Aly Raza Syed

Assistant Professor

Dr Hasan Murad School of Management (HSM)

Department of Management

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Aly holds a degree of Masters in International Business from Helsinki (Finland) and is currently pursuing his Ph.D in the field of management from Putra Business School (UPM) a AACSB accredited university. He has vast experience of working with corporate Pakistan for over two decades. Aly reverted back to academia and is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Dr. Hasan Murad School of Management (UMT) in an academic capacity.

He has also worked as Director Out Bound Training at the Center for Executive Education (CEE) & Director Corporate Solutions at the Institute of Knowledge and Leadership (IKL). Apart from his acedamic engagements, Aly also works as a bespoke trainer, intervention specialist & consultant for many national and multinational organizations who require capacity building for their C-Suite TMT’s, Middle Management and Functional managers. He has expertise in both customized training programs and outbound trainings.

Aly has been delivering lectures, conducting workshops and being an ardent speaker at many conferences. He has authored several articles, research papers and written case studies which have been subsequently published in international journals of high standing. His key areas of interest are in the fields of Training and Development, Strategic Management and Policy, Leadership, HR Development and International Business.

Aly has flair for developing new courses, teaching and conducting executive trainings. Having extensively travelled to the continents of North America, Europe, Asia and Middle East, has helped him innovate his teaching andragogy and training expertise by using innovative teaching tools such as experiential learning techniques and case study teaching methodologies to his classes. This helps him to teach and train students and executives at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is a firm believer in self-reflection and continuous development.

  • Training and Development
  • Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • Human Resource Development
  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Negotiation Skills and Strategies 
  • International Business

  • Management Development Programs (MDP's) 
  • Outbound Away Day
  • One Team-One Dream
  • Effective Time Management
  • Negotiations: Processess and Strategy
  • Vision 3.0: 
  • Strategizing for Success 
  • Aiming for Aspiring Goals
  • Winning With Growth Mind-set
  • Strategic Leadership Safari
  • Cross Functional Integration
  • Workplace Happiness
  • Unleashing Your Potential,
  • OKRs
  • Team Quest
  • Iconic Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • Leading and Controlling Resources
  • Knowledge Managment in Organizations.
  • Crafting Business Strategies for Corporate and Strategic Business Unit levels
  • Cluster Development & SME’s in Pakistan.
  • Strategic frameworks for strategy formulation and execution
  • Brand Activation 
  • Modalities of international trade 
  • Leadership and Time Management  
  • Seamless Teams (From Good to Great),

  • Worked as strategic consultant for the prepration of feasibility study for UMT Sailkot Project.
  • Worked as Marketing Consultant with Interloop Pakistan for launching their hosiery product line.
  • Worked with Kohinoor Looms (Pvt) Ltd for operational startup of 78 Sulzer Air Jet Looms.
  • Worked as a management consultant for launching a Retail Brand at Gulberg, Lahore, for a 1500 sq.ft covered area outlet cum studio for High End Men’s Exclusive Designer Wear.

  • Director Corporate Solutions-Institute of Knowledge and Leadershipo (2019-2020)
  • Director Outbound Trainings-Center for Executive Education (December 2016-till date)
  • Director MBA Corporate Strategy Weekend and MBA Executive Programs-School of Business and Economics-UMT: June 2011 till date 
  • Assistant Professor-Department of Management-School of Business and Economics-UMT. Feb 2010 till date
  • Director New Business Development: KSPL (Pvt) Ltd. (Nov 2006 till January 2010)
  • Senior Consultant: Kaizen Businesses International (Sep 1996-NOV 2006)

  • PhD Candidate-Putra Business Schoool  (UPM) (In Progrsess)
  • Masters In International Business from The Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. Helsinki Finland
  • Masters In Business Administration (Marketing) from The Punjab College of Business Administration
Visiting Faculty Engagements:
  • University of Management Technology: (2008-Feb 2010)
  • The University of The Punjab: [IAS & IBIT]  (1997-2010)
  • University of Central Punjab: (1997-2009)
  • Institute of Management Sciences (2004-2009)

  1. Long Service Award (10 Years) at UMT (2021)
  2. Best Track Paper Award “Mughal Steel” at 8th ICIBM, International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management, UCP, Lahore, Pakistan. (Received Cash award as well)
  3. CFETR Certified from George Mason University USA (2016)
  4. Founding Director of MBA Corporate Strategy (Weekend) Program at SBE
  5. Ranked 3rd out of 64 students in MBA graduating class of 1993 with a cumulative GPA of 3.86/4.00.
  6. Received Award of Research Assistant

  1. Ghazanfar, A., Rashid, K., Syed, A. R., & Ramish, A. (2023). Implementing Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) in the Textile Supply Chain of Pakistan. Journal of Asian Development Studies, 12(3), 827-849.
  2. Syed Ahmad Ali, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar, Mr. Aly Raza Syed, Ms. Hina Majeed From Bad to Worse? Cronyism Perceptions to Impair Employees' Mental Health through Job Stress International Conference on Business Management & Sustainability (ICBMS) 2023
  3. “Mughal Steel: Strategic Sourcing”, Case Study 8th ICIBM, International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management, UCP, Lahore, Pakistan, 5th and 6th of June, 2023
  4. “Cheetay.pk An opportunity worth pursuing?”, 8th ICIBM, International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management, UCP, Lahore, Pakistan 5th and 6th of June, 2023
  5. Khayyam, S., Ramish, A., Rehman, K. U., & Syed, A. R. Strategizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the Retail Supply Chains of Pakistan: A Multiple Case Study. OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2022, pp. 27 – 40, ISSN 1979-3561 | EISSN 2759-9363
  6. Syed, A. R., Rehman, K. U., Ali, Q., & Ramish, A. (2021). Organizational and Personal Drivers of the Financial Sector: A Focus Group of Banking Officials in Pakistan. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 7(3),789-798.
  7. Rehman, K. U., Hafeez, I., Aslam, F., Maitlo, Q. U., & Syed, A. R. (2020). Mediating Role of Trust and Organizational Commitment in Relationship between Strategic Human Resource Management and Knowledge Sharing. Iranian Journal of Management Studies.
  8. Syed, A. R, Rehman, K, Kitchlew, N. (2018), “Impact of Perceived Leadership Style on Employees’ Work Stress: Moderating and Mediating role of Big 5 personality traits”, 9th Post Graduate Students Conference, Improving Education through Research.
  9. Syed, A. R, Ramish, A, Masood, S.(2017), Building Exemplary Programs, International conference on Innovation and Internationalization in Pakistani Higher Education (IIPHE)
  10. Mobin, H., Aly, R., Rukhsana, K., Sarwar, A. (2016), “Is Stolper Samuelson Theorem still valid in the new paradigm of Globalization” In Sarwar, A. and Arsala, M. (Eds), Globalization (p 79-88), Imperial College of Business Studies. ISBN: 978-969-679-003-7
  11. Syed, A. R., Zainab, A., Zia, S. A., & Shahzad, K. (2013). Pakistan Foods and Beverage Company. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 2(2), 151-162.
  12. Shahzad, K., Zia, S. A., Aslam, M. H., Syed, A. R., & Bajwa, S. U. (2013). Role of organizational vision and adaptability in knowledge management. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 12(2), 22-32.
  13. Syed, A.R. & Kausar, A.R.(2013). "Creating multiple fits between business strategy knowledge strategy and knowledge transfer activities. Presented and published in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business Management, 27-28 February, 2013, UMT, Lahore
  14. Aslam, M. H., Shahzad, K., Syed, A. R., & Ramish, A. (2013). Social capital and knowledge sharing as determinants of academic performance. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, 15(1), 25.
  15. Focus group as a qualitative research methodology: “A dual perspective of operational employees and higher management”, 1st Doctoral Conference 7th Dec, 2013, SBE, UMT.

  1. International Conference on Business Management & Sustainability (ICBMS) 2023
  2. 8th ICIBM, International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management, UCP, Lahore, Pakistan, 5th and 6th of June, 2023
  3. 9th Post Graduate Students Conference, Improving Education through Research. (2018)
  4. IIPHE Conference George Mason University-20-21 March, 2017, UMT
  5. Reviewer, 2nd SME International Conference (13th-16th March, 2017), PC Lahore.
  6. Panelist, 1st National SME Conference (25th May, 2016), Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore.
  7. 5th AMDIP Conference on Management Challenges and Business Transformation (20th -22nd November 2015) Lahore School of Economics.
  8. 2nd Deans and Directors NBEC Conference (9th -11th February 2015) Marriot Hotel Karachi
  9. 1st Deans and Directors NBEC Conference (January 27th -28th, 2014) Serena Hotel Islamabad
  10. 1st Doctoral Conference 7th December, 2013, University of Management and Technology
  11. 3rd International Conference on Business Management-(ICoBM). February 27-28, 2013. University of Management and Technology. Lahore Pakistan
  12. 2nd International Conference on Business Management-(ICoBM). 28th-29th March 2012,   University of Management and Technology. Lahore Pakistan
  13. 1st International Conference on Business Management-(ICoBM). March 28-29, 2011 Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore Pakistan.
  14. 3rd International Conference Assessing Quality in Higher Education (6th-8th December, 2010). Punjab University. Lahore Pakistan

  1. Member, Strategic Planning Comittee (HSM)
  2. Member of various standing and Ad hoc committies of UMT and SBE.
  3. Reviewer for the Academy of Management 2016 Annual Meeting, PNP (Public & Nonprofit) Division. [August 5 - 9, 2016 n Anaheim, CA. USA]