Dr. Muhammad Ayaz

Assistant Professor Department: Management On-board Status: Available

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Nov-2022 to PRESENT)
  • Assistant Professor and Chairperson - Management Department at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jul-2021 to Oct-2022)
  • Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jan-2020 to Jun-2021)
  • Assistant Professor and Director Business Administration Programs at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jul-2019 to Dec-2019)
  • Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jan-2016 to Jun-2019)
  • Teaching Fellow Management at Lahore University of Management Sciences (Jul-2013 to Dec-2015)
  • Research Assistant at Lahore University of Management Sciences (Aug-2008 to May-2013)
  • Assistant Professor Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at NED Karachi (May-2008 to Jul-2013)
  • Research Officer at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Jul-2007 to May-2008)
  • Management Associate at SMEDA, Ministry of Industries and Production, GoP (Sep-2004 to May-2007)
  • Lecturer Department of Textile Engineering at NED Karachi (Nov-2002 to Sep-2004)

Education

  • PhD Management, Lahore University of Management Sciences - 2015
  • ME Industrial Management, NED Karachi - 2007
  • BE Textile Engineering, NED Karachi - 2001

Research Interests

  • Management

Courses Taught

  • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM (ELP)
  • FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION
  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
  • MBA PROJECT
  • MS MGT PROJECT
  • MS THESIS
  • PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
  • PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
  • RESEARCH SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Research Output

  • Umair Shafi Choksy, Dr. Muhammad Ayaz, Omar-Al Tabba, Mahour Parsat "Supplier Resilience under the COVID-19 Crisis in Apparel Global Value Chain (GVC): The Role of GVC Governance and Supplier’s Upgrading", Journal of Business Research, Nov 01, 2022
  • Dr. Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Junaid Ashraf, Trevor Hopper "Precariousness, Gender, Resistance and Consent in the Face of Global Production Network’s ‘Reforms’ of Pakistan’s Garment Manufacturing Industry", Work, Employment and Society, Dec 01, 2019, England
  • Dr. Muhammad Ayaz "Work Restructuring in Global Value Chains: The Emergence of Hegemonic Despotic Factory Regime in Pakistan’s Apparel Industry", BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 37th International Labour Process Conference ILPC 2019, 24 – 26 April 2019, Vienna, Austria, Apr 24, 2019, Vienna, Austria
  • Kamal Munir, Dr. Muhammad Ayaz, David L Levy, Hugh Willmott "The Role of Intermediaries in Governance of Global Production Networks: Restructuring Work Relations in Pakistan’s Apparel Industry", Human Relations, Oct 06, 2017, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Muhammad Ayaz, Junaid Ashraf "Contesting “Precariousness”: A Study of Changing Employment Relations in Pakistan’s Garment Manufacturing Industry", The 33rd International Labour Process Conference, Apr 04, 2016, Berlin, Germany

Projects


  • Worked on a project to study the changes in employment practices and work organization in garment industry of Pakistan

  • Worked on World Bank funded project to develop the industrial policy of Pakistan

  • Worked as Research Officer for Project Management Unit of UNDP on the project GENPROM (focused on Gender Promotion and Skill Development). Lead the GENPROM Research & Advocacy Unit (GRAU)

  • Worked on joint projects with JICA (Japan International Co-operation Agency) and GTZ (German Agency for Technical Co-operation) for development of textile and apparel sector