ISHFAQ AHMED Room # 140, Boys Hostel # 3, New Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore Call & SMS: 0333-4710476 Email & Chat: Ishfakahmed@gmail.com, ishfaq@hcc.edu.pk VISION & OBJECTIVES Always striving for challenging career, where there is scope for demonstration, always on a lookout for a positive & bigger outlook, Currency are ideas, thrive on Imagination & Passion, Rigorous thinking and boundless curiosity, Sets levels & standards that exceed expectations, Have fun attitude is everything but not taking things lightly, Bottom line rises with the Organisation, A Learner for Life. EMPLOYMENT, EXPERIENCES & TEACHING INTERESTS Recently working as permanent faculty member in Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore (teaching Business Research Methods at Under Graduate and Graduate Level, Issues in Contemporary Business, Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior) Taught Entrepreneurship and Financial Management of MBA classes at Hailey College of Banking and Finance as permanent faculty member Have been teaching Business Studies, Managerial Accounting and Organizational Behavior at Punjab University (Gujranwala Campus), as permanent faculty member in Commerce department. Two years teaching experience (Business Studies, Financial & Cost Accounting) in various colleges in Lahore, Sargodha and Rawalpindi. Further interest in teaching Management related subjects ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 2009 MS/M.Phil (HRM), Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad CGPA 3.47 2006 Master of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore CGPA 3.76 2004 Bachelor of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore 68 % 2000 Diploma in Commerce, PBTE, Lahore 73 % 1998 Matriculation, FBISE, Islamabad 81 % ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Deputy Editor in The Journal of Commerce, the Quarterly Journal of Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Pakistan (http://www.joc.hcc.edu.pk). Member Editorial Team in Business Management Dynamics, a journal of Society for Business and Management Dynamics (http://www.bmdynamics.com). Advisor for Interviews in Punjab Public Service Commission in the subject of Commerce (member of interviewers panel for selection of subject specialist in Commerce in the province of Punjab, Pakistan)
BOOKS PUBLISHED Ishfaq Ahmed & Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). Mobile Phone adoption a habit or necessity: A study from student s perspective, Saarbrücken, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing (ISBN: 978-3-8443-8175-7). Ishfaq Ahmed (2010). Training as a Viable Investment Calculating ROI of Training: An empirical Study of Textile Composite Sector of Pakistan, Saarbrücken, Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (ISBN: 978-3- 639-27970-2). NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 1. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat (2011). 2 nd Regional Conference on Educaitonal Leadership and Management (RCELAM), 4-7 July 2011, Institute Aminuddin Baki, Ministry of Education Malaysia, Jitra, Kedah, Malaysia. 2. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Muhammad Ramzan. Role of faculty members in improving quality image of academic institution, a student based approach, presented in International Management Conference (IMaC), 16-17 April 2011, Faculty of Business Management and Accountancy, Sultan Zainal Abidin University, Terengganu, Malaysia. 3. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat. Do external factors influence student s entrepreneurial inclination? An evidence based approach, presented in International Management Conference (IMaC), 16-17 April 2011, Faculty of Business Management and Accountancy, Sultan Zainal Abidin University, Terengganu, Malaysia. 4. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zulfqar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, & Ahmad Usman (2010), What matters the most for SMS users satisfaction and retention, an evidence from telecom sector of Pakistan, presented in international conference on Industrial Engineering and Business Management (ICIEBM, 2010), 12-13 October 2010, Department of Industrial Engineering, UIN Susan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 5. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Ramzan, & Muhammad Usman (2009), Impact of Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students, presented at 14 th National Research Conference, Dec 24, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi, Pakistan. 6. Jawaria Fatima Ali, Imran Ali, Waseem ullah, Ishfaq Ahmed, & Muhammad Akram (2009), Determinants of Consumer Retention in Cellular Industry of Pakistan, presented in 2 nd Comsats Intl. Business Research Conference, Nov 14, Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. PAPUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 1. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi, Shaista Jabeen (2012). Followers personality moderates relationship between leaders style and performance: evidence from institute of higher learning. Accepted for publication in Actual Problems of Economics, (Feb 2012 issue). (ISI indexed journal).
2. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Muhammad Ramzan (2011). Do external factors influence students entrepreneurial inclination? An evidence based approach. Accepted for publication in Actual Problems of Economics (November, 2011) (ISI indexed Journal). 3. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Muhammad Ramzan (2011). Role of faculty members in improving quality image of an academic institute: a student based approach. Accepted for publication in Actual Problems of Economics (October, 2011 issue) (ISI indexed journal with impact factor). 4. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi & Khadija Aijaz Perji (2011). Mobile Phone to Youngsters: Necessity or Addiction. Accepted for Publication in African Journal of Business Management (ISI indexed journal with impact factor 1.105). 5. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Ramzan, Saher Khushi Muhammad, Talat Islam (2011). The relationship between perceived fairness in performance appraisal and organizational citizenship behavior in the banking sector of Pakistan: the mediating role of organizational commitment. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Academic Research, 3(5). (ISI indexed journal). 6. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Amir, Hafiza Arooj Ijaz (2011). External factors and entrepreneurial career intentions; moderating role of personality traits. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Academic Research, 3(5). (ISI indexed journal). 7. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Naveed Ahmad, and Ahmad Usman (2011), Determinants of satisfaction and repurchase intentions of users of short messaging services (SMS): A Study of Telecom Sector of Pakistan, International Journal of Management, 28(3), 763-772. 8. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi and Shaista Jabeen (2011). Self-Efficacy: The predictor of educational performance among university students. Information Management and Business Review. 3(2), 57-62. 9. Ishfaq Ahmed & Talat Islam (2011). Relationship between Job satisfaction and Motivation: A study of higher educational institutions. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, 3(2), 94-100. 10. Ishfaq Ahmed & Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). Do students personality traits moderate relationship of teacher s leadership style and students academic performance? Empirical evidence from institute of higher learning. International Journal of Academic Research, 3(4), 393-400. (ISI indexed Journal). 11. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). Impact of Terrorism on Tourism industry: A point to ponder. International Journal of Academic Research, 3(4), 249-256. (ISI indexed Journal).
12. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). Deciphering the Social Costs of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) for university students. African Journal of Business Management, 5(14), 5664-5674. (ISI indexed journal with impact factor 1.105). 13. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). A look out for academic costs of SNSs, a student based perspective. African Journal of Business Management, 5(12), 5022-5031 (ISI indexed journal with impact factor 1.105). 14. Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Muhammad Ramzan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2011). Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-Faire Styles of teaching faculty as predictors of satisfaction, and extra effort among the students: evidence from higher education institutions. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, 1(4), 130-135. 15. Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Muhammad Ramzan (2011). Impact of Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, 1(4), 51-57. 16. Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ishfaq Ahmed, Imran Haider Naqvi (2011). Teaching Quality in Higher Education: What do we need to improve? Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business, 1(4), 37-42. 17. Mubbasher Munawar Khan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2011). Student s perspective of service quality in higher learning institutions; an evidence based approach. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2(11), 159-164. 18. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi & Khadija Aijaz Perji (2011). Mobile Phone to Youngsters: Necessity or Addiction. Information Management and Business Review, 2 (5), 229-238. 19. Ishfaq Ahmed, Tehmina Fiaz Qazi (2011). Mobile Phone Adoption and Consumption pattern of university students in Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2 (9), 205-213. 20. Ishfaq Ahmed, Talat Islam (2011). Decoding relationship between employee s job related behaviors: a study of telecom sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2(8), 244-252. 21. Zulfqar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zafar Ahmad (2011). Job satisfaction of middle level managers in pharmaceutical sector of Pakistan. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2 (12), 587-599. 22. Ishfaq Ahmed, Zulfqar Ahmad, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zafar Ahmad (2011). Explicit and Implicit factors of job satisfaction: a combination that works. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2 (12), 577-586.
23. Ahmad Usman, Zulfqar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, & Zeeshan Akbar (2011). Work stress experienced by the university staff of university of the Punjab, Pakistan: Antecedents and Consequences. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2(8), 202-210. 24. Sayyid Salman Rizavi, Ishfaq Ahmed and Muhammad Ramzan (2011). Studying stress and its job related costs; an empirical evidence from telecom sector of Pakistan. Interdisciplinary journal of contemporary journal of contemporary research in business, 2(11), 653-659. 25. Sayyid Salman Rizavi, Muhammad Ramzan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Qasim (2011). Devising service plan using customer base; A telecom sector study. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(11), 645-652. 26. Mubashar Ahmad, Khuram Shahzad, Ishfaq Ahmed (2011). Change Management: A case of national railway hospital Pakistan. The Journal of Commerce, 3(1), 33-36. 27. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Naveed Ahmed, & Waseem ul Rehman (2010). A mediation of customer satisfaction relationship between service quality and repurchase intentions for telecom sector in Pakistan: A case study of study of university students. African Journal of Business Management, 4(16), 3457-3462. (ISI indexed Journal with impact factor 1.105). 28. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat & Ahmad Usman (2010), Personality Does Affect Conflict Handling Style: Study of Future Managers. International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 1(3), 268-270. 29. Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Ahmad Usman, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhamamad Musarrat Nawaz (2010). Deciphering the DNA of a Do-Good Company: Expedition 206; Coca-Cola Finds a New Way to Become Socially Responsible. The Journal of Commerce, 2(1), 66-72. 30. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zulfqar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, & Ahmad Usman (2010), What matters the most for SMS users satisfaction and retention, an evidence from telecom sector of Pakistan, published in proceedings of international conference on Industrial Engineering and Business Management (ICIEBM, 2010), 12-13 October 2010, Department of Industrial Engineering, UIN Susan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 133-138 (ISBN-978-602-97809-0-1). 31. Zafar Ahmad, Zulfqar Ahmad, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ishfaq Ahmed (2010), Comparative significance of the four perspectives of Balanced Scorecard, published in the proceedings of Annual Hawaii International Business Research Conference, 27-28 Sep, Honolulu, Hawaii, 32. Naveed Ahmed, Zulfqar Ahmad, & Ishfaq Ahmed (2010), Determinants of Capital Structure: A case of life insurance sector of Pakistan. European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 24, 7-12.
33. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zulfqar Ahmad, Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Ahmad Usman, Waseem ul Rehaman, & Naveed Ahmed (2010), Do service quality affect students performance? Evidence from institutes of higher learning. African Journal of Business Management, 4(12), 2527-2533 (ISI indexed Journal with impact factor 1.105). 34. Zulfqar Ahmad, Zafar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, & Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2010), Organizational Climate (OC) as Employee s Satisfier: Empirical Evidence from Pharmaceutical Sector. International Journal of Business and Management, 5(10), 214-222. 35. Zulfqar Ahmad, Liaqat Ali, Nazir Ahmad, Zafar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, & Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2010), Satisfaction as an Outcome of Communication and Organizational Structure: An Outcome based Approach. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(5), 249-257. 36. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Naveed Ahmed, & Waseem ul Rehman (2010), How Organizations Evaluate their Trainings? An evidence from Pakistani Organizations. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(5), 162-179 37. Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ishfaq Ahmed, Zulfqar Ahmad, Zafar Ahmad, Ahmad Usman, & Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat (2010), Role of faculty members in nurturing future leaders, an empirical study of institutes of higher learning, published in proceedings of EduLEARN10 Conference, July 05-07, International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), Barcelona, Spain, 2311-2319 (ISBN-978-84-613-9386-2). 38. Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ishfaq Ahmed, Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, & Ahmad Usman (2010), Style of faculty members as predictor of satisfaction and extra effort: Evidence from institutes of higher learning. European Journal of Social Sciences, 15(2), 44-50. 39. Ishfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Ahmad Usman, Waseem ul Rehman, & Naveed Ahmed (2010), Determinants of students entrepreneurial career intentions: evidence from Business Graduates. European Journal of Social Sciences, 15(2), 14-22. 40. Zafar Ahmad, Zulfqar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2010), Balanced Scorecard and SKANS School of Accountancy, Published in proceedings of International conference on Innovation in Higher Education, 6-10 June, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 41. Zulfqar Ahmad, Dr. Liaqat Ali, Nazir Ahmad, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, & Ishfaq Ahmed (2010), Perception of middle level managers regarding organizational work climate: an exploratory study of pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(2), 361-378.
42. Zafar Ahmad, Zulfqar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, & Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz (2010), Balanced Scorecard: Is it a spontaneous performance measurement tool? Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(2), 99-107. 43. Imran Ali, Kayhan Tajddini, Kashif ur Rehman, Jawaria Fatima Ali, & Ishfaq Ahmed (2010), University Student s inclination of Governance and its Effects on Entrepreneurial Intentions: an Empirical Analysis, International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 1(1), 36-39. (Primarily published in proceedings of International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism Management (CBETM), Feb 26-28, 2010, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore.) 44. Zulfqar Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, & Naveed Ahmed (2010), Impact of service quality of short messaging service on customers retention, An empirical study of cellular companies of Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Management, 5(6), 154-160. 45. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Zafar Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Ahmad Usman, & Sarfraz Ahmad (2010), Impact of demographical factors and extent of usage of short messaging service on customer satisfaction and retention, An empirical study of cellular companies of Pakistan. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2(1), 159-168. 46. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Ahmad Usman, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Naveed Ahmed, & Hassan Iqbal (2010), Impact of service quality on customer satisfaction, Empirical evidence from telecom sector of Pakistan. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 1(12), 98-113. 47. Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz, Naveed Iqbal, Muhammad Zeeshan Shaukat, Ahmad Usman (2010), Effects of Motivational factors on Job satisfaction, A case study of University of the Punjab, International Journal of Business and Management, 5(3), 70-80. 48. Imran Ali, Kayhan Tajddini, Kashif ur Rehman, Jawaria Fatima Ali, & Ishfaq Ahmed (2010), University Student s inclination of Governance and its Effects on Entrepreneurial Intentions: an Empirical Analysis. Published in proceeding of International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism Management (CBETM), Feb 26-28, 2010, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore. SKILLS & INTERESTS Chess and Shooting, holding a prize awarded for standing 1 st in intra-hostel shooting competition
DEMOGRAPHICS S/o Muhammad Ramzan Religion Islam CNIC # 38402-1553736-1 DOB 1 st June, 1983 Domicile Sargodha (Punjab) REFERENCE Prof. Dr. Liaqat Ali Dean & Principal Hailey College of Commerce University of the Punjab, Lahore.