Management and Business Academy

Our vision is to create a prestigious and internationally recognised community where we can inspire, recognise and support researchers who contribute to practice by creating new theoretical frameworks. The Management and Business Academy supports the advancement of theory and practice in Organisational Studies and the Social Sciences. We welcome and encourage interdisciplinary researchers, scientists and research students from universities all around world to present their current research activities, and hence to foster research relations between universities and industry. This institute takes a lead in facilitating international collaboration, providing an independent and authoritative source of advice, and contributing to academic debate and research.

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Mr. Gohar Parvaiz is a PhD qualified individual (Brunel University) who is professionally recognized for his academic excellence, and innovation with best practices and disciplined attention for achieving immediate and long-term professional goals.

He is a young dynamic savvy having a hands on experience in academic and financial sector with entrepreneurial skills. He is currently employed as a lecturer in a public sector academic institute of Pakistan (Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar). His research interests are: ‘quality of education’ and ‘entrepreneurship’.

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Chandra Bhasham is an experienced Lecturer in HRM and Strategy at Claud Littner Business School, University of West London. Chandra’s expertise is in the areas of Learning and Development, Human Resource Development, Organisational Behaviour and Leadership/Management skills.

He has completed his Master’s qualifications in London: MA International Business (London Metropolitan University) and MA Human Resource Management (University of West London).He has a practical non-academic background as a HR Business Partner and HR consultant in private sector organisations especially dealing with SMEs. His doctoral study and interests are in the areas of developing and evaluating HRM frameworks within SMEs. 

His teaching work covers both the undergraduate and postgraduate at UWL. Chandra is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Her research focus is qualitative and action research oriented.

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Dr Alastair Evans MA PhD FCIPD has had over 40 years of involvement in teaching, research and practice in the field of human resource management. He is a former HR Director, author of more than a dozen books in the field of HRM and former course director of the PG Dip/MA in HRM at the University of West London where he remains as a visiting lecturer in HRM and supervisor of PhD students. His research interests include flexible working, human resource planning, performance management and the historical development of people management in the UK.

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Dr. Qun Ren got her PhD in Digital Marketing at Bournemouth University. She is currently the Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Southampton Solent University. Her PhD thesis on in how technology impacts on digital companies’ pricing strategy and the role of pricing in companies’ market share competition.


Her current projects also consider and investigate service quality among different cultural groups, the impact of technology on sales, self-gift motivations and temporally based outcomes, cross-national differences in consumer behaviour and consumer responses to complex decisions.

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