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Dr. Zahid Hussain

Associate Professor

Area
School of Management
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
E-mail
Z.I.Hussain@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274234332
Dr. Zahid Hussain
53 publications

Biography

Dr Zahid Hussain joined the school full time in 2002 and has taught at all levels since including executive education, MBA, DL etc. He possess tremendous amount of academic and management experience and possess many other suitable qualifications. He teaches with passion, rigour and meticulousness. He can undertake wider multidisciplinary research within the university that has better impact, hence meeting the university’s pledge to making knowledge work. He is a member of HEA and several other professional bodies (Member of HEA, BCS, BAM, UKAIS). He has won several awards in distinguished teaching and is helping to deliver the faculty vision of enhancing levels of student satisfaction. This will help to achieve the faculty objective of excelling teaching. He is external examiner to University of West London and Imperial College London and in the past was external to Aston, Open University and University of East London. His research is usually applied and industry based. Several of his recent articles have been ‘best read’ and/or ‘nominated as best papers’ by academics.  However, Zahid has and continues to supervise world class research of highest merit involving many well-known organisations, such as NATO, SAP, Mercedes, Emirates Airline, British Telecom, Mauritius Government, Asda, PACE, BBC, Airbus UK, NHS and many more including many SMEs. He is a permanent speaker/presenter on learning and improvement topics at the local community radio – MACS.

Research

Big Data, Business Intelligence, E-Commerce/E-Government Systems Dynamics IS/IT Governance, Innovation and Technology Management, Circular economy Sustainable use of IT. 2017: Phillips - Netherland Tyco International - UK NHS England Lewisham Council - Housing.

Professional activities

  • University of Bradford -  DipHE
  • University of Bradford - Graduate Diploma
  • University of Huddersfield - MSc
  • University of Bradford - BA (Hons)
  • University of Huddersfield - Postgraduate Diploma Legal Practice (LPC)
  • University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) - PhD
  • Manchester School of Management, Sheffield Hallam University - MSc
  • Sheffield Hallam University - MA

  • Sheffield Hallam University - Lecturer (1 January 1999)
  • Open University Business School - Academic Assistant (1 January 1997)

  • External examiner: External Examiner currently: University of West London Business School, Brent, Ealing, London
  • Examiner: External Examiner in the recent past: Aston University Business School, Birmingham Arab Open University Business School, Kuwait (Whole of Middle East) University of East London
  • Leadership: Previously: Director of Studies MBA Director of Studies MBA/MA Int. Bus. Studies Deputy Chief Secretary (UK) Chair, Mitigating Circumstances Director, MA Management Student Liaison Tutor/Advisor, Eng. Design and Technology students studying Management modules Advisor on South Asian Entrepreneurship.
  • OTHER: A local business network - SMBF

Publications

  • Is it too early to learn lessons from the developed world on the potential of big data technology: Harnessing and nurturing intuition in organisational decision makers

    Hussain Z., Asad M. and Chamas HB (2017) 1st International Research Conference on Economics Business and Social Sciences.

  • Corporate Sustainability

    Hussain Z and Bostan A (2013) Corporate Sustainability. Springer.

  • A Study of Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Sustainability in Bradford

    Hussain Z and Singh J (2013) Corporate Sustainability. Springer.

  • CEO optimism and SME foreign market entry mode choice

    Adomako, S., Frimpong, K., Mohammed, R.A., Opoku., R.A & Hussain, Z. (2018) Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Conference. 6

  • Role of Business Intelligence in creating more effective organisations where data analysts as decision makers are new heroes

    Mahroof K, Matthias, O and Hussain Z (2017) BAM Conference: Reconnecting Management Research with the Disciplines: Shaping the Research Agenda for the Social Sciences. 1

  • Use of Metaphors for Making Sense of the Entrepreneurial Motives: A Study of the ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the West Yorkshire Region UK

    Hafeez, K., Hussain, Z. and Hayat, K. (2012), (2012) International Conference on Excellence in Business. 1

  • Action research as a methodology to develop knowledge based systems to support CI

    Barber K.;Hussain Z. (2008) ICQR 2007 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality and Reliability., 73-79.

  • Is process repetitiveness contradicting project uniqueness? Place of Project Management in logistic world

    Lazarski A. and Hussain Z (2013) 82