Curriculum Vitae

Name: Farhan Azmat MirCurrent profession: From October 2010: Assistant Professor in Management Sciences at

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan.Date of Birth: 13-01-1977Place of Birth: Multan, Punjab, PakistanMarital Status: MarriedChildren: Sonia Maryam (2006), Abdullah Mir (2010) Mail Address: Institute of Management Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University

Multan, Punjab, Pakistan 60700Tel. work: 92-61-9210071 (Ext: 3016)Tel. Personal 92-03008637390E-mail: farhanmir_99@hotmail.comWeb: www.themirs.net

Education MBA (MIS) 1999-2001- MBA (MIS) at Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, securing a first position and a Gold Medal as distinction in the session. All major areas of Business Administration studied with best scores in Management and HRM.

MIMS 2002-2003- MIMS at School of Information Management Systems Monsah University, Australia with specialization in IT Management and distinction in the specialization courses.

Work Experience

Institute of Management Sciences- BZUAssistant Professor (October 2010 -)Lecturer (August 2003- September 2010)

- Administrative

Programme Coordinator MBA & BBA-IT Student Advisor Evening Programme Incharge IT & Systems Convener Scholarship Committee

- Teaching: During 8 years as academic taught subjects like Management, HRM, MIS, E-Business, Statistics and Seminars in IT (both at Bachelors and Masters Level)

- Research Supervised : Supervised Master Level Thesis on following topics:

Nida Shabbir: Impact of Customer Relationship Management on company’s performance : A telecommunication Sector Review

Allah Ditta: Evaluation of the success factors for Brand Management in Pakistani Apparel Industry

Sarah Khan: Reviewing the need assessment process and evaluating the effectiveness of training programs: A case study of leading FMCGs

Fahad Khan: Measuring the effectiveness of Marketing Research Techniques: a case study of the telecommunication sector

Nadeem Rasheed: Understanding the customer retention process in the financial services sector

Muhammad Asim: Effects of workforce diversity on organizational performance: a comparison of public vs private organizations.

Hassan Sattar: Evaluation of HR Planning process and its linkage with Strategic Planning : An exploratory study of the public sector organizations.

Other Assignments Course Allocation Advisor to Internship & Placement Office, IMS Member of University Sports Board Member of the Research Committee

Research Activities & Initiative

Research Network at IMS- Since early 2010 working on the project of establishing a Research Network at IMS with focus on collaborative efforts with local industry on mutual projects. The Network has established key research areas with sub classifications and is now engaging professionals within the Institute and expending the network across the Industry.-The Network is currently focusing on a series of working papers in the areas of Quality Management, HRM, Brand Management, IT Management and Leadership.

Case Studies on Local Organizations-Have developed case studies in close collaboration with key Industry players in the area of MIS, Management and HRM.

-These case studies will soon be published in the form of books and publications

Research Papers in Progress- Farhan A. M. & Nida S. (2011). Impact of CRM applications on company’s performance and

Implementation challenges in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan- Farahn A. M & Allah D. (2011). Assessing success factors in Brand Management for Pakistani

Apparel Industry

Language and Computer skills- Bi-lingual in English and Urdu. - Extensive knowledge of Word, Excell, Powerpoint, and reasonable knowledge of SPSS &

Oracle

Trainings & Seminars- Have conducted many training sessions in collaboration with commercial and non-

commercial institutions. These are some of the glimpses of last few years- Workshop on ISO9000 conducted in collaboration with National Productivity

Organization (NPO) in 2007 - 3-Day training session conducted in collaboration with NPO on productivity

enhancement approaches in 2008 {Venue: IMS}- Seminar conducted on ‘Awareness of National Information infrastructure” in

collaboration with National Database and Registration Authority in 2006- Seminar on “Islamic Banking Services” in collaboration with State Bank and

Mezan Bank in 2011 {Venue: BZU Auditorium}- Have attended some important training session and seminars during my professional life.

These are some of the sessions attended- Training workshop on “Advance Research Methodologies” conducted by Quality

Enhancement Cell BZU in 2010- 3-Day workshop on “Challenges and issues in publishing the research” conducted

at LUMS in 2011- Seminar on “Plagarism and use of proper references: an introduction to Endnote”

conducted at IMS in 2011 Memberships & Awards

- Member Multan Golf Club- Member of the University Sports Board- Member of the “IDG Connect” an online resource center for IS/IT (www.idgconnect.com)- Gold Medal in MBA(MIS)

RefereesDr. Azeem Qureshi Dr. Hayyat M. AwanAssociate Professor Project DirectorSchool of Business & Economics Air UniversityOslo University College, Norway Multan Capmusmazeemqureshi@hotmail.com drhayat@bzu.edu.pk