Faculty - Department of Business Management - Islamic Azad University

Faculty at the Department of Business Management

Dr. M. Mehdi Oskounejad

Assistant Professor

Head of the Department

Brief Description:

He received his BA in Management and Economics from Collage of Mass Communication in 1975 (Iran), MS (1979), and PhD in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University (USA) in 1982. His Master’s thesis was selected as the outstanding graduate research by the American Institute of Industrial Engineering in 1980 in the USA.

He worked with the Heavy industry and also Aviation Industry for about 13 years, thus he brings with him a rich blend of Production, Engineering Economics, and Management experience.

He has though courses such as Statistics, Operation Research, Financial Management, System Engineering, Production and Inventory Management, Strategic Management, Applied Decision Making, Engineering Economics, and Productivity in different Academic levels.

He has written 4 books and His Engineering Economic book has been published more than 60 times in Iran. His research interests include Economic Evaluation of Projects, Financial Risk Management, Statistics, and Operation Research theory and practice.

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Affiliations
Projects
Publications

1982 Ph.D. from the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA

Major: Industrial Engineering

Minor: Statistics

1979 M.S. from the College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA

Major: Industrial Engineering

Minor: Industrial Systems

1975 B.A from the College of Mass Communications, Tehran, Iran

Major: Management

Minor: Economics

Decision Making, Feasibility Study of Investments, Statistical Analysis, Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis, Mathematical Programming

Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE), USA
Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society), USA
Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Association, M.S U., USA
Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society), USA

Economic Evaluation of Tabas Coal Power Plant (2005)
Iran Air Fleet Planning (Cargo) (2002)
Evaluation of purchasing 10 Airbus 321-200 for Iran Air (2001)
Iran Air Fleet planning) (2001)
Economic Evaluation of purchasing 7 Airbus 310-200 for Iran Air (2000)
Economic Evaluation of purchasing 4 Airbus 330-300 for Iran Air (1999)
Iran Air Third Economic, Social, and Cultural Plan (2000-2005) (1999)
Economic Comparison of Eastern and Western Technologies in Aircraft Manufacturing (1999)
Iran Air Economic Rearrangement Planning (1998)
Iran Air Strategic Planning (1998)
Total System Design at the Concrete Pipeline Co. (1997)
Management Information System Design at Kosar Co. (1996)
Financial System Design at Tabriz Compressor Co. (1995)
Marketing Management System Design at Sahand Fork Life Co. (1995)
Total System Design at Alborz Carton Co. (1993)
Feasibility Study for Abyek Cement Co. (1993)
Time Study at Khavar Textile Co. (1993)
Time Study & Line Balancing in “LP Vehicle” at Khavar Co. Tehran, Iran (1993)
Pre-Feasibility Study for “All Lines Electric Systems “at Iran Railroad Co. (1992)

Articles:

Jafari, Padganeh and Oskounejad- Impact of Basel III Implementation on UAE Banks: Profitability Loan Pricing, ELK, Asia Pacific Journal, Volume 6, Issue (2015)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi – Introducing a Decision Criterion for Investment Analysis under the Condition of Inflation. A paper presented at the System. Science & System Engineering International Conference. Beijing, China (1993)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi –An Algorithm for Investment Analysis under Uncertainty using Simulation. A paper presented at the 2nd APORS Conference (Operation Research Society of China, Beijing, China (1991)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi – Line Balancing in the production line of “Z-24 Motor.” In Zamyad Co. Published in AMIR KABIR journal of science and Technology, No. 17. (1991)
Parker, M. Wayne & Oskounejad, – An Investigation of the Effects of Depreciation Methods on Pricing Policy during Inflation. Paper presented at I.I.E. Annual Conference & World Productivity Congress. Detroit, USA (1981)

Books:

Oskounejad, M. Mehdi (translator), the Managing Change pocketbook, by Russell-Jones, Neil. A book published by Adineh Press, Tehran, Iran (2006)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi(translator) The Managing Budgets pocketbook, by Hawkins, Anne and Turner, Clive. A book published by Adineh Press (2006)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi – Material Handling System Design. A book published. by Jahan Nou Press, Tehran, Iran (2005)
Oskounejad, M. Mehdi –Engineering Economy (Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects). A book Published by Amir Kabir Industrial University Press. Republished every year. Now the 60 Volume is in the (1989)

Dr. Maryam Joharishirazi

Lecturer

M.joharishirazi@iau.ac.ae

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Affiliations
Publications

PhD. Human Resource Management, Bhagwant – Rajasthan University, India
Master Business Administration (MBA), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India
Bachelor, Industrial Management, Yazd, Iran

Soft Skills in Modern Workplaces, Humanitarian Leadership, Transformational Leadership and Change Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Employee Well-being and Work-Life Balance: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Technology and Future of Work Leadership during Crisis

Editorial Board IJARW (ISSN applied): International Journal of all research Writings,

A survey to investigate relationship between employee knowledge and creativity 2018

2. A survey based on different type of organizational citizenship behavior 2018

3. BCG planning portfolio model in Esatis ceramic. Yazd,2018

4. Organizational intelligence and effect on employee performance ,2016

5. Human Capital Development Index matrix design and implementation at Geometrix Laser Solutions, 2012

6. Study and Analysis of Employee Talent Management mapped across kill sets defined by Small Scale Industries, project sponsored by Ministry of Commerce, India – 2011

7. Co-participants of Developing self-sustaining cottage industry for Socially backward society in South India, project sponsored by Engineers Without Borders “EWB”

8. Core member and working committee president of JNTU quarterly Magazine “Ad Sophos” regularly contributing with real cases and articles on developing relationship between foreign students and Academic societies of India.

9. Study of the impact of knowledge deployment and appetite for change on work, Jan 2015

10. the investigation on democratic leadership effect on job satisfaction- 2014

11. supply chain management practices impact on the healthcare perceived organizational performance in Malaysia. April 2014

12. “Enterprise Resource Planning System Implementation at Dairy Ice Creams & frozen foods Pvt. Ltd.

13. “Role of ERP in successful Human Resource Management system” Indian charter of Commerce & Education, Hyderabad.

14. Goldis Tiles, Yazd, Iran; Project Title: Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Books:

Effective concepts and Tools in production & operation management

Dr. Zohreh Vaziry

Lecturer

z.vaziry@iau.ac.ae

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Affiliations
Publications

Ph.D in mathematics, University of Pune, Pune, India
Master of Science in Mathematics, University of Pune, Pune, India
Bachelor in Applied Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch, Karaj, Iran

Topology, Bounded Topology, Uniform Space, Lattice Theory

Reviewer in Zentralblatt Math, Germany

Articles:

1. Zohreh Vaziry, PD Dr. D. Leseberg, “Completion in Supernear spaces”, Int. J. of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, (ISSN No: 2230-9888), Vol. 1, No. 2, (May 2011) 923-938.

2. Z. Vaziry, S. B. Nimse, D. Leseberg, “On Supercovering Spaces”, International Journal of Mathematics and Scientifics Computing (ISSN:2231-5330), Vol. 2, No. 1, (2012) 56-69 .

3. Z. Vaziry, S. B. Nimse, D. Leseberg, “B-Nearness on Boolean frames”, Rostock. Math. Kolloq.67 (2012), 3-19.

4. Zohreh Vaziry, PD Dr. D. Leseberg, “Topological Frame Extension”, Math. Appl. 2(2013),169-189.

5. Zohreh Vaziry, “Reducibility Number in some classes of finite Lattices and Posets”, “International Journal of Mathematics and Scientific Computing” (ISSN:2231-5330), Vol. 3, No. 1, (2013) 39-41.

6. Zohreh Vaziry, PD Dr. D. Leseberg and Dr. S. B. Nimse, “b-topological frame extension and hypernear frames”, “selected papers of the 2014 International conference of Topology and its Applications (2015) page190-215”.

7. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, “Categories of several convergences”, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34742418;

8. D. Leseberg, Z. Vaziry, “The quasitopos of b-uniform filter spaces”, Math. App. 2(2018), 155-171 DOI:10.13164/ma.2018.13

9. D. Leseberg, Z. Vaziry, “On the completeness of non-symmetrical uniform convergence with some links to approach spaces”, Math. App. 8(2019), 37-57 DOI:10.13164/ma.2019.04

10. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, ” On bornological induced pseudonearness”, Math. Appl. 9(2020), 95-121;

11. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, “Pseudonearness as an important part of Bounded Topology” ICRAPAM 2021 Proceeding Book, ISBN No: 978-605-68969-1-0, 258-270.

12. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, “The Cauchy-completion of a symmetric b-uniform filter space”, Math. Appl. 10 (2021), 125–142.

13. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, ” Orderconvergence, a quasitopos for Bounded Topology (BT)”, submitted to the journal (2023).

14. D. Leseberg and Z. Vaziry, “The extended Smirnov theorem for pseudonearness”, Facta Universitatis (NIš). Math. Inform. Vol. 39, No 3 (2024), 355-373.

Books:

1. D. Leseberg, Z. Vaziry, “Bounded Topology”, LAP LAMBERT, Academic Publishing (2019)

2. D. Leseberg, Z. Vaziry, “On Bounded Near Operators”, LAP LAMBERT, Academic Publishing (2022)

3. Dr. Zohreh Vaziry and Dr. Seyed Hassan Sadaty, “A guide to statistics and probability and its application”, Farvardin Institute of Higher Education, (2023)

Dr. Sepideh Shamsaliniya

Lecturer

s.shams@iau.ae

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Publications

Ph.D Financial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran
Master of Financial Management, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
Bachelor of Accounting Islamic Azad University, Firuzkuh, Iran

Finance, Accounting

Articles:

1-Prediction of Stock Price Resilience, using Artificial Neural Networks (MLP) in companies listed on the Stock Exchange
Identifying and Modeling Stock Price Resilience in the Tehran Stock Exchange and Its Influential Factors Using Time Series Transformation

Books:

Cryptocurrencies

Dr. Yousef, Padganeh

Lecturer

yousefpadganeh.1@gmail.com

Academic Qualification
Research Interest

PhD, Miskolc University, Hungary

Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Strategic Management, Banking

Dr. Shahzad. Karim

Lecturer

shaaze@hotmail.com

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Projects
Publications

Doctor of Business Administration

Banking Risk Management

The Influence of Risk Management Strategy on the performance of Commercial Banks: A comparative case study of UAE and UK Commercial banks

Articles:

The Influence of Risk Management Strategy on the performance of Commercial Banks: A comparative case study of UAE and UK Commercial banks

Books:

The influence of Credit Risk Management Strategies on the performance of Commercial Banks

Dr. Saeed Mirvahedi

Associate Professor

s.mirvahedi@iau.ac.ae

Academic Qualification
Research Interest
Affiliations
Publications

PhD in Entrepreneurship and Marketing

Entrepreneurship, Effectuation, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Effectual Marketing, Opportunity

School of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University

Publications:

Articles:

1. Faridizad, A. M., Naghizadeh, M., Ghazinoori, S., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2023). Redefining the Innovation Capacity of Design Thinking Approach Through In-Depth Understanding of Designerly Capabilities. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 2450017.

2. Naghizadeh, M., Ghazinoori, S., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2023). Rethinking design thinking through the lens of capability. Honar-Ha-Ye-Ziba: Honar-Ha-Ye-Tajassomi. (In Persian Language)

3. Shirin, A., Motiei, M., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2022). Presenting an Imitation Model of Entrepreneurial Businesses Based on the Nudge theory with an Interpretive-Structural Modeling Approach (Case study: Internet Taxi Businesses in Iran). Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, 15(3), 481-498. (In Persian Language)

4. Yaghoobi, E., Aslipour, H., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2021). Analyzing the components and process of (2021). Analyzing the components and process of providing non-governmental public services in Arbaeen walk based on the causal mapping approach. Basij Strategic Studies, 24(91), 205- 239. (In Persian Language)

5. Mirvahedi, Saeed., Morrish, S. C., & Pletnev, D. (2021). Fast-growth firms and successful environmental entrepreneurs in emerging countries. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 258, p. 06019). EDP Sciences.

6. Mirvahedi, Saeed., Zandi, R., & Ghaderi, E. (2021). Decision-making logic of hotel senior managers in economic fluctuations based on entrepreneurial approaches. Journal of Tourism Planning and Development, 10(36), 148-169. (In Persian Language)

7. Nikolaeva, E., Pletnev, D., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2021). Misbalances in Russian agricultural corporations’ economic growth. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 258, p. 06030). EDP Sciences.

8. Habibirad, A., Mazroui Nasrabadi, E., Mirvahedi, Saeed., & Banar, A. (2021). Identifying and Prioritizing appropriate tools of knowledge acquisition and transfer in National Iranian Oil Company: a benchmarking of leading oil companies in the world using group AHP. Petroleum Business Review, 5(1), 13-25.

9. Pletnev, D., Naumova, K., & Mirvahedi, S. (2020). High-growth firms in transport sector (Russian experience). E3S Web Conf., 157, 04029.

10. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Toghraei, MT. Astaneh, Maryam (2020) Developing a model of gamification in entrepreneurial web-based businesses. IT Management Studies 9 (33), 39- 60. (In Persian Language)

11. Tavakoli, M., Bidram, R., & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2020). Designing an effectual business model in the handicrafts of Lalejin world city. Urban Economics, 5(1), 17-34.

12. Mirvahedi, Saeed. & Ghaediha, N. (2020). A Different Approach of Entrepreneurs in Intangible Cultural Heritage Tourism Entrepreneurship. Journal of Tourism and Development. Journal of Journal of Tourism and Development. Journal of Tourism and Development, 9(2), 131-144. (In Persian Language).

13. Mirvahedi, Saeed. & Pira, D. (2019). Investigation of entrepreneurs’ decision-making logic, when entering foreign markets based on Effectuation and Causation. Journal of Business Management (In Persian Language).

14. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Hosseinpour, D. Soltanmohamdlou, E. (2019). The role of social media on the entrepreneurship intention of Allameh Tabataba’i University students (School of management and accounting). Business Intelligence Management Studies (In Persian Language).

15. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Toghraei, MT. Noori, Naeimeh (2019) Identification the main challenges of arts incubators in supporting of art-based businesses (Case study: Art University of Isfahan’s incubator), Strategic Management Thought (In Persian Language)

16. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Morrish, S. (2019). Serendipity and Entrepreneurial Marketing in fast growth firms: Evidence from Iran, Presented in ICSB 2019 conference. Cairo, Egypt

17. Mirvahedi, Saeed. & Morrish, S (2017). The role of serendipity in opportunity exploration. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 19 (2), 182-200. doi:10.1108/JRME-10-2017-0045

18. Mirvahedi, Saeed (2017) An investigation of Iranian entrepreneurs’ decision making logic based on effectuation theory, Journal of Modern Research in Decision Making, 2 (3), 229-254. (In Persian Language)

19. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Toghraee, MT. Sanjarian, Z (2017) An Investigation of the Influencing Factors in Entrepreneurial Opportunity Exploration, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture, 4 (1), 53-74. (In Persian Language)

20. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Toghraee, MT. Sanjarian, Z (2017) Effective factors on entrepreneurial opportunity exploration in handmade carpet opportunity exploration in handmade carpet industry, Commercial Surveys, 14 (77), 29-39 (In Persian Language)

21. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Esfandiari, E (2017) A study of the entrepreneurial potential of cultural tourism in Iranian Qashqai nomads, Journal of Tourism and Development, 2 (3), 62-78 (In Persian Language)

22. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Morrish, S (2013). The Role of Serendipity in Fast Growth Entrepreneurial Firms, Presented in the Academy of Marketing annual conference. Cardiff, UK

23. Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2012). A conceptual model of “Fast Growth” in entrepreneurial firms: Investigating the role of serendipity, effectuation and entrepreneurial marketing, Presented in the second International Conference of entrepreneurship. Tehran, Iran

24 . Mirvahedi, Saeed. Morrish, S (2012) Serendipity, Effectuation, and Fast Growth Entrepreneurial Firms, Accepted in doctoral consortium of international conference for small business (ICSB), Wellington, New Zealand

25.Beiginia, A. Roosta, A. & Mirvahedi, Saeed. (2007), How to choose export markets, a fuzzy approach model, Presented in the 5th International Management Conference, Tehran, Iran

Books:

Toghraei, Mohammad Taghi. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Khalouei, Farzaneh. Gourtanian, Shiva (forthcoming), “Business management”, first edition, Tehran, Iran University Publication. (In Persian Language)
Mirvahedi, Saeed. Toghraei, Mohammad Taghi. Hashemi, Somayeh. Allahverdy Zadeh, Negar (2019), “Skills and regulations of doing business”, first edition, Tehran, Iran University Publication. (In Persian Language)
Mirvahedi, Saeed & Soltanmohamadlou, Ehsan (2017), “Professional presentation of ideas and reports”, first edition, Tehran, Iran, Mehraban Nashr. (In Persian Language)
Toghraei, Mohammad Taghi. Mirvahedi, Saeed. Hashemi, Somayeh. Azizi Malek Abadi, Fereshteh. Niknejad, Behnam & Habibirad, Amin (2016) “Entrepreneurship and production workshop”, first edition, Tehran, Iran Textbook Printing Publisher. (In Persian Language)
Mousavi, Neda & Mirvahedi, Saeed (2016), “Don’ts in SMEs and entrepreneurial businesses”, second edition, Tehran, Rasa Books. (In Persian Language)
Mirvahedi, Saeed & Norrolahoghli, R. (2011), “Analytical techniques in marketing research”, first edition, Tehran, Aeej Publication. (In Persian Language)
Dargi, Parviz & Mirvahedi, Saeed (2009) “Product clinical research: New products marketing test”, first edition, Tehran, Rasa Books. (In Persian Language)

Book Chapter:

Mirvahedi, Saeed., & Morrish, Sussie. (2020). Serendipity, effectuation, entrepreneurial marketing and fast growth entrepreneurial firms, In I. Fillis & N. Telford (Eds.), Handbook on Entrepreneurship and Marketing: Edward Elgar