azmawani abd rahman

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AZMAWANI ABD RAHMAN

EDUCATION
Associate Professor Dr. Azmawani Abd Rahman holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the
University of South Alabama (United States), a Master of Science in Management from the Universiti
Putra Malaysia, and a Ph.D. in Operations and Technology Management from Aston University
(United Kingdom). For her Ph.D. work, Azmawani was awarded a lifetime membership in Beta
Gamma Sigma, the highest recognition for business students worldwide. She is currently an Associate
Professor at Department of Management and Marketing and Deputy Dean (Research & Industry and
Community Relations) at the Faculty of Economics and Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She
is also an associate researcher at Halal Products Research Institute.

INDUSTRY AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Azmawani began her career as an officer at a manufacturing firm; later as a remisier at JF Apex
Securities Berhad, a stockbroking company. As an academician, Azmawani actively collaborates with
the industry through her involvement as an advisor, assessor, consultant, and trainer. She was a
consultant for the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia on Exploring New Wireless Sensor
Technology in Traceability and Tracking System Towards Achieving Total Halal Solution. Other
consultation works were with Jabatan PERHILITAN Malaysia, Construction Industry Development
Board, Perbadanan Putrajaya, Youth and Sport Ministry and GreenTech Malaysia. She has also been
involved with various case study projects such as with Elhajj Products Sdn. Bhd, the Association of
Intellectual Property Owners, SME Bank on Oil and Gas industry and with the Tabung Haji on the
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Hajj agency management. She was an official case writer for Malaysian Productivity Corporation
Business Excellence Award 2015.

Azmawani is currently a president for the Research and Education committee at the Malaysia Franchise
Association (MFA). At a national level, her involvement with MFA includes as an evaluation panel, a
technical committee, and chairman for the prestigious Malaysian Franchise Award for the franchise
industry players. Azmawani has vast experience as program chair, including Chair for the Franchise
International Malaysia (2016 and 2017), Chair for the Franchise Siswa programme 2016, and Chair for
the SME@UPM programme involving 21 CEOs (a 5 Star Programme). She has made more than 20
appearances in the mainstream newspaper and television through her writing and comments that
contribute to the industry and society.

Azmawani is a certified Business Excellent Assessor and has a Certificate of Practice for the Quality
Environment Management System (QE/5S) Specialist. She has vast experience in teaching and training
through her involvement as trainer with the industry such as a trainer for the Professional Certification
in Training and Development for Franchise industry, SME@University program for the entrepreneurs,
Halal cosmetics market, Franchise intensive program for franchise siswa, Project Planning and
Management for employees for the Ministry of Health Bangladesh, and Karyawan PT Pengkebunan
Nusantara, Indonesia.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Azmawani is well-versed in programs development as she was the Head of Department and held
position as academic program coordinators at a diploma and degree level. As a deputy dean for
research and graduate studies, she was responsible for new academic programs development and
improvement at both undergraduate and graduate level. She has vast experience in matters pertaining to
both thesis-based and coursework based postgraduate programs. As a deputy dean for research &
Industry and Community Relations, she coordinates matters pertaining to the participation and key
performance indicator with the industry at the faculty level. Her administrative position enables her to
develop and apply her leadership and critical thinking skills. She has also served as the conference vice
chair and conference chair at the national and international level.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Azmawani is active in research and her ongoing research activities are in the areas of manufacturing
technology management, including the production of halal-related products, green supply chain, halal
tourism supply chain management, and organizational culture. She has presented numerous academic
papers at local and international conferences. She has also been invited as the keynote and lead speaker
in conferences. She has won various “best paper” awards and in 2015 she received an excellent award
in Islamic Marketing through her paper that won the 1st best paper award at the 6th Global Islamic
Marketing conference. In 2013, she has won a second place on the case writing competition.

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Her work has been published in books, and International and ISI journals. Currently, she has published
in 37 citation indexed journals, 21 non-citation indexed journals, 35 Chapters in book, 3 edited book, 2
copyrights, and 34 conference proceedings. She has been awarded with 13 research grants as a lead
researcher and been involved with a total of 30 research project. She is a member of several
international professional bodies, including APICS and POMS. She served as an editorial board
member for the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (JMTM), Journal of Humanities and Social
Science (PERTANIKA) and the Asian Journal of Case Research (AJCR). She has also served as a reviewer
for many local and international journals. She has regularly been invited as panel judges and as assessor
for research grants by other higher learning institutions. Her paper published in the Leadership &
Organization Development Journal (a citation-indexed journal) has received recognition from the Emerald
library in 2009 as one of the top ten most-downloaded articles in the journal’s history.

CONTRIBUTION TO STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
As a lecturer, Azmawani has successfully supervised a number of students at both graduate and
undergraduate level. 5 PhD students and 2 MSc students have graduated under her main supervision.
She has acted as examiners for thesis at local and international level. She is also passionate on nurturing
students’ development through the enhancement of their soft skill. She was the advisor for the young
consultant on the SME–University internship program with the SMECorp. She has also acted as
facilitators for series of starting school program for the new students. In 2014, she led the UPM team
for the Franchise Business Challenge competition at the national level and UPM has won the first place
in that competition.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. NAME .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2. DEPARTMENT / FACULTY/ FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION/ CITATION ............................ 5
3. DATE OF BIRTH / AGE ............................................................................................................. 5
4. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ............................................................. 5
5. ACADEMIC POSITION .............................................................................................................. 6
6. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND ACADEMIC DUTIES AND OTHER RELEVANT
APPOINTMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 6
7. TEACHING EXPERIENCES .................................................................................................... 10
8. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES -EXAMINERS ...................................................................... 11
9. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES – EVALUATORS AND REVIEWERS ................................ 12
10. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES – CONFERENCE CHAIR, PROGRAM CHAIR AND
COMMITTEES .......................................................................................................................... 15
11. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES – JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD AND JOURNAL
REVIEWERS ............................................................................................................................. 17
12. MEDIA APPEARANCE ............................................................................................................ 22
13. RESEARCH GRANTS .............................................................................................................. 24
14. PUBLICATION.......................................................................................................................... 30
15. CONSULTATION / CONTRACT RESEARCH ....................................................................... 49
16. SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS ............................................................................................... 52
17. TRAINER / SPEAKER / LECTURER / COORDINATOR ...................................................... 52
18. CO-CURICULAR ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................... 54
19. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION ............................................................................................. 56
20. CONFERENCES, SEMINAR, AND WORKSHOP ATTENDED ........................................... 58
21. REFEREES ................................................................................................................................. 70

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1. NAME

Name : AZMAWANI ABD RAHMAN
Current Position : Associate Professor / Deputy Dean of Research & Industry and Community
Relations
2. DEPARTMENT / FACULTY/ FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION/ CITATION

Address : Department of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor,
MALAYSIA

Tel: [phone] (Deputy Dean Office)
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

Specialization : Operations and Technology Management, Halal Product Management, and
Supply Chain Management

H index: Scopus = 6, Google Scholar = 12
Citation : Scopus= 92, Google Scholar = 736

3. DATE OF BIRTH / AGE

Date of Birth : 17 March 1975
Age : 42

4. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Class/Achievement University Awarded Year

PhD Ph.D in Operations and Technology Aston University, February
Management United Kingdom 2007

Master M.Sc. in Management Graduate School of October
Management, UPM, Malaysia 2002

Bachelor B.Sc. in Finance University of South Alabama, December
United States of America 1997

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5. ACADEMIC POSITION / PREVIOUS WORKING EXPERIENCE

Designation Department/Faculty Start Date Date Ended
Associate Professor Department of Management and Marketing 01.11.2012 Present
Faculty of Economics and Management

Senior Lecturer Department of Management and Marketing 01.11.2008 30.01.2012
Faculty of Economics and Management

Lecturer Department of Management and Marketing 29.03.2007 31.10.2008
Faculty of Economics and Management

Tutor Department of Management and Marketing 20.01.2000 28.03.2007
Faculty of Economics and Management

Designation Employer Start Date Date Ended
Remisiers JF Apex Sdn Bhd (Stock Broking 01.06.1999 10.01.2000
Company)

Front Office Acqutek Electronic Sdn Bhd 02.01.1998 30.5.1999
Officer

6. ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND ACADEMIC DUTIES AND
OTHER RELEVANT APPOINTMENTS

Administrative Position

Position Department/Faculty/Other Institution Year
Appointed
Deputy Dean (Research &
Industry and Community Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM February 2016-
Relations) Feb 2018

Deputy Dean (Research and
Graduate Studies) Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM February 2013-
Feb 2016

Head of Department Department of Management and Marketing, February 2011-
Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM February 2013

Coordinator for UPM Academic Kolej Shahputra, Kuantan, Malaysia July 2008-
Programme (Bachelor and 2016
Diploma in Business
Administration)
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Head Centre for Excellence Research in Quality and October 2007-
Operations Management, Faculty of October 2010
Economics and Management, UPM

Executing Duty as Dean Faculty Of Economics and Management 4th August – 15
September
2016

Advisor / Committee Member / Coordinators - National Level

Position Institution Year
Appointed

Chairman Malaysian Franchise Association 2016-2018
Research and Education (RED) committee

Chairman Malaysian Franchise Association 2016, 2017
Franchise International Malaysia
Conference

Chairman Malaysian Franchise Association 2016, 2017
Malaysian Franchise Award

Chairman Malaysian Franchise Association 2016
Program Francais Siswa (Franchise
Business Challenge) 2016

External Examiner for Master in Tylor Business School, Jan 2016 -
Management Programme Tylor Universiti, Malaysia Dec 2017

Program Advisor
Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa 2015 - 2018
Fakulti Pengurusan dan Muamalah, Kolej Selangor (KUIS), Malaysia
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor

Associate Editor Putra Business School and 2015
Ongoing
Asian Journal of Case Research
Technical Committee for Malaysia 2014 - 2016
Vice Chairman Franchise Awards 2014

(Malaysian Franchise Association)

Vice President of Malaysian Franchise Association 2014 - 2015
Research and Education (RED) committee

Technical Committee for Malaysia Malaysian Franchise Association 2013
Franchise Awards Ongoing

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Committee for Research and Education Malaysian Franchise Association 2013 - 2014
(RED) at Malaysian Franchise Association

Consultant for SME-University Internship SME corporation Malaysia 2009-2012
Program

Action committee Case Study in Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia 2011-2012
Engineering

Committee Member / Coordinators - University Level

Position Institution Year
Appointed
Committee Member Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series Living the 2016 - 2016
Serdang Story

Committee Member Universiti Putra Malaysia Research Sub Committee- 2016 - 2018
Research and Knowledge Management

Main Committee Main Committee for Franchise Business Challenge 2015
2015 program

Evaluation committee Evaluation committee for UPM student conference 2015
presention

Working Committee Universiti Putra Malaysia Working Committee for Jan 2014-
Member Research December
2016
Committee Member Evaluator for research grants application - Universiti
Putra Malaysia (UPM) 2014
Ongoing
Committee Member to Putra business School
Moderate Final 2013
Examination Questions Ongoing

Committee Member University Ethics committee for Research Involving 2013 - 2014
Human

Committee Member for Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 - 2016
Intake of Student with
Thesis (Candidate from
PBS and FEP)

Associate Researcher Halal Product Research Institute, UPM 2011
Ongoing

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Advisor / Committee Member / Coordinators – Faculty Level (FEP)

Position Department/Faculty/Other Institution Year Duration
Appointed

Advisor Research and Innovaiton Exhibition ( 40th UPM 2016 2016
convocation expo)

Committee Administration Committee for Faculty of 2016 2019
Member Economics and Management

Committee Academic program advisor to Faculty of 2015 2016
Member Economics and Management

Committee Human Resource Managemement at the Faculty 2015 March 2018
Member of Economics and Management

Advisor Development of Master Entrepreneurship 2014 Mei 2014
Program Committee

Head Development of new course outline (Innovation, 2014 Mei 2014
Technology Management, and
Commercialization) for Master of
Entrepreneurship program

Committee Saringan Kenaikan Pangkat Jawatan Staf 2014 March 2014
Member Akademik

Committee Sebutharga Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan 2013 Sept 2013-
Member (JKSF) Sept 2015

Committee Evaluator for the application of research grants 2011 Ongoing
Member scheme

Committee Evaluators for resarch grants application at UPM 2011
Member Level (FRGS, ERGS, and Sciencefund)

Committee Strategic Direction for Faculty of Economics and 2013 June 2013-
Members Management June2014

Audited Association to Advanced Collegiate School of 2013 July 2013
committee Business (AACSB)

Committee M.Sc / Ph.D curriculum committee in 2012 2012-Present
Members Hospitality and Tourism

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Coordinator for Department of Management and marketing, 2011 2012
academic Faculty of Economics and Management
program (BBA)

Committee COPPA document revision for BBA programme 2012 2012-Present
Members

Associate Halal Products Reseach Institute, UPM 2011 2011-Present
Researcher

Committee Industry and social linkages committee, FEP 2011 2011-Present
Members

Committee Employee safety and health committee, FEP 2011 2011-Present
Member

Committee Graduate studies committee, FEP 2009 2009- Present
Members

Committee Internal audit ISO 9001:2008, FEP 2009 2009- Present
Members

Committee Statistics and Operations Management field, 2008 July 2008-
Members Bachelor of Business administration , FEP Present

Committee Research committee, FEP 2008 Mac 2008-
Members Present

Editor Book for FEP Conference 2007 2008 January 2008-
December 2008

Coordinator Course Coordinator for Quantitative Teqhnique 2007 2007-2014
in Business (MGM3163), FEP

Associate Centre of Research Excellence in Service 2007 October 2007-
researcher Marketing and Tourism, FEP 2010

7. TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Master Level

Code and Name of Courses Total number of Total accumulative
class X credit credit hours
hours
GSM5114 (Business Research method)
18 x 3 54
10