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JULY 2013 To JAN 2014

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DESIGNED BY

NAYLA YOUSAF

NEWSLETTERJULY 2013 To JAN

Message from Head of Department

Dear Colleagues

I am happy to share with you another issue of Newsletter of Department of Management

Sciences at CIIT Lahore covering activities took place from July to December 2013. It has been

extremely wonderful period of innovative activities, teaching & learning experience and progress towards excellence in the area of research and publications. We published almost fifty research

articles in last six months in IF/ISI indexed journals at the same time our colleagues at the

Department won four funded projects. Recruitment drives and graduate directory prepared by

Job Placement Cell of the Department greatly helped our graduating students to start their

professional career.

Establishment of Student Teacher Committee at the Department paved the way to take onboard

our students, our most precious asset, in the academic and administrative affairs to make their

stay more meaningful and enjoyable. Our colleagues have initiated the process of establishing

COMSATS Marketing Association and COMSATS HR Forum, which I think will be culminated

in the next semester.

We have been through rigorous exercise of local and international moderation process of

handbooks, question papers and answer scripts. Overall outcome of this exercise depicts very

bright future of our classroom teaching and assessment mechanism. Here it will be appropriate to

appreciate learning attitude of each and every person in the Department to come up to

international standards.

Department of Management Sciences at CIIT Lahore has the privilege to establish Global Forum

of Islamic Finance (GFIF) in 2013. Everyone at the Department remained fully involved to make

GFIF 2014 a mega success. I am sure this time once again my colleagues will prove that they

have excellent networking and management skills to arrange international conference of large

scale to keep CIIT Lahore’s flag even higher.

In addition to GFIF there were several seminars organized by the department in last semester. A

grand seminar to promote tourism among youth in collaboration with TDC Punjab remains the

highlight. Seminar to promote drug free society was also a success. Participation of HR managers from different leading industries in Lahore in another seminar arranged by Soft Skills

Development Committee was well appreciated by faculty and students both. Participation of

several senior executives in a business plan competition under TiE4Youth Club at the

Ddepartment was one more achievement.


Our commitment to social responsibility remained unshaken this time again. We continued with

the campaign to promote cleanliness at the Campus. Plantation has become a regular activity of

our students. Movement to promote responsible biking has initiated in Fall-2013 at the

Department besides facilitating colleagues at the Campus to get their driving licenses.

Visits of international academics is another tradition that continued in Fall-2013. Presence of Dr.

Lindmann from Germany and Dr. Jamshed Uppal from USA was quite fruitful for students and

faculty. We are in the process of inviting one senior academic from Germany and one from

Canada in Spring-2014. I hope to have positive impact of such efforts of engaging international

academicians every semester.

Experience of going through a rigorous audit during the visit of NBEAC accreditation committee

was worthwhile. Reflections during meetings and evaluation of procedures and processes gave

directions for future. I am hopeful to have good announcement by HEC about accreditation very

soon (In shaa ALLAH).

I wish you all prosperous future.

Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi


NEWSLETTERJULY 2013 JAN 2014

NEWSLETTERJULY 2013 To JAN 2014


CONTENTS

Seminars and workshop Recruitment drives Industry visits Student week activities Fun Fair Brand Mela Musical Night Bonfire Tug of War Badminton Tournament Comfest'13 Students’ welcome and Farewell Parties Economics day Cleanliness day Graduate directory Certificate distribution HEC delegation visit Meeting with Dean MOUs (Pakistan bikers club, IRTI, IBFC UK)

GFIF 2014

New joining and promotion

Research and publications



SEMINARS

Ms. Binish Nauman, Lecturer, arranged a guest speaker session forher HR specialization students of MBO, MBT, BBA. Guest speaker was Ms Maryam Shah (Team Leader Organization Development & Change Ali Akbar Group).

The main themes of presentation were

Spending First 90 Days at Your Workplace

Question/ Answer sessions

How to spend first 90 days at your workplace to have strong and positive impact on others

How various techniques of employee engagement are applied at workplace of Ali Akbar Group

How Learning & Development takes place at Ali Akbar Group



COMSATS TiE4Youth Club under the supervision of TiE Lahore organized an exclusive session on Social Entrepreneurship on 6th December, 2013. The purpose of this session was to introduce theconcept of social entrepreneurship among the participants and to motivate them to adopt this em-erging phenomenon. Mrs. Ammara Farooq Malik (CEO SEPLAA Foundation) was the guest speak-er at this occasion. She gave a refreshing session about;

Social Entrepreneurship

What social entrepreneurship is? Why does one need to be aware about social entrepreneurship? How is Social entrepreneurship different from Not- for- profit organization?

The session was a cross sectional analysis about how an individual can become a social entrepreneur. She discussed how social entrepreneurship can be started under different forms of businesses such as sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership or NGO. She motivated the participants on exploring new endeavors and motivated them on doing whatever it takes to achieve their goal.


On December 13, Mr fahad Javed and Mr. Zaryab sheikh organized a seminar on “JOB HUNTING”. Mr Qasim Ali shah, author of “Kamiyabi ka paigham” delivered this lecture.

Mr. Fahad Javed and Mr. Zaryab sheikh organized a seminar to promote tourism in Pakistan”. Mrs.Tahia Noon MPA and advisor Tourism to chief Ministaer (CM) Punjab, Mr. Habib ur Rehman Gilani, Managing director TDCP, and Mr. Leo, a German consultant engaged by CM Punjab to develop tourism promotion strategy for Punjab, Ms. Sarah Qureshi Manager operations TDCP and Mr. Agha Moosa Raza from Ufone delivered their talk on Tourism.

A seminar was arranged by department of Management sciences on “responsible biking in Pakistan” in collaboration with Pakistan bikers Club.

Job hunting

Tourism in Pakistan

Responsible biking



Mr. Fahad Javaid and Mr. Zaryab sheikh from Department of Management Sciences and Laureate Foundation organized a Seminar on “Role of Youth in the formation of Drugs free educational institutes” with the collaboration of“Drug Free city Lahore” on 19 December, 2013.

Following were the Guest Speakers

Dr. Samia Amjad (Social Worker) Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi (HoD MS) Dr. Asad (HoD Chemical Engg.) Shabir Sarwar (Columnist Daily Times)

A seminar on the topic of “Diversity Challenges & Management: Considerations for Effective Decision-Making in Business” was held on Monday, 02-12-2013 at 02:00 pm in Conference Room (D-Block). Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba the distinguished presenter, who is the professor of management at H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University delivered this lecture.


Diversity Challenges & Management

Dr. Abrar and Mr. Abbas Zaidi from Escorts Bank Ltd. conducted an awareness seminar onth

November 7 2013, for a potential career path in capital market.

Potential career path in capital market

Youth and Drugs free educational Institutes



WORKSHOP

Workshop for student’s soft skills development (Interviews).

Team o f s tuden ts so f t sk i l l s deve lopmen t committee—comprising of Ms. Binish nauman, Ms. Jawaria fatima, Mr. Tariq Hameed Alvi, and Mr. Amad Rashid— organized a workshop for graduating students of CIIT Lahore. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance student's interviewing skills. For this purpose a simulation interview exercise was conducted by experts in HR field who were invited from corporate sector. Final semester students' participation was mandatory for this workshop. Following are the names of panelists which came and guided our students through mock interviews:

1. Ms. Rabia Afsheen general manager HR, Qarshi industries.

2. Mr. Asif Zahoor general manager HR, crescent brands.

3.Ms. Maria Haseeb senior manager HR, Sigma refrigeration (pvt) limited.

4. Ms. Asma regional head Kasb bank limited.



RECRUITMENT DRIVES

Ms. Naila Yousaf and Mr. Fahad Javaid from the Job Placement Cell of Department of Management Sciences organized Recruitment Drive of Harvest Topworth Interna- tional on 05-12-2013. Final semester students of MBO and BBA participated in this drive. The recruitment Team of Harvest Topworth International presented an introduction of their company and filled up initial information of interested candidate (students). Finally the conduc-ted screening interview of student.

Recruitment Drive of Coca-Cola

Recruitment Drive of Harvest Topworth International

Mr. Fahad Javaid Incharge Job Placement Cell of Department of Management Sciences organized a Recruitment Drive of Coca-Cola on Friday, 29-11-2013 with the coordination of development cell of CIIT, Lahore. Passed out Students of MBA and BBA participated in this drive. The recruitment team of Coca-Cola presented an introduction of their company and finally they conducted screening test of student for interview.



INDUSTRY VISITS I

A delegation of seven students of BBA and MBA headed by Mr. Umar Farooq, Dept of Management Sciences, visited the inaugration ceremony of SMEDA”s internship portal

thheld at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore on November 8 2013. The Chief guest of the ceremony was Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Production, Mr. Shafqat Hussain Naqvi, and other members included President Lahore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Sohail Lashari, Dr Mujahid Kamran VC of Punjab university, and Mr. Arif Saeed Chaudhry, Director Service Industries. The CEO of SMEDA Mr. Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera delivered the inauguration speech. SMEDA has developed an internship portal to enable SMEs and industrial sectors all over Pakistan to seek internees, through an E-platform for students. This is a unique platform that is created to spur entrepreneurship and channelize talent for building an innovative, knowledge-based economy.

Inauguration ceremony of SMEDA's Internship

October 23, 2013 event management Committee of MS department arranged a Field Trip for students to visit to the Lahore Stock Exchange.

BSBA-DDP students visited IHSAN textile to understand their management practices. Students had a formal interview with the General Manager, Ihsan Textile, Mr. Zahid Cohune.

Students’ Visit to the Lahore Stock Exchange.

Students’ Visit to IHSAN Textile


thOn 20 of December 2013 Students of Mr. Mansor Ahmed, Lecturer MS, visited Sapphire Fibers Limited, a vibrant business of Sapphire group of Industries for investigating their management practices.Students discussed in detail the following practices of management;

· Organizational Culture· All aspects of Human Resource (orientation, hiring, training...)· Hierarchy · Communication Channels · Motivation during work· Leading and Controlling · Coping with stress· Job Burnout · Incentives· Conduct of performance evaluation · Other practices

HR Manager, Mr. Waqas, offered internship to the students in his organization. Students later visited Production, Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources Departments.

Students’ Visit to Sapphire fibers Limited


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Event Management Committee of department of Management Sciences organized following activities during student week; Fun Fair Brand Mela Musical Night Bonfire Tug of War Badminton Tournament Comfest'13 Students’ welcome and Farewell Parties

STUDENT WEEK ACTIVITIES

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Brand Mela



COMFEST’13

th Event Management Committee and 7 semester students of BBA organized a Farewell party for final semester students of BBA. HoD MS and faculty members of MS department participated in this event.

Event management Committee of MS department also arranged a Welcome Party for the first semester students of BSBA (DDP) &

ndBSECO. This party hosted by 2 semester students of BSBA (DDP) & BSECO.

On October 30, 2013, A welcome Party for the first semester students of BBS has been organized by event management committee of

ndMS department.This party hosted by 2 semester students of MBT.

A Welcome Party for the first semester nd

students of MSPM has been arranged by 2 semester students of MSPM under the supervision of event management commitee of department of MS.

Team of Comfest'13 (event Management C o m m i t t e e o f d e p a r t m e n t o f Management sciences, faculty of department of C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g a n d students of all departments) organized the following activities; 1. Photography 2. Filming 3. Poster Making 4 .Amazing race 5. Minute to win it 6. Interactive games 7. battle of the bands

STUDENT’S WELCOME AND FAREWELL PARTIES




ndMs. Hina Amir arranged “2 Economics Day” . Students on December 12, 2013of BS-ECO Batch FA12, FA13, and SP12 presented their final projects in form of documentaries and models on different economic issues.Head of department (HoD), Dr Abdus Sattar Abbasi, along with faculty members inaugurated ceremony and appreciated the students and encouraged them to continue such activities in future.

Second Economics Day

CIIT Lahore, demonstrated a great zeal for its employees and students by starting COMSATS CLEANLINESS DAY on 13th October, 2013. The whole event was carefully and successfully executed by Muhammad Shomail Sarwar from department of

Cleanliness day

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The Job placement cell of Department of Management Sciences, finalized graduate directory in FA13, of BBA and MBA program.

Event management committee of MS department distributed the certificate of participants of Lahore stock exchange Sessions.

a) First Session: Financial Markets and Regulatory Environment: October 21, 2013b) Second Session: Financial Products and Services : October 22, 2013c) Third Session: Field Trip / Visit to the Exchange : October 24, 2013

nd COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Pakistan is proudly hosting the 2 Global Forum on Islamic Finance (GFIF), after the successful conduction of the 1st GFIF, another platform for scholars from around the globe in the field of Islamic finance to share latest developments in Islamic finance and related fields and all participants to quench their desire to be informed more about the field due to its increasing success in the world market.

A meetingFaculty of Department of Managemen Science with Dean Faculty of business administration was held on Saturday December 14, 2013. The Meeting was followed by an interactive presentation by Dr. Saeed Akbar on “The Role of Lecturer as a Mentor and Large Group Lecturing: Issues and Challenges”.

Graduate directory

Certificate distribution

GFIF 2014

Meeting with Dean

MOUs

Department of Management sciences signed different MOU in fall 2013.

“Pakistan Bikers Club” to promote responsible biking among youth. “IRTI” to support GFIF 2014. “IBFC” UK to support GFIF 2014.


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HEC delegation visit

HEC Accreditation Inspection Committee had visited the Department of Management sciences on November 25-29, 2013. Accreditation Inspection Committee have different meetings with Head MS, Focal person, Program coordinators, faculty members, students of MS and dinner with MS departments Alumni on 26th of November 2013.

New joinings and promotion

Mr. Syed Atif Ali shah has joined Management Sciences department in Jan, 2014 as assistant professor.

Mr. Imran Ur Rehman has joined Management Sciences department as senior research officer in fall 2013.

Mr. Muhammad Ahmed has become the part of Management sciences department in fall 2013.He joined as a lecturer.

Mr. Tariq Hameed Alvi lecturer MS, has been promoted to Assistant Professor in fall 2013.


RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS


NEWSLETTER



Research Productivity of Department of Management Sciences, Fall 2013

Journal Publications SR. # Author (s) Article / Journal Title Vol., Issue, No, PP Category

(ISI Indexed/ Impact Factor)

1- Afza, Talat., Hira Yousaf and Atia Alam (2013)

“Information Asymmetry, Corporate Governance and IPO Under-Pricing”

Sciences International (Lahore) ISSN: 1013-5316, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp 943-951:

ISI Indexed

2- Jam-e-Kausar and Talat Afza (2013),

“Efficiency ofModaraba and Leasing Companies in Pakistan”

Middle-East Journal ofScientific Research, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 305-314, ISSN 1990-9233:

ISI Indexed

3- Alam Atia, Talat Afza and M. A. Bodla (2013)

“Capital MarketImperfections andEquity Derivatives:

Middle-East Journal ofScientific Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp 110-116, ISSN 1990-9233:

ISI Indexed

4- Afza, Talat and Mian Sajid Nazir (2013)

“Audit Committee Characteristics and firm Performance in Pakistan”

Research Journal of Applied Sciences,Engineering and Technology, forthcoming:

ISI Indexed

5- Afza, Talat and Usman Yousaf (2013)

“The Impact of Mergers on Efficiency of Mutual Funds in Pakistan”

6- Afza, Talat., Zeshan Anwar., (2013),

ISI Indexed

7- Afza, Talat., Zeshan

Anwar., (2013), “Impact Of Terrorism, Gas Shortage and Political Instability on”

Sciences International – Lahore, accepted for publication:

ISI Indexed

8- Shahbaz M. and

Talat Afza (2013), “Environmental Consequences of Economic Growth

International Journal of Green Energy, Under Review.

Impact Factor: 0.733

9- AwaisImam, Abdus

Sattar Abbasi, Dr. Saima Muneer, Mubashar Majeed

“Organizational Culture and Performance of Higher Educational Institutions:

European Journal of Business and Management , pp: 23-34 , Vol: 5 , Issue: 20 , Standard: 2222-1905

Impact Factor: HEC Recognized Abstract (External URL)

10- Rana Nadir Idrees, Abdus SattarAbbasi and

“Systematic Review of Literature on Workforce Diversity in Pakistan”

Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research , pp: 780-790, Vol: 17, Issue: 6 , Standard: ISSN 1990-9

Impact Factor: ISI Indexed Abstract (External URL)

Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences, accepted for publication

“Impact of Governance Indicators on FDI Inflows: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan”

Sciences International – Lahore, accepted for publication:



11- Usama Awan and Abdus Sattar Abbasi (2013),

”Environmental Sustainability through Determinism the Level of Environmental Awareness, Knowledge and Behavior among Business Graduates”,

Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, pp: 505-515, Vol: 5, Issue: 9, Standard: 2041-0484


12- Farhan Sarwar and Abdus Sattar Abbasi (2013),

”An In-Depth Analysis of Women’s Labor Force Participation in Pakistan”

Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, pp: 208-215, Vol: 15, Issue: 2, Standard: 1990-9233,

Impact Factor: ISI Abstract (External URL)

13- Muhmmad Waqas, Abdus Sattar Abbasi and Rana Nadir Idrees (2013),

”Academic Performance of Undergraduates in Universities of Pakistan”,

Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, pp: 55-61, Vol: 16, Issue: 1, Standard: 1990-9233,


14- Usma Awan, M. Usman

and Imran Haider Naqvi (2013),

”Balanced Human Resource Management Averted Unions in Private Sector of Pakistan”,

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, pp: 860 – 864, Vol: 16, Issue: 6, Standard: 1990-9233,

Impact Factor: ISI Indexed

15- Malik, M. E., Naeem, B., & Munawar, M. (August, 2013)

”Role of Integrated Marketing Communication in Customer Satisfaction and Brand Trust”

American Journal of Scientific Research, issue 91.

(ISI indexed Master List Journal)

16- Malik, M. E., Naeem, B., & & Idrees, A.

”What in authentic leadership drives sales force psychological capital facets?”

European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 114 Issue 3

(ISI indexedjournal)

17- Malik, M. E., Naeem, B., & Munawar, M.

”Impact of Impact of word of mouth communication on brand loyalty: Empirical Evidence from Telecom sector in Pakistan”,

American Journal ofScientific Research.

(ISI indexedjournal). (paper accepted forpublication in 2013 issue)

18- Mahmood, H. Z., Khan. M., Iftikhar.S and hAsnain. I (2013)

Land Resources and Food Security Nexus: An Empirical ascertainment from Districts of Pakistani Punjab. Paper submitted in “World Development”

Impact Factor: 1.57

19- Mahmood, H. Z.,Fatima. M., Khan. M., and qamar. A.M (2013)

”Islamic Microfinance and poverty Alleviation: An empirical Ascertainment from Pakistan”.

Paper submitted to European Journal of Development Research.

Impact Factor:0.553

20- Saqlain Latif Satti,

Muhammad ShahidHassan, Haider Mahmood and Muhammad Shahbaz

Coal Consumption: An Alternate Energy Resource to Fuel Economic Growth in Pakistan

Economic Modelling 36(Jan), 282-287 Netherlands

IF=0.557 Yes

21- Haider Mahmood, Amjad Ali and Muhammad Irfan Chani

Determinant of Aggregate Imports Demand Function: A Case of Tunisia

International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research 1(6), 74-82 Pakistan.

No

22- Khalil Ahmad and Haider Mahmood

Evidence on the Openness-Inflation Puzzle: The Case of Pakistan

Bangladesh Development Studies

Journal on J-Stor Expected

Soon36(4)



23- Sumaira Malik and Haider Mahmood

Determinants of inferior vertical intra-industry trade in Pakistan’s manufacturing sector: Empirical evidence of neo-HO theory.

Economic Modelling Under Review Netherlands

IF=0.557

24- Naila Tabassum, Ahmad Kaleem and Mian Sajid Nazir

Impact of Real Earnings Management on Subsequent Financial Performance

Published in Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research

17 (4): 551-560, 2013

25- Sadaf Ehsan, Naila Tabassum, ZainabAkram and Rizwan Nasir

Role of Insider and Individual Ownership Structure in Dividend Payout Policy: Evidence from Pakistan

Published in Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 17 (9): 1316-1326, 2013

26- Imran Ali and Kashif Ur Rehman (2013).

Stock selection behavior of individual equity investors in Pakistan.

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, 15 (9), 1295-1300.

27- Riaz, A., Idrees, R. N., & Imran, A. (2013).

Employees' Belief Regarding Training Benefits and Organizational Commitment: A Case in Banking Sector of Pakistan.

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research, 16(3).,

ISI Indexed.

28- Huma Nawaz and Kanwal Bilal (2013)

Impact of human capital growth on FDI; an econometric analysis

Elixir international Journal 65 (C) 2013

Journal Papers submitted for Publications

SR. # Author (s) Article / Journal Title Vol., Issue, No, PP Category (ISI Indexed/

Impact Factor)

1- Shahbaz M., Talat Afza and M. Shahbaz Shabir (2013),

”Financial Development, Domestic Savings and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan: Using Cointegration and Granger Causality Analysis”

International Journal of Social Economics, Under Review submitted for publication.

Research Projects

Sr. #

Principal Investigator

Title of Project Funding Agency Amount (Millions: M)

Status (start and completion date)

1- PI: Dr. H Zahid Mahmod,

Currenly working on project Title: Scope of tunnel Technology Transfer: Adoption Productivity and Eficiency Analysis

HEC 1.253 April 2013 to April 2015

2-

PI: Dr. Muhammad Khan, Co PI: Dr. H Zahid Mahmod, CoPI Dr. Yahya Rasheed.

Title : Barriers to women empowerment in Pakistan: A case of Textile industry. Project Submitted to IDRC Worth 3 hundred thousand dollars,

IDR 3 hundred Thousands Dollars


THAN

KS


Documents

Backup of Graphic1 - CIIT Lahore senior executives in a business plan competition under ... and Mr. Agha Moosa Raza from Ufone ... presented an introduction of their company