Department of Management Sciences

Dr. Muhammad Fiaz

Dr. Muhammad Fiaz
Dr. Muhammad Fiaz

Chairperson/Associate Professor

Department of Management Sciences

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Brief Profile

Dr. Muhammad Fiaz is presently working as Head of Department and Associate Professor at Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences LCWU, Lahore. He has served IB&M, UET Lahore as Director Academics/ Assistant Professor from June, 2013 to Jan 2020. He has extensive experience of 15 years in academics including 8 years Post PhD experience.

Dr. Muhammad Fiaz won best PhD candidate award (USD 6000) during PhD from Northwestern Polytechnical University China. One of his articles won best paper award during an International Conference in USA. He has published 71 research articles in various international refereed research journals and international/ national conferences. He is reviewer of more than 5 International impact factor Journals. He is a professional trainer and has trained more than 1500 trainees in the field of project management, entrepreneurship and research methodology.

Qualification

Degree

Name of Institution

Year

PhD

Management Sciences

Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi‘an, China

2013

MBA

MBA

International Islamic University, Islamabad

2009

BS (IT)

BS (IT)

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan

2005

Intermediate

Intermediate

BISE, Multan, Pakistan

2001

Matriculation

Matriculation

BISE, Multan, Pakistan

1998

Work Experience

 

Dates

Feb 2020 to Till date

Name of Employer

Lahore College for Women University, Lahore

Position held

Head of Department/ Associate Professor

Main activities &  responsibilities

·         Delivering lectures on various management and administration subjects

·         Founding head of,

o   Department of Commerce, under the umbrella of Management Science Department

o    

o   PhD in Management Sciences

o   MBA (Specialization in HRM, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Hospitality and Tourism Management)

o   MBA Executive

o   Proposed Law College, under the umbrella of Fculty of Management & Administrative Sciences

·         Convener Inspection Committee for Purchases and Procurements

·         Member, Academic Planning Committee

·         Member Admission Advisory Committee

·         Member, Purchase Committee for Convocation

·         Member, Convocation committee

·         Peer Review Team (PRT) member of NBEAC

·         Member, Undergraduate Policy Implication Committee

Work Experience

 

Dates

June 2013 to Jan 2020

Name of Employer

University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore

Position held

Assistant Professor/ Director Academics

Main activities &  responsibilities

·         Delivering lectures on various management subjects

·         Director Academics (since Aug 2016)

·         Acting Director of IB&M (01-19 May 2014)

·         To look after the academic and administrative affairs of IB&M

·         Peer Review Team (PRT) member of NBEAC

·         Convener of Disciplinary Committee at IB&M, UET, Lahore

·         Member of Business Incubation Center (BIC) committee of UET

·         Expert member, committee of UET Affiliated colleges

·         Secretary, Post Graduate Studies and research Committee

·         Curriculum planning and development

·         Incharge Postgraduate programs

·         Incharge exams and MIS of the department

·         Block Incharege for Combined Entry test of UET Lahore

·         Expert Member of affiliation committee for UET affiliated colleges

National or International Awards

·         Won Best PhD Research Candidate Award, awarded by the International Cooperation Office, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China.

·         Won Best Paper Award in International Academic Conference on Business, held on 10 October 2016 in Las Vegas, USA

·         China Scholarship Council (CSC) has awarded scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. studies in the School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China in 2009

Professional Memberships

·         PRT member of NBEAC HEC Islamabad

Trainings, Seminars & Workshops (As resource person)

·         Entrepreneurship: Transformation of Engineers to Entrepreneurs Graduate Engineers to get CPD points for PEC

·         Why research proposals/research papers get rejected? PhD and MS scholars, School of Management Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

·         Research Proposal Ingredients MS/PhD scholars from various departments of UET Lahore

·         Using Smart PLS in Data Analysis Research Scholars at MS level Virtual University Lahore

Research Project

·         START-UP RESEARCH GRANT by HEC Islamabad

Thesis Supervision / Examination

MS Thesis supervision (Completed): 45

Research & Teaching Interest

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Entrepreneurship
  • R&D Collaborations among U&I
  • Strategic Management       
  • MIS
  • Knowledge Management
  • Project Management
  • TQM

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Human Recourse Management
  • Entrepreneurship   
  • Project Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • MIS
  • Quantitative Research Methods
 

Research Publications

A. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Fayyaz, Ayesha; Chaudhry, Beenish N.; Fiaz, Muhammad. 2021. "Upholding Knowledge Sharing for Organization Innovation Efficiency in Pakistan" J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 7, no. 1: 4.

Authors

Paper Title

Vol. Issue, Page No

Journal Name

M Fiaz

An Empirical Study about Triumphs of University-Industry R&D Collaborations: A Chinese Economy Perspective

Vol.35(3), 191-202

2013

Technology in Society

 

Majid, S., Fiaz, M., & Ikram, A.

Perception and Attachment of Local Residents Toward Sustainable Conservation Programs: A Study of The Developing Historic City,

Vol. 53, (4), pp 01-20

2019

Journal of Developing

 Areas

M Fiaz, Y Naiding, NN Abbas

The Dynamics of University-Industry Alliances: A Win-Win Research and Development Ecosystem.

Vol.17, No.3, pp. 893-904 (2013)

INFORMATION-An International Interdisciplinary Journal

Fiaz, M., Ikram, A., Su, Q., & Ali, N. 

How to save the saviours? Relationship between organizational justice and citizenship behaviour

Vol. 52, (1) pp. 45-58

 2018

Journal of Developing Areas

M Fiaz, MZ Ullah, Y Naiding

Understanding Complexity in Research & Development Ecologies.

Vol.16 (5), 2937-2950

2014

INFORMATION-An International Interdisciplinary Journal

Fiaz, M., Su, Q., Ikram, A. & Saqib, A. 

Leadership styles and employees’ motivation: Perspective from an emerging economy

Vol. 51, No. 4,pp. 143-156 (2017)

Journal of Developing Areas

Fiaz, M, Ahsan Hashmi

Impact  of  country  of  origin  image  on  brand  personality:  mediating  role  of  brand  experience,

(Accepted)    

AYER Journal

Fiaz, M., Ikram, A., & Ilyas, A.

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Digitization of Healthcare Service Quality

Vol. 8(38)

pp. 1-12

2018

Administrative Sciences

AMIR IKRAM, Qin Su, Muhammad Fiaz, Ramiz Ur Rehman

Cluster Strategy and Supply Chain Management; The Road to Competitiveness for Emerging Economies

Vol. 25 (5), pp.1302-1318

2018

Benchmarking; An International Journal

Ikram, A., Su, Q., & Fiaz, M.

Pakistan’s Persistent Energy Crisis and Performance of Private Power Producers

Vol. 19, No. 2

pp. 237-252

2018

International Journal of Business Performance Management

F Muhammad, B Rizwan, B Sijun, B Libiao

Project Management Knowledge Transfer Upshots: Success Story of Chinese Project Management

Vol. 8(3), pp225-238

2013

International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering,

M Fiaz, Y Naiding

Exploring the Barriers to R&D Collaborations: A Challenge for Industry and faculty for sustainable U-I Collaboration Growth

Vol. 5(2), 2012

 

International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology

 

M Fiaz, Y Naiding

Key practices Circumscribing the Construction Complexities: Challenge for Chinese Construction Industry

Vol. 6, No. 5,

2012

International Journal of Smart Home,

Bilal Anwar, Zhongdong Xiao, Muhammad Fiaz,

Amir Ikram

Are leaders’ personality traits imperative for employees’ job performance? The Context of an Emerging Economy

Vol.33(5):1013-1022

 2017

Journal of Applied Business Research

 

Ikram, A., Su, Q., Ijaz, F., & Fiaz, M. 

Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: An Empirical Investigation of Bank-specific Microeconomic Factors

 Vol. 32(6) PP :1723-1736

2016

Journal of Applied Business Research

 

Fiaz, Muhammad, Rasool, Wasif, Ikram, Amir

Rehman, Nabeel

Organizational justice and employees’ performance: A study of an emerging economy

pp. 1-12,

2020

Human Systems Management

 

M Fiaz, S Younas, MZ Ullah, ND Yang

An Empirical Analysis of Risks, Involved In Marketing of Civil Engineering Products

Vol 742, 98-103

2013

Advanced

Materials Research

M. YOUSAF++, M. S. HASHMI, M. FIAZ

Antecedents and Consequences of Consumers’ Evaluation of Global Brands’ Extensions.

Vol. 47 (1), 121-126

2015

Sindh University Research Journal

ASAD ILYAS, MUHAMMAD FIAZ, ASMA TAYYABA

Individual and Organizational Impact of ERPs in Healthcare Sector,

Vol. 35(3), pp. 317-324

2016

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Asim. M, Fiaz.M, Maryam Hasmi

Mediating Role of Attitude in measuring facebook advertising effectiveness

Accepted

 

Pakistan journal of Psychological Research

N Lodhi, S. Safdar, Z. Mahmood, Fiaz. M, Mizna

A Qualitative investigation about extensive issue of Dengue: An awareness and prevention of dengue in Pakistan

Vol. 41, No. (2), 147-152

2016

Rawal Medical Journal

 

Shakeel Ahmed, Fiaz.M, Mohammad Shoaib

Impact of Knowledge Management Practices on Organizational Performance: An Empirical study of Banking Sector in Pakistan.

Vol.9, No.2, 147-167

2015

FWU Journal of Social Sciences

 

A Bilal, MS Hashmi, M Fiaz

Impact of Self-Support factors on Citizens’ E-Tax Adoption Behavior: An empirical study.

Vol.47 (1), pp.113-118

2015

Sindh University Research Journal

ASMA TAYYABA, MUHAMMAD FIAZ, M.Shoaib

Impact of Human Resource Practices on the Organizational Performance in Nestle Pakistan.

Vol.34 (1), pp.46-55

2015

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

A. B. ILYAS++, M. FIAZ, M. SHOAIB

Using Structural Equation Modeling To Analyze The Impact of Quality Management System on Operational Performance.

Vol. 46 (4), pp.479-482

2014

Sindh University Research Journal

G Hussain, M Fiaz, H Naqvi

Role of Clinical Governance Towards Rise in Public Health Delivery Under Mediating Effect Of Management Practices.

Vol.27 (3), pp.2451-2458

2015

Science International

 

Y Latif, M Fiaz, M Shoaib

Important TQM Implementation Contributors in Pakistani Petrochemical Sector

Vol.No.3,331-348

2014

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research

A Ilyas, M Fiaz, M Shoaib

An Overview of Enterprise Resource Planning System and Its Use in Healthcare Sector

Vol. 26(1), pp445‐462

2014

Science International

 

Yawar Abbas, Fiaz. M

Impact of Academic Entrepreneurship on Industrial Innovation.

Accepted

Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences

Sohaib Zafar, Muhammad Fiaz

Barriers Involves in
the energy efficiency in manufacturing industries of Pakistan

Accepted

2020

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Aysha Nazir, Muhammad Fiaz

Amir Ikram

Technology Acceptance Dimensions in the Context of E-Learning:Does Personality Traits Matter?

Accepted

2020

Human Systems Management 

Najam A. Naqvi1*, Muhammad Fiaz2 and Li Yan Jun3

Exploring the Dimensions of Positioning and Timing Using Global Navigation Satellite System: A Challenge for Academia and Industry for Sustainable Growth

Vol. 50 (1), pp.1–11

2011

Journal of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Rabia Asif 1, Dr. Waheed Akhter2,

Zunaina

Muhammad Fiaz

Does Diversification affect Financial Stability?  Evidence from Islamic and Conventional Banks

 

Accepted

International Journal of Trade and Global Market

B. CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS:

1. 2016, Effective Facebook Advertising and Its impact On Young Consumers’ Attitude and Intentions International Academic Conference on Business Las Vegas, USA


2. 2014, Impact of Job Stress in Banking Sector: An Exploratory Research In Lahore IEEE, ITMC 2014, June 12-15, 2014, Chicago, IL USA


3. 2013, Personality-Performance Paradigm: The Case of An Emerging Industrial City International Academic Conference on Business Las Vegas, USA


4. 2013, The Project Management Paradigm of ICUBE-1: The Debut CUBESAT Endeavour at Institute of Space Technology, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences 2013, Dallas, Texas, USA


5. 2013, A Transition from Complexity to Optimal R&D Environment: The Strategic Projects Paradigm, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2013, Dallas, Texas, USA


6. 2013, A Probe into the Relationship of Human Resource Practices with Human Resource Optimization Advances in Environmental Economics, Social Science and Human Behaviour Study, 2013, Hong Kong


7. 2013, Technological Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems In Healthcare Services, SAICON 2013, Murree, Pakistan


8. 2013, Triangular Ecology of Academia Enterprises and PROs for High-tech and IT Innovations, International Conference on Information Technology-2013, Amman, Jordan


9. 2012, Academic Institutions towards Entrepreneurship: An Expedition of Collaborative Innovations with Firms, International Symposium on Business, Economics & Financial Applications 2012, Greece


10. 2012, Management Trainings for Young Professionals: An Initiative for Sustainable Growth at Industry and University Sector, International Conference on Management and Economics, 2012, Pakistan


11. 2012, Best Practices in International Education Management: A Perspective of Student Affairs Department, International Symposium on Business, Economics & Financial Applications 1-2 June 2012, Greece


12. 2012, Coping with Construction Project Uncertainties: Empirical Evidences from Chinese Construction Firms, International Conference on Economics, Political and Law Science (EPLS '12), Zlin, Czech Republic


13. 2012, Firms and Faculty in Convergence: Public Research Organizations and Private Industry Perspective, International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, July 2012, Las Vegas, USA


14. 2011, An Insight into R&D Collaborations, IEEE International Technology Management Conference –2011, San Jose, CA USA


15. 2011, Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry: A framework for Communication & Aerospace Sector in Pakistan” ICASE Dec 2011, Islamabad, Pakistan


16. 2011, Paradigm of University - Industry Research Endeavors: A Collaborative Incentive for Developing Countries, International Conference of Global Academy Of Business & Economic Research, New York, USA


17. 2011, University-Industry Ecosystem: Factors for collaborative environment, International conference on Education and Learning -2011, Seoul, Korea


18. 2011, An Enigma of University - Industry Research Collaboration: A Challenging Role of Student Affairs Professionals, International Conference on Educational Research- 2011, Thailand


19. 2011, Changing Roles in Student Affairs: A New Landscape for Academia, International Conference on Social Science and Humanity, 2011, Singapore


20. 2011, Space Technology Cognizance: A Road Map for an Awareness-Event Management, International Conference on Economic and Management 2011, Macao


21. 2011, Teaching ARTS: A Sculpturing of Personality and Calligraphy on Mind, International Conference on Sports Education -2011, China


22. 2011, Internationalization of students: A Novel Perspective in Student Affairs Management, International Conference on Educational Research 2011, Thailand


23. 2011, Learning Through Games: The Interactive Approach for Revival of Traditional Sports, Asia-Pacific Conference on Exercise and Sports Science, 2011, Shanghai, China


24. 2010, Project Complexity in R&D Ecosystem: An Overview”, International Conference on Innovation and Management, Penang, Malaysia

25. 2010, The Win - Win Paradigm: A Unique and Innovative Project of Community- Based Schooling System at NPU IEEE ICAMS 2010, Chengdu, China