from the employees of software houses of Pakistan. Based on the findings of this research study, agile software development has a major impact on project success. The project complexity has insignificant moderating effect on agile software development and project success. This research will help the project managers and the IT employees to handle the SDLC and STLC, that are working on different types of complex projects. This study makes a substantial contribution to the body of knowledge that already exists, especially in the domain of project management. Future researchers can benefit from this study recommendations, which are mostly targeted the projects in Pakistan.Item Agile manifesto practices and project success: mediating role of perceived transformational leadership and team workload in it software houses of pakistan(UMT Lahore, 2022) Fasiha HamidThis thesis introduces the measures of Agile Manifesto Practices and Project Success, considering Perceived Transformational Leadership and Team workload as mediators. This thesis measured the direct relation of agile manifesto practices on project success, its effect in consideration of cost, scope, time and quality and practices of agile and implantation. Explored impact of mediators perceived transformational leadership and team workload, to have a clear picture of the necessities for further direction. A quantitative research came into practice, the target audience were software engineers and project managers from software firms, 189 respondents are witnessed, and the data collection was questionnaire based. The statistical results are analyzed on the respective tool named SPSS. The research and the results reported the significance of agile manifesto practices on project success, the mediation of perceived transformational leadership and team workload, and hypothesis deduced are proved true. Results showed that agile manifesto practices, perceived transformational leadership and team workload have significant effect on project success, both individually and collectively. The study has significantly added value to the literature and exploring the agile practices actually are meant to be important for the betterment of project and its success, encapsulating the ongoing leadership and team workload efforts.Item Examining the impact of transformational leadership on project success:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Haddi AhmadThe aim of this research is to see the overall impact of transformational Leadership on Project success with the moderation effect of risk management. The study was conducted through quanti-tative methods relating to Full range Leadership Theory & Classical Decision Theory. The data was gathered through a survey method from 270 individuals working in IT industry of Pakistan. SPSS analyzed the data to see the co-relation and moderation effect. After the complete analysis, results signify the positive impact of Transformational Leadership on the project success. There is an extraordinarily strong relationship observed with moderation effect of risk management on pro-ject success, which shows risk management is playing an essential role for the success of any project. Additionally, it has a significant effect between transformational leadership and project success.Item Arslan Mudassar(UMT Lahore, 2022)By improving productivity, patient care, and data management, hospital information systems (HIS) play a crucial role in contemporary healthcare. However, its effective implementation continues to be a difficult task, especially in environments with limited resources like Punjab Public Hospitals. The critical success factors (CSFs) affecting the implementation of HIS in Punjab's healthcare system are examined in this research. The study takes a holistic stance by taking into account many factors. It assesses the varied workforce engaged in the deployment of the HIS, emphasizing the key role played by the IT employees. It also looks at the depth of expertise among healthcare workers, highlighting the existence of seasoned personnel who may have an impact on the effectiveness of HIS implementation. Healthcare professionals are noticeably aware of HIS, according to survey responses from 142 participants, underlining its significance for system success. However, considerable barriers such as a lack of technical competence, poor training, personnel reluctance, and financial limitations prevent successful HIS deployment. These difficulties highlight how crucial it is to approach CSFs intelligently. The research also evaluates hospitals' staffing practices and the preparedness of their technological infrastructure, offering insights into the significance of these factors for the effectiveness of HIS implementation. This study offers important new insights into the complex CSFs and how they interact, which advances knowledge of HIS deployment in the particular context of Punjab Public Hospitals. It has ramifications for those working in policy, healthcare administration, and IT who want to improve the efficiency of healthcare information systems in comparable environments.Item Optimization procourement process of fatima fertilizer(UMT Lahore, 2022) UMAIR NAVEED; TAIMOOR KHAN; ANAS AHAMD; MIAN MUHAMMAD SULEMAN; IQRA KHAN BALOCHIn this project we are going to overall look into the problems that the Fatima Fertilizer is facing. Our Research describes the problems associated with import documentation in shipping which results in increase of demurrage cost. It suggests the possible ways by which the demurrage cost can be minimized resulting in profit to the company. Demurrage cost involved in internal process that is a vital part of Fatima fertilizers e procurement process thus its importance cannot be neglected and also from the inefficiencies inside the organization. The fertilizer industry is strongly affected by seasonal fluctuations. Therefore, efficient management of procurement team and finance department issues plays an important role in minimizing company costs. We have discussed findings and solutions to bring optimization in the documentation process and supply chain by considering all the facts and figures.Item Impact of process capabilities on system performance in distributed information system development:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Nabeel SattarInformation system development is spreading continuously because of externalization and globalization. With this globally spread development of distributed information system come up with aggressive challenges of system performance in terms of user requirements, uncertainty, and some factors that influence dispersed development. This study was designed to address an issue that has arisen in the distributed development context by taking into account some capabilities of process. Existing literature claims that these capability traits have a significant impact on system performance, but there is a gap in the available findings in terms of empirical evidence. Furthermore, in this study, user involvement acting as a moderator has been added to achieve maximum system performance and better management strategies during the development process. In order to attain these results a quantitative study was conducted where data was collected from project managers of Information technology and the users of ongoing distributed projects in Pakistan. And respondent contributed in study to investigate that how rigor, agility and standardization can prove beneficial to get better and desired system performance. Moreover, findings of this study disclosed that user involvement has a significant impact on capabilities of process and system performance in distributed development.Item Impact of risk management on project performance in service based it industries:(UMT Lahore, 2022) Tanzeela AsifThis research examines the relationship between Risk Management and Project Performance with the mediating role of managerial skills of project managers. It is mentioned in the literature that there exists a relationship between Risk Management and Project Performance, which indicates that organizations that follow proper Risk Management techniques and procedures are more likely to have a good Project Performance in the end and we can illustrate the fact as well that managers that possess managerial skills also plays an important role in the accomplishment of task of good Project Performance. This research also identifies the relationship between demographics (age, gender, experience, qualification, designation), Risk Management and Project Performance. Data was collected through online survey. Survey results includes IT professionals that indicates and illustrate the relationship between Risk Management and Project Performance. Findings revealed that there exists relationship between Risk Management and Project Performance with partial mediating role of managerial skills of project manager.Item Students engagement and satisfaction in online learning: the mediating role of e-service quality(UMT Lahore, 2022) AMAN SABIRThe aim of the study was to investigate relationship between secondary students’ engagement and satisfaction in online learning. The research also aimed to investigate the mediating role of E-service quality. The study was quantitative in nature and correlational by method. The researcher used multi sampling technique first was convenient sampling to select two Tehsils, then purposively selected the 10 private secondary schools which have adopted online teaching. The sample size was 300 private secondary school students. The researcher used student engagement scale, Online Course Satisfaction Scale and EQUAL Scale. The study showed significant positive correlation between students’ engagement and satisfaction level. Further, the results showed that E-service quality was major predictor of the relationship of students’ engagement and satisfaction. All schools may implement and offer best E-service to students.