Work Experience

• Assistant Professor and Director Graduate Program SBS at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jan-2024 to PRESENT)
• Assistant Professor and Program Director MS Management at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Aug-2019 to Dec-2023)
• Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jan-2016 to Aug-2019)
• Teaching Fellow at Lahore University of Management Sciences (Jan-2013 to Dec-2015)
• Teaching/Research Associate at Lahore University of Management Sciences (Aug-2007 to Sep-2010)
• Assistant Manager Production Design Dept., Project Management Dept., and Purchase Dept. at Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah (Jan-1999 to Jan-2007)
• Trainee Engineer (Production Technology Dept.) at Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila (Jan-1995 to Jan-1996)

Education

• PhD Organization Theory and Strategy, Lahore University of Management Sciences - 2015
• MBA Executive, University of Wah - 2006
• BE Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore - 1994

Research Interests

• Organization Theory and Strategy

Courses Taught

• CORPORATE STRATEGY
• MANAGERIAL POLICY
• MS MGT PROJECT
• ORGANIZATION THEORY
• PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
• PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
• RESEARCH SEMINAR IN STRATEGY

Research Output

• Dr. Ashar Saleem "Capitalism’s Universalizing Project and Forms of Organizing in the Microfinance Industry: Evidence from South Asia", in Jammulamadaka, N. & Ul-Haq S. (Eds.) `Managing the Post-Colony South Asia Focus. Ways of Organising, Managing and Living`, Aug 19, 2022, Singapore, Singapore
• Dr. Ashar Saleem "Institutional Theory Based Research in International Business: A Review and Synthesis", Paper development workshop with JIBS (Journal of International Business Studies) in EIBA conference in Spain, Dec 12, 2021, Madrid, Spain
• Dr. Ashar Saleem, Irfan Butt "Institutional Theory in International Business: A Review of 40 Years of Empirical Research", 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Aug 01, 2019, Boston, United States
• Dr. Ashar Saleem "Market on the margins: an inquiry into liberalization of the electricity sector in Pakistan", 11th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Jun 29, 2019, Milton Keynes, England
• Mohsin Bashir, Dr. Ashar Saleem, Ferhana Ahmed "Akhuwat: Measuring Success for a Non-profit Organization", Asian Journal of Management Cases, Mar 01, 2019, Lahore, Pakistan
• Dr. Ashar Saleem, Junaid Ashraf "State’s Rationalizations: Analyzing Policy Decisions in the Electricity Infrastructure", Conference Proceedings: 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: At the Interface, Aug 06, 2017, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Dr. Ashar Saleem, Muhammad Abdur Rahman "Business Groups and Institutional Voids: What Explains Success in Emerging Economies", Conference Proceedings: 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Making Organizations Meaningful, Aug 09, 2016, Anaheim, California, United States

Projects

List to come