Issues in Management and Their Remedies in Islamic Perspective

Islam is a complete code of life; it guides us in every field weather politics, trade, business, education, science etc. It has been proved that foundations of many management concepts were laid by Islamic scholars. But still the modern organizations are following management principles of west. There is a dire need to spread the true Islamic teaching in an un-biased, moderate and practical manner that advocates the preaching of Islam and displays the real picture of the said religion with true colors.  This study is an attempt to find remedies of some of the management issues (diversity, ethics and globalization) in Islamic perspective. Some verses of Holy Quran (English Version), sayings of Holly Prophet (PBUH) and journals on management issues have been taken into consideration to prepare this paper. This information will be useful for Muslim managers who wish to solve their managerial problems in efficient and effective way using Islamic guidelines. Keywords: Management Issues, Islamic Perspective, Diversit

Impact of the Brand Image on Purchase Intentions in Islamic Banks, A Moderating and Mediating Effect Study

The customers of Islamic banking sector are very conscious to operate the brand in Pakistan. That is rudimentary for directors to make a decent brand image of Islamic banks through the promoting procedures and obtain competitor edge. This research additionally shows that customer attitude enhances the relationship of brand image and purchase intentions towards Islamic banks.  The purport of current research was to investigate the intention of the customer to Islamic banking. The study is conducted on the Islamic banking sector of Pakistan. The examination offers a chance to optically discern whether the brand image is behind customer's cull of Islamic banks when religiosity influences the customer's attitude regarding purchase intentions. current investigation will be subsidiary to examine the customer's reaction cognate the purchases and will be gainful for Islamic banking sector to keep up their positive and diverse brand image when contrasted with the conventional bank in the psyche of the customers. Likewise will virtually certainly realize that how religious convictions transmute the customer’s attitudes regarding purchase intentions.  Develop a questionnaire for data amassment. 230 respondents are culled as a sample from southern Punjab. Those are the customer of Islamic banks. Brand image have paramount impact on customer attitude (mediate variable) and purchase intentions (dependent variable). Religiosity mitigates the relationship of brand image (independent variable) and customer attitude (mediate variable). Customer attitude is withal act as a good mediator between dependent and independent variable. Through current investigation, Islamic banking sector ascendant entities make methodologies and make a decent image as a primary concern of their customer. In Pakistan, the Islamic banks have no much famous. Since individuals have very little comprehended the fundamental targets of Islamic banks and furthermore they have not cognizance about the distinction of Islamic banks and conventional banks. Keywords: Brand image, Customer attitude, Purchase intentions, Religiosity, Islamic banks DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-9-01 Publication date:May 31st 202

Declining Employee Engagement & Employee Performance: The Noxious Effects of Workplace Bullying

The rationale of this research study is to inspect about variations in employee performance and employee engagement in Pakistani context brought about by the workplace bullying. Another objective is to produce comprehensive empirical evidence of bullying in the specific Pakistani context. The purpose of paper is to examine whether emotional exhaustion plays a mediating role between workplace bullying, employee performance and employee engagement. Even most of the organizations are unaware about this critical issue to curtail down its effect. A cross-sectional design is used in the research study, which focuses on emotional exhaustion that serves as a mediator between workplace bullying and employee performance and employee engagement. The paper is based upon cross-sectional and self-reported survey research design. Furthermore longitudinal research design is recommended for future investigation of the relationships among these constructs. Consolidated policies must be sought by the management to combat with the vicious prevalence of workplace bullying. This will not only encourage the conducive work environment but also ensure positive work climate among employees

Impact of Compensation Packages on Turnover Intentions with mediating effect of Organizational Culture

This study aims to determine and examine impact of Compensation Packages on employee’s turnover intentions with mediating effect of organizational culture. It has utilized a quantitative survey through the use of a questionnaire to empirically test the impact of the Compensation Packages on turnover intentions of employees with mediating effect of organizational culture. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed and results were evaluated through primary and secondary data.The research finding reflects that the Compensation Packages are vital to reduce the employee turnover intentions at workplace. This research has identified the mechanism through which a favorable Compensation Packages system can be justified for employees so as to avoid high rates of turnover.  The results clearly show that, with reference to Pakistan’s banking sector, organizational culture has a very significant relationship with Compensation Packages, as well as an employees’ intention to quit

Giant Parotid Tumor

Malignant parotid tumors are uncommon tumors. Although pleomorphic adenoma is the commonest benign tumor of the parotid accounting for 65% of tumors but malignant tumors are also seen frequently in parotid gland. Normally these tumors are slow growing with a long history of lump in the parotid gland. The rapid growth phase in these tumors indicate malignant transformation. The involvement of facial nerve is a late symptom and denote advance stage. We are presenting a giant malignant tumor of the parotid gland measuring 22cm x 15cm in a lady of 50 years. To the best of our knowledge this is the biggest tumor reported so far in Pakistan

Challenges Faced by the Repatriates and their Subsequent Impact on Repatriates’ Satisfaction

Objective: Through decades repatriation has been the most ignored and a problematic phase of the Expatriate Management Cycle (EMC). Expatriates when returning back to their home country are referred as Repatriates and this returning phase is known as Repatriation phase of the Expatriate Management Cycle. This Repatriation phase is mainly the unplanned stage where organizational managers make the mistake. They certainly believe that the repatriates are returning back to their home and wrongly assumes that there will be no complications or challenges for these repatriates on their arrival back to home country. This strategic lack results in the immense dissatisfaction of these repatriates soon after arrival to the home county. Our aim is to provide a detailed study on the process of repatriation by identifying the challenges that are faced by the repatriates on their arrival to the home country and to oversee their subsequent impact on their job performance. Methodology: Data was collected through primary means using convenience sampling method through various organizations and of 300 respondents 186 were filtered out to be analyzed using different statistical techniques on SPSS. Result: There exist a significant negative relationship between all the identified challenges faced by the repatriates and their job satisfaction level Implication: At the end of the research some recommendations were also proposed for the organizational managers to overcome these challenges. This piece of research can not only be used by the researchers for their research work but can also be based by the organizational managers to formulate their repatriation strategies

Extended Value-Added Intellectual Coefficient and Financial Reporting Quality: Moderating Role of Global Financial Crisis

Besides traditional approaches, this study aimed to construct and validate the new model of intellectual capital and financial reporting quality and created a deeper and better understanding through the use of rigorous secondary data. It adopted new formula of intellectual capital instead of traditional primary measures and explored the role of financial reporting quality in financial success of firms. Study is helpful for decision makers, especially from the manufacturing sector, to mould their practices accordingly and they will also realize the importance of high financial reporting quality. The study used Three-stage least squares regression analysis to investigate the relationship between variables. Extended Value-Added Intellectual Coefficient method is used to measure intellectual capital and discretionary revenues method is used to measure financial reporting quality. Panel data was collected from 50 firms, included in fortune global 500 companies list from 2007 to 2017. Findings disclosed that intellectual capital and process capital has a significant impact on financial performance. Human capital and relational capital negatively influence however, innovation capital and financial reporting quality positively influence financial performance. Global Financial Crisis positively moderates the effect of intellectual capital on financial performance but it doesn’t moderate the effect of financial reporting quality on financial performance. Keywords: Financial Reporting Quality, Intellectual Capital, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Performance, Three-stage least squares regression DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/10-10-12 Publication date:May 31st 2019

Policy on SMEs in Pakistan:: Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation, Firm Performance and Ownership Structure

To strengthen growth of SMEs in Pakistan, it is important for the policy makers to understand some significant related variables. For instance, Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is one such variable which can affect the performance of any business substantially; however, it is debatable if some of its dimensions do not affect the firm performance. This research investigates the relationship among the EO dimensions, firms’ performance and ownership structure. In this study, the collection of data was done by using a self-administered questionnaire survey using a 5-point Likert scale and Statistical Package for social sciences (SPSS) version 24. The findings revealed that EO has a statistically significant effect on firms’ performance and when checked individually for each dimension of the EO, it was clear that results for innovation were statistically insignificant, because innovation needs certain time and specific environmental conditions to yield significant results, whereas results for risk-seeking, proactive approach, autonomy, aggressive attitude, and competitive spirit were statistically significant and positively linked with the firms’ performance. The findings of this research reveal that ownership structure does play a significant moderating role on the relationship between performance of the firm and EO dimensions (Innovativeness, Proactiveness and competitive Energy) while Ownership structure doesn't play any significant moderating role between firm performance and few other EO dimensions (risk-attitude, autonomy and aggressiveness). Keywords:     Public Policy, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Firm Performance, Ownership Structure, Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Pakista