Azam ALI
MBA (Aston), MA (Westminster)
Senior Lecturer & Course Director - MA
Pathways
Tel +44 (0)20 7487 7472
Fax +44 (0)20 7487 7465
Email alia@regents.ac.uk
Teaching, Research and Consultancy
Current teaching: Managing Organisations and
People for the 21st Century, Strategic Human Resource
Management, Organisation Behaviour, Business Research Methods,
Professional Development Planning, Placement Learning
Placement
Current research and consultancy interests:
Mentoring – (Park Royal Partnership) Executive and Small
Business Mentoring, Innovative Assessment Strategies in the
education, Integrating Personal Development Plan into
Postgraduate (MA) Programmes
Key publications
(2006) "Critical Evaluation of mentoring as a learning tool for
students studying the Undergraduate Programme at EBSL – A suggested
way forward?" Paper presented at the LTC Seminar on
17th May 2006 at European Business School London.
(2006) International Placements at Regent’s
College: A critical view of placements at EuropeanBusinessSchool,
London(EBSL) and RegentsBusinessSchool, London(RBSL). Paper
presented at the ASET (Association for Sandwich Education &
Training) on the 5-7 September 2006 at Cadbury’s Manor House,
Birmingham.
(2007) "Collaborating as a Strategy: a B2B
Mentoring Programme". Paper presented at World the Global
Conference on Social Responsibility held between 15-17
February 2007, Dom Pedro Golf Resort, Vilamoura, Portugal. (with D.
Horton)
(2007) "Critical Evaluation of mentoring in
Higher Education – A suggested way forward for EBSL?" Paper
presented at the LTC Seminar on 16th May 2007
at European Business School London.
(2007) "A critical review of measuring student
expectations through the Placement Learning Project at the European
Business School, London". Paper presented at the ASET
(Association for Sandwich Education & Training) on the 4-6
September 2007 at UWIC, Cardiff. (with N. Bowen, D. Jadrijevic
& M. Centellas)
Other activities
Azam is involved in the telecommunications industry in
the Caribbean while having twenty years experience in
the residential care home sector for people with learning
difficulties.
Biography
Azam’s commercial and industry background is
varied. He has twenty years experience of the health and social
care industry with his involvement of being a joint proprietor of
two residential homes for people with learning disabilities. He
also has recently set up a start-up business in the internet radio
industry, focusing on the Caribbean market.
Azam also has international interests. He is a
Director of a telecommunications organisation in Guyana, and by
setting up community projects, been involved in obtaining funding
from the European Social Fund (ESF) for underprivileged people
living in Guyana.
Azam has taught at various institutions
including South Bank University, School of African Studies (SOAS)
and the London Private School of Business Education. He has taught
a range of subjects including Strategic Management, International
Marketing, Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Small Business both at
Masters and undergraduate level. At the European Business School he
was the Subject Leader for Human Resources for seven years.
Currently, he is an Associate Master of
Business Administration (AMBA), a Member Chartered Management
Institute (MCMI) and a member of the Institute for Learning and
Teaching in Higher Education (MILT)
Azam is heavily involved in Innovative
Assessments, and established the first mentoring programme of its
kind at the European Business School for the undergraduate
students. He has been involved as a Consultant in the Business to
Business Mentoring Programme for over four years, whereby Senior
Executives of large corporates will mentor entrepreneurs of
SMEs.
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