NAME:

Zarrar R. Zubair

 

DESIGNATION:

Director (C.E.O.)

 

ORGANIZATION & ADDRESS

Pakistan Institute of Management

Management House, Shahrah Iran, Clifton,

Karachi-75600 – Pakistan

Tel: (9221) 99251717

Fax: (9221) 99251715 &16

Business Email Address : pimkhi@pim.com.pk

 

QUALIFICATION:

MBA from IBA, Karachi University (1972)

 

CERTIFICATES:

·        Certified Lead Assessor for ISO 9000, Quality System, BSI London

·        Certified OD Consultant, OD Consultant International Association. 

 

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

·    Working in PIM since 1978.

·    Self-Employed: Set-up and operated a Management Consultancy organization  in partnership

       from October 1974 to June, 1978.

·    Worked as Executive Incharge of Pricing & Defence Contract Cell, BIM (Automobile Group)

        from August   1972 to October, 1974.

 

TRAINING RECEIVED:

Attended abroad over 15 Workshops/Conferences/Courses/Study Missions since 1981 till to-date:

I.       Senior Consultants Training in Japan in 1981

II.     Strategic Management Workshop - Arthur D. Little, U.S.A. in 1988

III.    Qualified ISO-9000 Lead Assessor-British Standard Institution, London in August, 1995

IV.   APO Seminar on Managing Productivity in Training Institutions in Malaysia in October, 1995

V.     APO’s Top Management Forum at Kyoto, Japan in March 1997.

VI.   WIPO Asian Regional Workshop on Benefits of Global Industrial Property Protection Systems for Developing Countries in Singapore from February 14 to 16, 2000

VII.  APO Symposium on Learning Organization held in Seoul, Korea from 25 to 28 April 2000.

VIII.               APO Symposium on Mismatch in Labor Market held in Manila, Philippines from 11 to 13 July 2001.

IX.   APO Study Meeting on Change Management in an Economy of Speed held in Hyderabad, India from 22 to 25 June 2004.

X.     APO International Productivity Conference 2007 on Knowledge Management held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 to 19 January 2007.

XI.   APO Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibilities held in Tokyo, Japan from 11 to 15 June 2007.

XII.  Study Mission to Nonmember Countries on Entrepreneurship & Technology/Business Incubation (Canada) – Toronto, Canada – 26-30 Nov. 2007.

XIII.               APO Top Management Forum: Management Innovation for Productivity Improvement in the Service Sector – Kyoto, Japan from 02 to 04 March 2009.

 

REPRESENTATION:

Represented PIM & Pakistan in numerous International Conferences & Seminars.

 

 

COURSES HANDLED IN PIM:

1.        CEO’s Conference on Strategic Management

2.        Strategic Human Resource Management

3.        Strategic Marketing Conference

4.        Advanced Management Program

5.        Leadership Training for Managers

6.        Communication Skills

7.        Org. Development

8.        Change Management

9.        Organization Culture

10.     Managerial Competencies

 

*     Have conducted over 400 training programs.

 

Involved in teaching PIM’s Executive MBA Program in the following Courses:

 

1.        Strategic Management

2.        Strategic Marketing

3.        Strategic H.R.M.

4.        Business Communication

5.        Organizational Behavior

 

 

 GUEST SPEAKING:

Provide training and deliver lectures as guest speaker to the following Armed Forces & Civilian Institutions:

 

·          National Defence College Islamabad       (Since 1983)

·          PAF Air War College, Karachi                 (Since 1981)

·          Command and Staff College, Quetta       (Since 1993)

·          Naval College, Karachi                            (Since 1990)

·          Army Logistics School, Kuldana             (Since 1981)  

·          Ordnance School, Karachi                      (Since 1983)    

·          NIPA, Karachi                                          (Since 1983)

·          Pakistan Administrative Staff College,    (Since 1983)

Lahore                                                      

 

 

 

CONSULTANCY & OTHER ASSIGNMENTS:

Have helped over 50 major organizations to develop Strategic Plans and managed over 25 major consulting assignments in the areas of Organization Development and Organization Turnaround. 

 

 

RESEARCH / PUBLICATION:

Conducted research on major management issues and written numerous articles on management related topics. Write regularly on key management topics for leading newspapers in Pakistan:

·          Survey: What Motivates Employees in Pakistani Organizations – An in-depth Study of “Preferred Motivators’ - 2005

·          Survey: Reading Habits of Pakistani Managers – 2006.

·          Decision Making Trends in Pakistani Organizations - 2007

·          Assertiveness levels and styles of Pakistani Managers - 2008