Dr Farzana Asad Mir

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Dr Farzana Asad Mir is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business and Law and has expertise in the areas of project management and organizational leadership. She is also the Director of BUiD Doctoral Training Centre. Farzana’s research interests are broadly within the field of management, and she is particularly interested in examining the individual and team-level factors that may play a role in improving project and organizational performance. Other areas of interest are accountability arrangements, management control systems, institutional theory, and change management. Her academic research interests are augmented by more than fifteen years of professional work experience in the fields of project management and quality assurance. Her previous work experience as the Head of Quality at BUiD gives her an edge in terms of enhanced understanding of the curriculum development and education management requirements of the UAE Higher Education sector.

Degrees/Professional Qualifications

1. PhD in Management, Gordon S. Lang School of Business & Economics Department of Management, University of Guelph, Canada
2. MSc, Project Management (Graduated with Distinction), The British University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3. BSc, Electrical Engineering (Graduated with Honors), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
4. Project Management Professional (PMP)®
5. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®