MUHAMMAD RIAZ KHAN

raqi148.imsc@gmail.com
+92 345 91 98 388
http://raqi148.weebly.com
http://pk.linkedin.com/in/daniriaz

Management Sciences Department

COMSATS Institute of Information Tech.,
Near Officer Colony, Kamra Road, Attock

Summary
Being a self-motivated, deadline lover & dedicated HR /management scholar/practitioner, I am able to
work on own initiative and as part of a team. Having First-class analytical, planning and problem solving
skills, dedicated to maintain high quality standards, willing to work for an organization to utilize all these
in achieving organizational goals.
I have a wide range of experience in practicing and/or researching in
Conflict Management
NGO Management
Grants Management
Personality Analysis & Development
Career Counseling & Management
Local Governance & Service Delivery
Monitoring & Evaluation
Performance Management
Operations Management
Public Relations
Organizational Behaviors/ Psychology
Organizational Development
Project Management
Social Psychology
Event Management
Educational Psychology

Professional Experience
COMSATS Institute of I.T. (CIIT)
Lecturer

Attock

Dec 2012To date

Teaching courses to BS(BA), MBA (3.5, 1.5), MPA

Additional Responsibilities:

Program Coordinator MPA

Feb 2013- Jan 2014

July 2015-Till date
Member Campus Academic Review Committee
Feb-2013 June 2014
July -2015 Till date
Member Departmental Academic Review Committee
Feb -2103 Jan 2014
July 2015- Till date
Member- Campus Admission Committee
Feb 2013- Till date
Student Counsellor
Feb 2013- Till date
Member Event Management Committee
Feb 2013- Till date
Internal Quality Auditor
Feb 2014 Sept 2014
Assistant Registrar (Academics)
Feb 2014 June 2014
In Charge Student Financial Aid Office
Feb 2014 June 2014

Institute of Professional Studies

Faculty Member / Consultant

Peshawar Feb 2012 Dec 2012

Teaching courses to BBA, MBA

Planning for Organizational Development
Assisting the Manager Operations for Affiliation matters (with University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Institute of Management, Institute of Cost and Management Accounts ICMA)

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Peshawar Business School

Peshawar

Jan 2011 Feb 2012

Manager Grants, Placement & Advancement / Faculty Member

Duties, Responsibilities, Deliverables

Teaching courses to BBA (Hons), MBA (1.5), MBA (2 Years)

Managing 8 different Merit based and Need Based scholarship programs
Delivering lecture and Trainings on Career Counselling, Planning and Management
Managing online Personality tests for PBS Students
Carrying out Mock Job Process for PBS Students
Initiating Alumni Association of PBS graduates
Taking initiatives for the PBS Advancement (Initiative taken are : Campus Solution System for PBS,
Activating Students Societies in result got positions in inter-university competitions, budgeting, internal
audit, re-design Job Descriptions of PBS personnel
MoU with Regional Organization for Supporting Education (ROSE) Chitral for Dr. Anayat Ullah Faizi Need
Based Merit Scholarship Program for Needy talented students of Chitral
Delivered Seminars on Career Counselling, planning and management delivered at Govt. College Chitral,
Govt. College of Management Sciences, Chitral
Managing the scholarship page of the PBS i.e. http://www.pbs.edu.pk/Scholarships.aspx?id=2
Managing the co-curricular activities of the students societies of Peshawar Business School

Own-A-Student (NGO)

Peshawar

April 2010-Jan 2011

Program Manager (Financial Aid Program for IDPs Students)

Responsibilities

Planning program interventions with staff on regular basis

Ensuring that all the program interventions are properly implemented (Monitoring & Evaluation)
Representing Own A Student in coordination meetings to liaise with relevant local, national and
international donors, partner educational institutes, NGOs and Govt. officials
Spotting and assessing and pursuing opportunities for program growth
Reporting progress on regular basis to the Executive Director and Board of Directors
Ensuring that payrolls, timesheets, leave records of program staff are timely administered
Ensuring transparency in procurement and financial procedures
Logistic administration
Media / Partners Institute Relations Management
MoUs with 10 Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of Pakistan for provision of financial aid to the
IDPs students (Affectees of Malakand/Swat Military Operation)
Managing relations with 10 partners HEIs
Donor Analysis ( An Analysis of 18 International Donors who are working in Education , Emergency
Relief, Rehabilitation, Capacity Building ) for NGO Own A Student
Educational Analysis ( Analysis of Educational Sector of Pakistan) for Own A Student, Peshawar

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Institute of Management Sciences Peshawar Jan 2009-March 2010

Internee Assistant Manager (Grants & Placement)
Duties & Responsibilities

Counselling the students about their personal, family & educational problems
Counselling the students about different scholarships
Counselling the students about specialization in their programs & career; based on Assessment made with
the help of psychological cum talent tests
Managing the campus career web portal http://imsciences.rozee.pk
Communication with corporate entities to established partnership, to provide jobs & internship to
IMSciences students & Alumni.
Managing On-Campus / Off-Campus Internees Placement
Sending Job Ads to Alumni using Alumni Database
Maintaining Alumni Association matters
Communication with IMSciences Alumni, working in different organization
Monitoring & Evaluation of all Career Development programs
Developing Evaluation Sheets of students of for HEC-USAID, KB-USAID, HRDC, U-LDP, JICA-JNBS,
ownastudent.com etc scholarships
Managing Relations and Communication with different donors like USAID, Khushali Bank, HEC, British
Counsel, ASUAID, Upper FATA LDP, FATA DA, FEF, JICA, FFC, Fauji Foundation, Pakistan Bait Ul Maal etc
Developing Expression of Interest (EOI)/ proposals in response to donors advertisement /RFPs

Deliverables

MoU with rozee.pk for hosting the campus online job portal
MoU with Ihsan Trust ( a charity subsidiary of Meezan Bank) for provision of Qarze Hasana to IMSciences
Talented Needy Students
On Campus Internships - 60
Managed On Campus Interviews for CRO/Internees which is conducted by Dubai Islamic Bank, Peshawar
Alumni database , On Job Alumni Database
Scholarships worth of Rs. 84 million are disbursed

Projects Experience
Project Coordinator - USAID Need based merit scholarship program (Under-grade and
Graduate Students) evaluation at Grants Office, IMSciences (2011)
Phase Supervisor - Fact Finding Survey of Jalozai IDP Camp with Organization for Youth
Development (OYD) will collaboration of UNHCR
Project Coordinator - USAID Need based merit scholarship program (Graduate students)
evaluation at Grants Office, IMSciences (2009)
Project Coordinator - Kushahli Bank Need based merit scholarship program (Under-grade
and Graduate Students) evaluation at Grants Office, IMSciences (2009)
Project Head IDPs Assistance Project by Social Committee, IMSciences (2009)

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Qualification Summary
Ph.D. in Human Resources
(In Progress)
Broken Promises Leads to Conflict? An Exploratory Study of
Breach and Violation of Psychological Contract and Conflict
(Social Sector Projects in KPK and FATA)
(PhD Research Topic)
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar
M.S. in Human Resources
(2010-12)
Individualism Collectivism and Conflict Management Styles
Preferences: An Individual and Sub-cultural Level Analysis (MS Thesis)
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar
Gold Medalist (4.0 CGPA)
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MBA HRM
Workplace Conflict: An Overview and Analysis (MBA Thesis)
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar
(CGPA 3.8 with Scholastic Distinction)

(2007-09)

Researches (Journal, Conferences, Monograph)

Research Related Distinctions / Awards
On the reviewer panel of Thomous Router Impact Factor Journal (IF= 0.763) Negotiation and
Conflict Management Reserach NCMR (Editor email: ncmr@temple.edu)
Awarded Graduate Student Travel Scholarship worth $ 2,000 by Advance Consortium on Cooperation,
Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Columbia University USA to attend and present paper at the 28th Annual
Conference of International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) - Florida- USA (28th June -1st July
2015), refer to http://ac4.ei.columbia.edu/opportunities/iacm-student-scholarship-program/2015scholarship-recipients/

Awarded full travel/stay scholarship by University of Southampton, British Council Initiative INSPIRE and
IMSciences to attend and present the paper at 1st INSPIRE International Conference (Feb 2-7, 2014) at
Dubai - UAE
Awarded Student Scholarship worth $500 by The Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) at the
Kellogg School of Management, North-western University to attend and present at 25th Conference of
International Association of Conflict Management 2012 (please refer to http://www.iacmconflict.org/Awards/Scholarship_DRRC )
Served as Reviewer for British Academy of Management Conferences 2013, 2014 & 2015
Served as Reviewer for 25th, 26th and 28th Conferences of International Association of Conflict
Management IACM 2012, 2013, 2015
Got IACM-DRRC Student Scholarship Award for paper titled Horizontal & Vertical Individualism
Collectivism and Conflict Management Styles: A Pakistani Sub-Cultural Model at 25th Conference of
International Association of Conflict Management 2012

On External examiner panel of Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar for

MS(Management Sciences), BBA(Hons), MBA (1.5, 2.5 a& 3.5) and MPA theses examination (email of
R&DD Coordinator IMSciences owais.mufti@imsciences.edu.pk / rndd@imsciences.edu.pk )

Refereed Journal Papers (Submitted / In -Review)

1. Muhammad Riaz, Waseef Jamal, Farzand Ali Jan & Faheem Jan ( In Review). The Prevalence of
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in small businesse owners in FR Kohat and FR Peshawar.
Hacettepe University Journal of Education (Thomous Router Impact Factor Journal)
2. Waseef Jamal, Muhammad Riaz, Farzand Ali Jan, & Faheem Jan (In Review). Leadership Styles in High
Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Hacettepe University Journal of Education (Thomous Router
Impact Factor Journal)
3. Muhammad Riaz , Waseef Jamal, & Farzand Ali Jan (In Review). he Impact of Ethnic Background on
Conflict Management Styles Preferences: A Study of Six Sub-cultures of Pakistan. Pakistan Business
Review (Category X Journal)

Refereed Journal Papers (Published)

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Muhammad Riaz & Fatima Ali Junaid (2014). Workplace Conflict: Constructive or destructive.
SRM-IMT Journal of Business & Management Research, Vol 3, Issue 1, Pp.80-90
2. Muhammad Riaz, Syed Zulkifal & Waseef Jamal (2012). Conceptualizing the relationship
between individualism/collectivism and conflict management styles at individual level. Research
Journal of Economics, Business and ICT, Volume 5, Pp.34-38 available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1983846
3. Muhammad Riaz & Fatima Ali Junaid (2011).Types, Causes, Costs and Consequences of
Workplace Conflict. Asian Journal of Management Research, Volume 2 Issue 1: Pp. 744-755
available at www.ipublishing.co.in/ajmrvol1no1//voltwo/EIJMRS2050.pdf

Monograph
1.

Muhammad Riaz & Fatima Ali Junaid (2012). Workplace Conflict: An Analysis & Overview. Saarbrcken,
Germany: LAMBERT Academic Publishing (ISBN 978-3-8454-0760-9)

Refereed Conference Papers

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Muhammad Riaz, Waseef Jamal & Farzand Ali Jan (2015). The impact of Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder PTSD on the perceived organizational performance of small businesses in FR Kohat and FR
Peshawar. Paper accepted for presentation at British Academy of Management BAM Conference (8-10
September, 2015), Portsmouth UK
Muhammad Riaz, Waseef Jamal & Farzand Ali Jan (2015). The moderating role of Entrinsic motivation
on the relationship of work family conflict and job performace. Paper presented at 28th International
Association of Conflict Management IACM Conference (June 28- July 1st, 2015), Florida USA
Siddiqa Ali & Muhammad Riaz (2015). Challenges and Issues in Adopting an Effective Right to
Information Law in Pakistan. Paper presented at 7th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)Islamabad, Pakistan
Sadia Bibi & Muhammad Riaz (2015). Investing in Social Sciences in Pakistan: Need of Hour. Paper
presented at 7th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)- Islamabad, Pakistan
Abdul Waheed, Waseef Jamal & Muhammad Riaz (2015). Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress and Its
Impact on Job Satisfaction and Perceived Job Performance: Evidence from Afghanistan. Paper presented
at 7th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)- Islamabad, Pakistan
Shams ul Hayat, Waseef Jamal & Muhammad Riaz (2015). Implementation of Labor Laws in Private
Schools of District Peshawar. Paper presented at 7th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Riaz, Sadia Bibi (2014). Turning around Pakistani Police: Need for comprehensive Training
Need Assessment TNA. Paper presented at 6th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)Islamabad, Pakistan

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Muhammad Riaz, Waseef Jamal (2014). The Impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on the
percived organizational performance of small businesses in FR Kohat and FR Peshawar. Paper presented
at INSPIRE International Conferernce, Dubai , UAE
9. Muhammad Riaz & Waseef Jamal (2013). I, We and You: Relationship of Individualism-collectivism and
Conflict Management Styles: A Six Sub-cultures study. Paper presented at 5th South Asian International
Conference (SAICON)- Murree, Pakistan
10. Sadia Bibi, & Muhammad Riaz, (2013). Capital Inflow and Macroeconomic Performance: Evidence from
Pakistan. Paper presented at 5th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)- Murree, Pakistan.
11. Muhammad Riaz, Waseef Jamal, & Syed Zulkifal (2013). The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Background
on the Relationship of Individualism-Collectivism and Conflict Management Styles. Paper accepted for
British Academy of Management Conference (BAM- 2013)
12. Muhammad Riaz & Waseef Jamal (2012). Ethnic Background and Conflict Management Styles
Preferences. Paper presented at 4th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)- Murree, Pakistan
available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2187185
13. Waseef Jamal & Muhammad Riaz (2012). Leadership Styles in High Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Paper presented at 4th South Asian International Conference (SAICON)- Murree, Pakistan
14. Muhammad Riaz & Waseef Jamal (2012). Horizontal & Vertical Individualism Collectivism and
Conflict Management Styles: A Pakistani Sub-Cultural Model, 25th IACM Conference (July 11-14, 2012)
available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2040582

Professional Affiliations/ Memberships

Member British Academy of Management United Kingdom (UK)
Since being founded in 1986 the British Academy of Management (BAM) has been
dedicated to representing and developing the community of management academics.

Associate of Institute of Career Certification International AICCI USA

ICCI is the certification institute for career services (counselling, planning, development,
management) professionals .

Student Member of Society of Human Resource Management SHRM USA

SHRM is the one among two biggest societies of HR parishioners and researchers. This
society runs the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) who manage international
HR certifications like PHR, SPHR, GPHR, PHR(C)

Member of Asian Productivity Organization APO Tokyo Japan

APO is the facilitating body of different countries National Productivity Organizations,
who provide services to industries for maintaining quality and efficiencies.

Member of National Productivity Organization NPO Islamabad Pakistan

NPO is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Industries, Govt. of Pakistan who
provide consultancy, training, assistance services to the organizations of Pakistan.

Member of International Association of Conflict Management IACM USA

IACM is the association of Conflict Management practitioners and researchers. IACM also
manage Negotiation and Conflict Management Research (NCMR), an ISI indexed journal.

Trainings / Seminars / Workshops Conducted

Remembering vs. Understanding, Training Session conducted at FG Schools Trained Graduate
Teachers Master Training Program - Attock (Oct 2015)
Nurturing Inquisitive Mind Seminar Conducted at Peshawar Business School, Peshawar KP (2014)
Learning Art of Questioning Seminar Conducted at Youth Conference ICMS, (Main Campus),
Peshawar (2014)

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Choosing The Right Profession Seminar Conducted at Telephone Industry Pakistan TIP, Haripur
KP(2014)
Research Philosophies: An Introduction Seminar conducted for MS Students of IMSciences at
IMSciences Peshawar (2014)
Referencing Style: Social, Natural and Computational Sciences training conducted with Dr. Jamshed
Ahmad at Faculty Development Academy of COMSATS, Islamabad (2014)
Knowing Thyself: Personality Assessment and Development Seminar Conducted at Northern
University, Nowshehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - KP (2014)
Knowing Thyself: Personality Assessment and Development Seminar Conducted at Peshawar
Business School, Peshawar KP (2013)
Developing a Business Plan Training conducted at Peshawar Business School, Peshawar (2012)

Trainings / Seminars / Certifications/ Workshops Attended

Using Softwares in Conflict Teaching, Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC)
Florida- USA (June, 2015)

Thinking Visually: An Interactive Workshop on Using Comics as Tool in Teaching and

Understanding Conflict by AC4, Earth Institute, Columbia University at FloridaUSA (June, 2015)
Leading with Emotions: Mindfulness Practices Fuel Negotiation Success, by
International Association for Conflict Management (June, 2015)
Community Leadership Development as Urban Violence Prevention (June, 2015)

Attended 5 weeks Faculty Development Training (includes modules on Pedagogical

Skills, Micro-teaching, Student Evaluation and Assessment, Educational Psychology,
Student Counselling, Curriculum Development, Research Methods, Rhetoric,
Communication Skills for Teaching etc) arranged by Faculty Development Academy
FDA a subsidiary of COMSATS Pakistan

Attended 3 days workshop for future PhD Students PhD in Germany by German
Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst- DAAD) at
NIPS- Qaud e Azam University Islamabad (3-5 December, 2010)

Certificates from National Productivity Organization Pakistan in Change

Management, Personality Development, and Performance Management (2010-11)

Two days workshop Mastering Advanced Quantitative and Qualitative Data

Analysis for Dissertation/Thesis/Paper held on 5th -6th February, 2013 by Research

Training Centre for Training & Development (RTCD), Lahore

Two days workshop Mastering Survey Methodology held on 27-28th April, 2012
by Research Training Centre for Training & Development (RTCD), Lahore

Three days workshop Mastering Dissertation/Thesis/Paper Writing held on 2224 March, 2012 by Research Training Centre for Training & Development (RTCD),
Lahore

One day seminar Islamic Banking: An Introduction held on 14th April, 2010 by
Ali Ahmad Siddique, SVP, Meezan Bank Limited at Institute of Management Sciences,
Peshawar

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One week workshop on Critical and Logical Thinking held in August 2009 at
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences),Peshawar

Three days workshop on Structural Equation Modelling SEM 29-31 August 2014

Skills Kit
COMPUTER SKILLS

Ms Office
Statistical Softwares
Citation & References
Hardware
Web / Designing

(Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point, Ms Publisher)

SPSS (20), Gretel, Envivo, Laximencer
EndNote X5, Mendeley
(Assembling, Dissembling, Trouble Shouting, Hard Disk Management)
(Inpage, Coral Draw, Logo / Insignia/ Monogram designing)

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Pashto, Urdu, English (Speak, Write, Read),
Hindko, Punjabi, Dari/Persian (Can understand)

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Team lead of FATA students delegation met with U.S Diplomat at Peshawar (2011)
Team lead of IMSciences students delegation met with U.K Ambassador at British Club, Islamabad (2010)
Team Lead of FATA students for Round Table Discussion with American Consul General, Peshawar(2010)
Deputy General Manager, Social Committee Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar (for
1.5 Year)
Team Lead of IMSciences Delegation, representing student community in UNDPs Workshop (2010)
Team Lead, IMSciences Team, participated in Fatima Jinnah Womens University (FJWU) Competitions
(2009)
Team Lead of Volunteers in IDPs Aid activities (2009)

REFERENCES
Dr. Nasser Ali Khan
Vice Chancellor
University of Haripur, Haripur
+92-995-615393
vc@uoh.edu.pk
Dr. Mohammad Nouman
Assistant Professor / PhD Coordinator
Institute of Management Sciences
(IMSciences), Peshawar
+92 300 90 24 920
muhammad.nouman@imsciences.edu.pk
Faiz Ullah
Deputy Director (Procurement/Stores)
NADRA, Peshawar
+92 346 90 07 900
faiz.ullah@nadra.gov.pk