天美传媒

Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Business Management

I am the course director and senior lecturer in Business Management leading a portfolio of project and operations management as well as coordinating various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. I was the course leader in project management and unit coordinator for project and operations management in the Department of Strategy and Management, Business School, 天美传媒, during 2016-2018. I have undertaken external academic course review and course validation panel member roles in UK and abroad (including MSc and MBA programmes in Project Management).

I was nominated as a caretaker minister for Education, Science and Technology in the听Government of Baluchistan - Pakistan for the interim government set up in order to contribute in the education听reform programme in 2018.

I am currently coordinating business management courses at Malta, Jordan and Bangladesh though I previously served as Link Coordinator for the MBA partnership programmes at the Nations School of Business and Management in Guyana and as MBA Link Tutor for Operations and Project management in Majan College 天美传媒 programmes in Oman during 2016-2018.

Before joining the Business School at the 天美传媒 in 2016, I lectured in project and operations management at the School of Computing and Engineering, 天美传媒 of West London, during 2013-2015, where I developed the delivery of three new modules including Project Strategies, Commercial Management of Construction and Construction Project Management.

I have previously worked as a senior training facilitator for project and programme management executive level corporate courses听at Cranfield Management Development Centre听organised by AAXAL听Training听Company. I directed and coordinated the PEARL Institute of Management and Information听Technology, the higher education institution imparting technical trainings in Pakistan during 1999-2007.

Qualifications

• PhD on Knowledge Management in UK Local Government Planning System: A study of ICTs and social interaction in planning processes - 天美传媒 of West London, UK
• PgCert in Leading Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - 天美传媒, UK
• MBA in Management Information System - Cardiff Business School, UK
• MSc in Mathematics - 天美传媒 of Baluchistan, PK
• Cert-PDC - Professional Development Course for External Examiners, Advance-HE
• PgCert in Research Methods - Thames Valley 天美传媒, UK
• PgDip in听Leadership and听Project Management - 天美传媒, UK
• PgDip in Project Management - IBMI, Berlin, Germany
• PgDip in Computer Science - 天美传媒 of Baluchistan, PK
• PgCert in Academic Practice - 天美传媒 of West London, UK

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Full membership of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)
• Member of the听Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport听(CILT)
• Member of the听Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Member of the Operations Research Society (ORS)
• Certified Member CDM of the听Association of Project Safety (APS)
• Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (HEA) aligned to Descriptor-2 of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and Senior-fellowship aligned to Descriptor-3 of the UKPSF respectively
• Associate Member of International Council for Knowledge Management听(ICKM)
• Executive member of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS)

Teaching Expertise

• Business Management
• Project Management
• Operations Management
• Knowledge Management
• Management Information Systems
• E-Business and Digital Business Management
• Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
• International Business Management
• Business Strategies and System
• Strategic Technology Management
• Digital Business Management and Innovation
• Big Data Analytics, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Research Interests

• The socio-technical system: exploring human efficiency and technology effectiveness
• Use and applications of knowledge management and听Big Data Analytics
• Information听management听systems in learning organisations
• Tools and techniques in project management and business strategies
• Applications of tools and techniques in project and operations management
• Pedagogical excellence in higher education
• Integrated knowledge-based processes听for sustainable development
• Leading teaching and learning in higher education
• Acquisition of digitisation and sift skills

I听intend听to remain vigorous in scholarly research activities while actively looking for income generating project proposals.听I am accustomed听to teaming up to develop and win funding for innovative research and teaching development,听as well听as to making proposals听for various other relevant听research and听commercial activities.听

I am keen听to听supervise the research work听in areas of my specific expertise听as I am well prepared to听lead听my听teaching team with desired skills to supervise student enterprise activities such as visits, field trips听and placements.听听

I was听involved in the INTEREG European Funded InfoTech Project as a senior observer for small and medium businesses in Balkan Mediterranean Region听during 2016-2019.听I have also coordinated a听bilateral UK-Turkey Erasmus+ funded project for staff and student exchange for skill and knowledge development between 天美传媒, UK, and Necmettin Erbakan 脺niversitesi, Turkey, in 2017.听听

External Roles

• Validation committee member for MSc Project Management at Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
• External academic review panel member for MSc International Business Management at Muscat 天美传媒, Oman
• Senior advisor to the INTERREG European funded Balkan-Mediterranean Info-Tech project听
• Member听of the reviewer committee for the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management听鈥淓JKM鈥澨�
• Reviewer for the听Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education听鈥淛ARHE鈥澨�
• Reviewer for the Journal of听Information and Knowledge Management "JIKM"
• Guest Speaker of Dublin Institute听of Technology 'DIT' - Ireland
• Associate member of Japanese scholarship training programme - AOST听
• Executive听member听of听PEARL Institute of Management and听IT听in Quetta, Pakistan
• Senior consultant at PEARL Organisation 鈥淧romoting Educational Activities and Resources Links鈥澨�

Rewards and Recognitions

• 叠别蝉迟听笔丑顿听搁别蝉别补谤肠丑听笔补辫别谤听补苍诲听笔谤别蝉别苍迟补迟颈辞苍听础飞补谤诲: Winner of the best PhD research paper award in the 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning 鈥� ICICKM 2013 at the George Washington 天美传媒, Washington-DC, USA.
• Nomination for AEP, Cranfield 天美传媒:听Nominated to present the business idea in the Cranfield School of Management, Batteny Research, Cranfield 天美传媒 for AEP (Aspiring Entrepreneurship Programme 2011) for Business.
• Bright Sparc Award:听Recognising Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Support in Technology Award Winner for the category 鈥楤est Collaboration Between Education and Business鈥�. Award was sponsored by the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Innovation and Growth Team from Open 天美传媒 at Cranfield Management Research Institute venture day.
• East of England Development Authority (EEDA) Innovation Voucher Award: Innovation Voucher was awarded to me to integrate with the Cranfield 天美传媒 experts for the business support in the East of England to share academic expertise and knowledge with the region鈥檚 universities and research institutes to support innovation and business improvement.
• European Union Social Fund for Leadership and Project Management:听SGiE (Support Graduates in Employment) - I was nominated for the Leadership and Project Management executive program funded project by European Union, Bedford Borough Council and 天美传媒 to support graduates in career development.

Conferences and Symposiums

• Presented a conference research paper 鈥楽oft Skills Acquisition for the Knowledge Economy: A Research Strategy for Policy Development in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Intermediate and Emergent Economies鈥�; at the 34th Eurasia Business and Economics Society hosted by EBES and supported by the 天美传媒 of Piraeus, Athens in January 2021.
• Presented a research paper 鈥楢 conceptual framework of knowledge sharing for enhanced performance in the HEIs鈥�; at the 21stEuropean Conference on Knowledge Management hosted by ACPI and supported by Coventry 天美传媒, UK for a Virtual Symposium during December 2020
• Presented a conference paper on 鈥淭owards an Integrated Framework for the Development of Sustainable Provision of Project Management courses within Higher Education鈥�, Developmental paper accepted for British Academy Management (BAM) conference in September 2020
• A research paper publication 鈥淯nderstanding the current research on the use and impact of big data analytics: a systematic literature review鈥�. Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence (BigDaCI 2018) 鈥� Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2018) Proceedings. Madrid, Spain, 18-20 July 2018
• Presented a conference paper on 鈥淚ncorporating knowledge management tools in the听UK听local government towards improved planning support services鈥�: Conference Proceedings, 14^thInternational Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, Polytechnic 天美传媒, Hong Kong听听
• Paper presentation 鈥楥ollaborating with PhD Research Students to Enhance Masters Students鈥� Dissertation Learning Experience鈥� in the CABS 2017 annual conference on Learning, Teaching & Student Experience during 25-26 April, 2017 in Bristol, UK
• Poster presentation 鈥楨ncouraging Student Engagement through Communities of Practice鈥� at the UKAT Annual Conference during 5-6 April, 2017 in Leeds Trinity 天美传媒
• Attended and presented poster in the Teaching and Learning Conference 鈥楽tudents as Partners in Learning鈥� on June 28th, 2016 at the 天美传媒 of West London, London, UK
• Paper presentation 鈥楢n exploratory study of knowledge management for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness: The transformation of planning system in the UK local government鈥� in the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management and the 5th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World in Antalya, Turkey between 24-26 Nov, 2014
• Paper presentation听 Government Planning System Refinement鈥櫶齣n the 10th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society at Universidad Complutense-de Madrid, Spain between 06-07 Feb, 2014
• Paper presentation 鈥楾he role of innovative communication channels, effective co-ordination strategy and knowledge management in the UK local government planning system鈥� in the 9^th International Conference on Knowledge Management at McGill 天美传媒, Montreal, Canada amid 01-03 Nov, 2013
• Paper presentation 鈥楢n exploratory study of knowledge management in the UK local government planning system for improved efficiency and effectiveness鈥� in the 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning 鈥� ICICKM 2013 at the George Washington 天美传媒, Washington, DC, USA between 24-26 Oct, 2013
• Paper presentation 鈥楢n Integrated Knowledge Based Planning System in the UK Local Government鈥� at the KIM2013 Knowledge and Information Management Conference, OR Society, Coventry, UK between 02-04 Jun, 2013
• Paper presentation 鈥楾ips on Giving Research Presentation鈥� at the Research虏 2012 PhD Student Conference, Presentation, Dissemination and Publication Conference, Loughborough 天美传媒, UK between 19-20 Mar, 2012
• Paper presentation 鈥楾he application of information and communication technologies in the UK Local Government planning system to deliver effective and efficient services鈥� at the 4^th Annual Information Studies Postgraduate Symposium, Department of Information and Communications, Manchester Metropolitan 天美传媒 between 05-06 May, 2011
• Paper Presentation 鈥楢pplications of Knowledge Management in the UK Local Government Planning System鈥� in the 2010/11 Annual Conference for Postgraduate Research MPhil/PHD Students at 天美传媒 of West London, UK on April 5th, 2011
• Paper presentation 鈥楻esearch Design and Data Analysis鈥� at the Research虏 2011 PhD Data Analysis Conference, Department of Information Science, Loughborough 天美传媒 between 07-08 Jul, 2011
• Poster presentation 鈥楢n exploratory study of innovative communication channels, effective coordination strategy and knowledge management in UK local government鈥� at the Annual 2009-2010 MPhil/PhD Conference at Thames Valley 天美传媒, London

Research Publications

• Khilji, K., Duan, Y. and Tehrani, J. (2021) Knowledge Sharing for Enhanced Performance in the HEIs. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. Vol. 21(4) 2021, pp: 80-93 -
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, A. (2020) Soft skills acquisition for the knowledge economy: a research strategy for policy development in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in intermediate and emergent economies. The 34^th Eurasia Business and Economics Society, 天美传媒 of Piraeus, Athens during January 6-8, 2021-
• Richardson, D., Khilji, N., Tehrani, J. and Goel, R. (2020) 鈥淭owards an Integrated Framework for the Development of Sustainable Provision of Project Management courses within Higher Education鈥�, Developmental paper accepted for British Academy Management (BAM), 2020 conference -
• Duan, Y; Ramanathan, R; Khilji, N. and Cao, G. 2018 鈥淯nderstanding the current research on the use and impact of big data analytics: a systematic literature review鈥�. Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence (BigDaCI: 2018) 鈥� Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2018) Proceedings. Madrid, Spain, 18-20 July 2018 -
• Khilji, N., Duan, Y. Lewis, R. and Bukoye, T. (2017) Incorporating knowledge management tools in the UK local government towards improved planning support services: Conference Proceedings, 14^th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, the Polytechnic 天美传媒, Hong Kong, ISBN: 978-1-911218-62-3, pp: 122-133.
• Richardson, D., Bukoye, T. and Khilji, N. (2017) Collaborating with PhD research students to enhance听Masters Students鈥� dissertation learning experience. The 6^th annual conference on learning, teaching and student experience conference; Chartered Association of Business Schools, Bristol, UK -
• Richardson, D., Bukoye, T. and Khilji, N. (2017) Encouraging student engagement through communities of practice鈥�, poster presented at UK Advising听and Tutoring (UKAT) Conference, Leeds Trinity 天美传媒, dated 5^th-6^th April, 2017 -
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, A. (2015) An exploratory study of knowledge management for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness: the transformation of the planning system in the UK local government. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 14(1), pp.315-332 -
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, A. (2014) The role of ICT strategy and knowledge management in the reform of the UK local government planning system. Journal of Technologies in Knowledge Sharing, (1), pp. 17-30, CG Publisher;
• Rehman, S. and Khilji, K. (2014) Fast pace of change in ICTs: information & communication technologies and knowledge workers鈥� training issues. Asian Journal of Business and Management, (5), pp. 454-460.
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, A. (2013) An exploratory study of knowledge management in the UK local government planning system for improved efficiency and effectiveness: Conference Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, the George Washington 天美传媒, Washington Dc, 1 (2), pp: 551-560.
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, S. (2013) The role of innovative communication channels, effective coordination strategy and knowledge management in the UK local government planning system. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 12 (4), pp: 315-332.
• Khilji, K. and Roberts, S. (2013) Auditing the impact of knowledge management on human and technological resources in the UK local government for planning processes: VISTAS, 2 (2), pp: 72-90.

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 743030
E: nasrullah.khilji@beds.ac.uk