Self Assessment Report for MBA (3.5)Years ProgrammeInstitute of Management Sciences Peshawar

Criterion 1: Programme Mission, Objectives and OutcomesStandard 1.1: The program must have documented measurable objectives that support departmental and institute mission statements.

1.1. About IM|SciencesThe Institute of Management Sciences, based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a

young, innovative, and enterprising business school en route to compete with the

foremost management schools of the country. The Institute is dedicated to its unique

approach of providing management education based in cutting-edge research and

comprehensive training. Unlike conventional academic institutes, IM|Sciences broadens

its educational focus in response to new trends in the developing field of management.

Based on the social values of integrity, honesty, professional excellence and a broad

vision of life, the Institute aims to provide an educational experience that transforms its

students into business leaders at par with international managers, executives, and

entrepreneurs. Since its inception in 1995, the school’s academic rigor and avant-garde

approach to management education have produced alumnae that shape the world of

business at regionally, nationally, and internationally.

1.2. IM|Sciences Mission StatementThe Institute’s comprehensive mission is to establish a self-conscious, learned, and

self-regulating society in which individuals recognize their roles as accountable to the

public good. More specifically, the Institute aims to provide advanced knowledge of the

art and science of business and information technology through teaching, research, and

training in order to produce leading executives, managers, software engineers as well

as computer scientists that can venture to shape the practice of business in every

industry and become a catalyst for social and economic development.

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To achieve this, the institute:

● Offer diverse programs based on curriculum that is in line with contemporary

management practice.

● Provide exceptional faculty that aims to advance management theory and

practice by analyzing knowledge through learning, research, classroom

application, and service in public and private sectors.

● Attract students with outstanding intellectual ability that are dedicated to the

personal as well as social, and economic development of Pakistan.

The Institute’s all-encompassing mission is to attest to the world the fact that a relatively

underprivileged region has the potential to reach beyond social, political, and security

barriers to educate and produce outstanding leaders for tomorrow.

1.3 The MBA 3.5 Years Programme Mission StatementThe masters in business administration programme is a 3.5 year rigorous programme in

which different aspects of management are explored in depth with emphasis on the

application and practices of theoretical knowledge. This programme is a professional-

dais for those who would accept the challenges of an ever changing world, preparing

them with the necessary decision making skills. This programme aims at bringing out

the best abilities, qualities and polishing them wherever needed in a conducive

environment.

The masters in business administration programme mission is to equip young minds

with skills, knowledge and edge to excel in the dynamic market place of today’s

business.

1.4. The MBA Programme Educational Objectives The MBA programme aims at developing a student's intellectual ability, analytical

thinking and managerial skills through an appropriate blend of theory and practice. The

programme assists the student in understanding and developing the unique leadership

qualities required for the ever changing and dynamic business environment. The

specific objectives of the programme are to:

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Objective 1 To develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Course of Action for Objective 1 The MBA programme has included the following courses in the curriculum for achieving

Objective 1:

Accounting Management

Fundamentals of Marketing

Introduction to Business

Marketing Management

Financial Accounting

Business Mathematics

Logic & Critical Thinking

Cost Accounting

Human Resource Management

Business Finance

Financial Management

Inferential_Statistics

Outcomes ● Understanding of basic concepts of functional business areas

● Critically analyze and evaluate business situations and recommend

feasible options to solve business problems

Objective 2To develop written and oral communication skills

Course of Action for Objective 2 The MBA programme has included the following course in the curriculum for achieving

Objective 2:

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Business Communication

Outcome ● Demonstrate effective written communication.

● Demonstrate effective oral communication.

Objective 3 To develop global awareness and appreciation for:

● Cultural diversity

● Decision-making skills.

Course of Action for Objective 3The MBA programme has included the following courses in the curriculum for achieving

Objective 3:

Organizational Behaviour

Consumer Behaviour

Business Ethics

Quantitative Techniques in Management

Business Law

Taxation Laws

Outcome ● Understand concepts important to global business and appreciate cultural

diversity.

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Standard 1.2: The program must have documented outcomes for graduating students. It must be demonstrated that the outcomes support the program objectives and that graduating students are capable of performing these outcomes.

Program Objectives Program Outcomes

1 2

1. Develop critical thinking and

problem-solving skills

Understanding of basic concepts

of functional business areas

Critically analyze and evaluate

business situations and

recommend feasible options to

solve business problems

2. Develop written and oral

communication skills

Demonstrate effective written

communication.

Demonstrate effective oral

communication.

3. Develop global awareness and

appreciation for cultural diversity

and decision making skills.

Understand concepts important

to global business and appreciate

cultural diversity.

SECTION 2: CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION

2.1 DEGREE TITLE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMININSTRATON (MBA)

2.2: Definition of Credit Unit An academic semester represents 16 weeks of classes, exclusive of three monthly

exams and one comprehensive exam.

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2.3: Degree PlanMBA 3.5 year programme is comprised of seven semesters. Students have to appear in

3 monthly examinations during the semester and one comprehensive exam at the end

of semester. Students have to submit a research report in the area of their specialization

at the end of the last semester.

2.4 ASSESMENT OF THE MBA CURRICULUM

Standard 2-1: The curriculum must be consistent and supports the program’s documented objectives. The curriculum supports the programme objectives and is consistent with the market

dynamism. The graduates of the programme are specialized in Finance, Marketing and

Human Resource Management.

GROUP OF COURSES PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

A. FINANCE

1.    International Financial Management2.    Financial Accounting3.    Advanced Accounting4.    Advance Cost Accounting5.    Management Accounting6.    Auditing7.    Income Tax Law and Practice8.    Investment Analysis9.    Financial Market & Institutions10.  Islamic Banking & Finance11.  Introduction to Business Finance

The courses are structured to address core concepts that require for strengthening of knowledge in areas of financials and accounting.

The courses are designed to manage a shift from resource based economy to knowledge based.

Along-with knowledge creation, the programme also focus knowledge sharing. Therefore, faculty & students are encouraged to arrange seminars, lectures by inviting renowned practitioners & subject experts from public and private sector.

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B. MARKETING

1.   Marketing Research2.    Consumer Behaviour3.    International Marketing4.    Sales Management5.    Export Marketing6.    Advertising and Promotional Strategies7.    International Marketing8.    Marketing of Services9.    Industrial Marketing10.  Social Marketing11.  Agricultural Marketing12.  Brand Management

The diverse range of courses provides opportunities to learner regarding theories of marketing.

After acquiring the subject knowledge the students would be able to know the theory and techniques of its implementation while considering the difference between sales and marketing.

The students would also inform about the importance of promotional campaigns for life of organization and techniques about the development of effective campaigns in industry, agriculture and other sectors.

C. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

1.    Personnel Management2.    Industrial Relations3.    Industrial & Labour Laws4.    Wages & Salary Administration5.    Training & Organizational Development6.    Conflict Management7.    Collective Bargaining8.    Group Dynamics9.    Leadership

The courses are designed to enable students to know about HR functions and its importance in any organization. They would observe how to manage the human as a resource by addressing the job analysis, creation of job descriptions, remuneration and wages administration.

The students would be able to assess training needs for any organization and they would also be familiar with the laws that govern the labour unions in industries.

Standard 2-2 Theory Problem and Solution DesignThe programme core material is design in a very scientific manner and assures that the

graduates are equipped with its theoretical and practical aspects.

Standard 2-3: Mathematics and Basic Sciences Requirements

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The MBA programme offers courses in mathematics that support the programme core

courses. These courses are designed in a way to facilitate the student in their major

areas. The mathematical courses are mainly comprised of Basic and Advanced

Mathematics and Statistics like Business Mathematics, Quantitative Techniques in

Management, Business Statistics and Inferential Statistics. These courses fulfill the

HEC requirements.

Standard 2-4: Major Requirements as Specified by the HECThe students with 14 years of education will be required to complete 66 credit hours of

business courses and earn a BBS degree (2 years) before they could become eligible

for admission to MBA programme (1.5 years). A minimum of 60 semester credit hours

are required to complete this program (BBS). A thesis worth 6 credit hours is optional; a

student can choose to study two courses (each 3 credit hours) or can opt to work on

thesis/project of six credit hours. A BBS degree holder will be eligible for admission to

MBA or MS programme. The following courses are recommended for the BBS degree

by HEC.

Core Courses Elective

1. Principles of Microeconomics

2. Principles of Macroeconomics

3. Financial Accounting -I

4. Financial Accounting –II

5. Introduction to Management

6. Introduction to HRM

7. Principles of Marketing

8. Marketing Management

9. Business Finance

1. Cost Accounting

2. Organizational Behavior

3. Consumer Behavior

4. Entrepreneurship

5. Other electives may be added and/or substituted with the above-suggested titles.

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10. Financial Management

11. Mathematics for Business

12. Statistics for Business

13. Business Communications

14. Business Research & Report writing

15. Management Information System

16. Business & Corporate Law

After completing the BBS program, the students can either continue courses for another

1.5 years (36 semester credit hours) to earn a degree of MBA (three semesters) or they

can leave the program with a 2 years degree of BBS. The MBA program aims at

developing a student's intellectual ability, executive personality and managerial skills

through an appropriate blending of business and general education. Students are

required to complete course work of at least 30 credit hours in addition to 6 credit hours

of project/report/thesis or two elective courses.

Standard 2-5: Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Ethical, Professional and othersThe programme includes courses in social sciences and humanities like Principles of

Economics, Business Law, Logic & Critical Thinking, and Business Ethics.

Standard 2-6: Information Technology ContentsSo far, the institute has no Information technology content in the MBA program.

However, we have planned to include IT courses in future sessions of the program

under consideration.

Standard 2-7: Business Communication Communication skills are the top most elements for the best presentation of a business

school graduate. Business Communication is offered in the MBA programme in this

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regard. Along with the courses, we have developed a friendly and interactive

environment in order to polish the communication skills of the students.

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SECTION 3: LABORATORIES AND COMPUTING FACILITIES.

3.1: IntroductionThe MBA programme is facilitated by the IT-Section in availability of computers labs.

There are eight computer labs in total. Out of these, four labs (each of which have at

least 30 computers) are used for lectures and the other four labs (with more than 80

computers each) are used by student for their research and assignments. Two labs are

located on each floor of the Institute. Along with this the students have access to

computer facilities in the library as well. Students also have access to HEC digital library

and can download new research articles from the registered websites like JSTOR,

which is paid by the Institute. Registered software for advance research like SPSS,

STATA, Gretel and EViews are taught in the programme and the softwares are available

to students in the computers labs.

Standard 3-1: Lab Manuals/Documentation/instructing.Instructions about the usage of computers are distributed among students and the

faculty.

Standard 3-2: Adequate personal support for labsAdequate personnel support is available all labs. There is only one lab assistant in each

lab that takes care of the computers and facilitates teachers and students when

required.

Standard 3-3: Adequate Computing Infrastructure and Facilities.All faculty members and student have access to the modern technology of computing.

Multimedia facilities are available in each class and computer lab for lectures and

presentation. Apart from lab access, computers along with Internet connectivity are

provided to faculty members for their offices. Video conferencing facility is available in

the Institute through which students of the various programmes are able to attend

conferences, lectures and workshops at international and national universities and

organizations.

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SECTION 4: STUDENT SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE4.1: IntroductionOur main aim is to produce the best graduate, who will be the best representative of the

Institute. Along with the taught courses, the other focus is on the development of

personality traits and vision of the students. The student counselling is considered as an

important responsibility in this regard. Our faculty dedicates extra time for students

counselling and to help them in various problems regarding their education, career and

social life.

4.2: CoursesStandard 4-1: Sufficient Frequency of Course OfferingThe programme successfully delivers all the required major and elective courses within

the stipulated time.

CoreAll MBA core courses are offered every term per year. These core courses are offered

almost every semester spread over the duration of this degree.

Elective coursesElective courses are offered once the core subjects are taught in MBA Program. These

electives include Human Resource (HR), Marketing and Finance.

4.2: STRUCTURE OF COURSESStandard 4.2.1: Effective Faculty/Student InteractionCourses are designed keeping in mind the effective and application aspects. The

Student/teacher interaction is the main theme of these courses. The following principles

are observed to ensure the creative and productive output.

● Each class is made of 45 students at most.

● 75% attendance during the semester in each subject is mandatory.

● At least 2.0 CGPA must be maintained by the students to retain their position in

the programme

● Students have to submit assignments and presentations in time.

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● Typically a MBA course includes three monthly exams and one comprehensive

exam

● Faculty distributes outlines in the beginning of the semester and devotes their

office hours for student counselling.

4.3: Guidance to StudentsStandard 4-3: Professional Advising and CounsellingThe selection of best career and area of specialization according to the intellectual and

learning abilities is an important decision for the students. The committed faculty makes

sure their availability and provides the best advice and counselling in this regard.

Students are provided up-to-date knowledge about the market demands.

4.3.1 Student counselling systemA career development centre has been developed for students counselling so that they

make the best possible decision about their career. Apart from career counselling, the

programme coordinator resolves conflicts among students or with the faculty. In severe

cases the parents are also informed and requested for a visit to the Institute.

4.3.2 Opportunities for the StudentsThe MBA programme is committed to excellence and ensures to get the best out of the

students. A group of students are provided opportunities to visit USA for one semester

under the culture exchange programme each year. The students actively participate in

various activities. They organize and participate in annual parties, sports gala, winter

and spring festivals. The programme sponsors them to visit other national universities in

order to compete in academic and non-academic competitions.

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Criteri on 5 : Process ControlStandard 5.1

5.2 Programme admission criteria, policies regarding programme / credit transfer

The process of admission to MBA is carried out on an annual basis, which is duly

approved by the Academic Committee of the Institute. This process is reviewed and

evaluated annually in meetings of the semester committee and coordinators’ committee

meetings chaired by the Director of the Institute. In such meetings, the processes of

forthcoming admissions are evaluated step-by-step.

These steps include the number of students to be admitted, review and approval of

advertisement for admission and proposed time and dates for admission etc.

The students are admitted to the programme on the basis of the following criteria:

1. The prospective candidate must have 14 years of education.

2. The candidate must qualify entrance / admission test arranged by the institute in

coordination with testing-authority.

3. The candidate must qualify the interview for admission.

4. Must complete other conditions that Institute may deem necessary at the time of

admission.

The candidates desirous of getting admission in MBA should hold a bachelor’s degree

equivalent qualification and having at least second division, securing 45% marks in

aggregate.

Qualifying admission test and interview separately are compulsory. A candidate

securing less than 40% marks in the test or interview stands disqualified for admission.

Students admitted to the programme are exposed to the most basic and relevant

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courses in the first semester such as introduction to business, basic accounting,

Principles of Marketing, management and economics. These courses are fundamental

in nature and form the basis for courses in further semesters.

The performance of students is evaluated through a continuous testing process spread

over entire period of studies/ semester. Students must maintain a minimum CGPA of 2.2

during the course of their academic programme. Students with GPA/CGPA less than 2.0

are dropped from the rolls of the institute forthwith. Students securing a GPA/CGPA

between 2.0 and 2.2 remain on probation for one semester.

5.2.1 Transfer from outside the university

Admission to MBA of the institute through migration from any other institute/ university is

not allowed.

5.2.2 Transfer to the programme from other programmes

A student is not allowed to transfer from one degree programme to another programme.

5.2.3 Transfer to the programme from another major

A student is not allowed to transfer from one degree programme to another programme.

However, groups of students are combined to facilitate smooth conduct of a course in

more than one degree programme including elective courses.

5.3 Process of registration

The registration process ensures enrolment of all active students. Registration is

conducted at the start of a programme usually in the first semester and in some cases,

second semester depending upon the response from a respective board/ institution

necessary in the verification of documents issued by such institutions.

Student course load

A regular student is required to take twelve credit hours per regular semester, however,

a student can take a maximum of 15 credit hours.

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5.4 Recruiting process

The recruitment process starts with the receipt of application & CV of the candidate

followed by a demonstration. A demo is a presentation wherein a candidate presents a

topic in the area of his degree specialization before a panel of subject experts who are

usually faculty members and selected programme-coordinators. Presentation is

followed by a question answer session. If the panel recommends a candidate, he/she

may be initially engaged on visiting-basis for a semester for one or two courses at the

most. During a semester two student-evaluations take place. At a required level of

evaluation score, visiting status of a faculty remains for two semesters.

In the first place, a person is appointed on one-year contract taking into consideration

his qualification and experience. Based on satisfactory performance, the contract is

renewable for further one year. After the evaluation of a candidate’s two years’

performance by selection board he/she is recommended for permanent absorption in

the cadre in which he/she was originally appointed.

5.4.2 Faculty evaluation

Faculty evaluation refers to feedback from students regarding faculty members’

teaching assessment. A teacher’s performance in the following areas, for example is

assessed: Ability to create interest, command over subject, communicative ability,

capacity to inspire student, coming down to students level, punctuality etc. evaluation

from students takes place twice every semester; once at the middle stage and second

at the end of a semester. Once tabulation and calculation process completes, results of

evaluation in the form of statistical measures such arithmetic mean, mode, median,

standard deviation, question rated lowest and question rated highest by students are

communicated to the faculty member that serves as feedback tool and helps them bring

necessary correction in teaching methodologies if so required.

5.5 Teaching and delivery of course material

Evaluation and process control takes place at regular intervals in order to achieve

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excellence in teaching and learning. The coordinating units put resilient importance on

employing modern resources for teaching, such as multimedia, audio-visual facilities,

computers in order to enhance the quality of course delivery.

Processes, methods and procedures, well approved from relevant forums, are used to

ensure that teaching and delivery of course are effective and focus at student learning

are conducted through implementing measures and responsibilities, well addressed in

TORs of concerned persons.

a. Coordinator’s role

A programme coordinator is, in general, engaged in the following academic activities:

● Prepares teaching assignments and course schedules for all batches.

● While preparing course schedules, ensures workload of faculty members in terms

of minimum credit-hour teaching.

● Keeps liaison with semester committee and other academic forums.

● Monitors & ensures smooth conduct of classes, content coverage and teaching

quality.

b. Curriculum and course syllabus

An Office assistant distributes a copy of the detailed course outline well approved from

concerned body to students that contains the course title, code, prerequisite or co-

requisite if any, topic and subtopic of the course and recommended books and other

material.

c. Attendance

Every student of the institute is required to maintain at least 75% of the attendance. A

student who fails to meet the minimum requirements of attendance in any course is not

allowed to sit for the exam in that course(s).

d. Evaluation and grading

The performance of a student is evaluated through a continuous testing procedure

spread over the entire period of studies/semester. Besides the semester’s final

examination, which carries forty percent marks, hourly examination are administered

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every month and thus the student are required to appear in three such examination for

each course in a semester. The two best scores are counted towards the final grade.

5.6 Graduation process

Following are degree completion requirements for students of MBA:

1. Completion of all business core courses, support courses, IT & computer related

courses, social sciences courses and business elective courses according to the

scheme of degree that requires minimum of 02 credit hours

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Criteri on 6: FacultyMBA is one of the major programmes of the Institute of Management Sciences,

Peshawar. Currently, more than 223 students are enrolled in this programme.

Specializations offered in this programme are: Finance, HRM and Marketing. Highly

qualified faculty members work with this programme i.e. most of them are either MS or

PhD degree holders. Amongst them, 35 are permanent faculty members of IM|Sciences

whereas the other 15 are visiting members of the faculty. The list of the faculty members

along with their qualifications is given below:

S.No. Contract Faculty

Area of Specialization

S.No. Visiting Faculty

Area of Specialization

1. Miss. Maira

Zeb

Finance 2. Ms. Betty

Nichole Rasool

HRM & English

3. Mr. Shah

Nawaz

Finance 4. Mr. Bashir

Hayat

I.T

5. Dr. Shahid Ali Statistics 6. Miss. Ayesha

Jabeen

Economics

7. Mr. Awais Alam HRM 8. Miss. Maryam

Durrani

HRM

9. Dr. Imran

Wazir

Marketing 10. Mr. Waseem

Ahmad

Statistics

11. Qazi Waheed HRM 12. Dr. Shuja

Ahmad

Philosphy

13. Ms. Mehwish Finance 14. Mr. M. Omer Philosphy

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Ali Khan Khan

15. Ms. Ayesha

Saddiqa

English 16. Mr. Fazle-

Subhan

Philosphy

17. Mr. Shahzad

Hanif

English 18. Dr. Arshad Ali

Khan

Maths

19. Miss. Maryam

Jabeen

Finance 20. Mr.

Muhammad

Tariq

Political

Science

21. Mr. Shahab

Nawaz

Economics 22. Mr.

Muhammad

Shahzad Ali

I.T

23. Ms. Nadia

Iftikhar

Finance 24. Ms. Saima Gul I.T

25. Miss. Laila

Taskeen

Finance 26. Mr. Waqar

Ahmad

Engineering

27. Mr. Khurram

Khan

Finance 28. Mr. Adnan

Malik

Finance

29. Ms. Sumaira

Khan

HRM 30. Mr. Iftikhar-ul-

Amin

Finance

31. Dr. Zafar

Zaheer

Statistics 32. Miss. Sonia

Ismat

Marketing

33. Mr. Babar

Jamil

HRM 34. Dr.

Muhammad

Nouman

Marketing

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35. Mr. Hassan

Mustafa

HRM 36. Miss. Shabana

Gul

HRM

37. Mr. Sikandar

Khan

Political

Science

38. Mian Yasir

Hayat

Political

Science

39. Dr. Usman

Ghani

Marketing 40. Ms. Fatima

Junaid Ali

HRM

41. Mr. Fahad Ali Marketing

Faculty DevelopmentThe institute is committed to provide a competitive work environment to its

faculty. The coordinator of the MBA programme remains in contact with faculty in

order to have a better communication among students, faculty and

administration. Many faculty members avail the opportunity to attend seminars,

trainings and workshop to enhance their capabilities. Along with the teaching

responsibility, the faculty has an excellent contribution in scholarly activities.

Each faculty member supervises at least six students in their research projects.

They allocate proper timings for the meetings and guide the students in their

specialized areas. It has ultimately increased the research publications. The

institute regularly organizes workshops for the faculty to improve their research

skills.

Faculty Motivation

The institute bears all the expenses of the faculty for the academic research

activities beside the incentives for promotion to the next cadre. It includes the

publication charges. Along with this they receive a reward of 10000 rupees for

publication in Y-Category Journals and 25000 rupees for X or W category

journals. The institute facilitates and motivates its employees to attend the

research conferences for their paper presentations. The institute partially bears

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the expenses. All the faculty members have the health insurance, insured by the

institute.

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Criterion 7: Institutional Facilities

Standard 7-1: The institution must have the infrastructure to support new trends in

learning such as e-learning.

To support the e-learning the institution has a well equipped video conference room

(video-con) and computer labs.

● Video-con is used for online workshops, lectures and coverage of co-curricular

activities e.g. debates competition held at HEC etc. Video-con is also used for

online interviews of students for the grant of scholarships or student loans

through HEC.

● A total of six computer labs with a total of 225 computers that are connected to

internet and digital library are at present fully functional. Among the available six

one lab is a general lab with a total of 49 computers connected to internet. This

lab is primarily used by students to do their assignments and access the digital

library; no classes take place in the general lab. The lab remains open from

08:30am till 08:15pm without a break.

Standard 7-2: The library must possess an up-to-date technical collection relevant

to the programme and must be adequately staffed with professional personnel.

● The institutions library is well equipped with all the modern facilities of learning

that caters to the needs of the students on campus. The library is divided into two

main sections;

a. Reference section that includes the books, journals and subscribed

magazines. Students and faculty cannot issue the books, journals and

magazines from this section however they can photocopy and scan the

reference material.

b. The second section of the library facilitates the issuance of books.

Students can issue books for a period of two weeks by using their

library cards.

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● 02 library assistants (one male and one female) having Masters In Library

Information Science (MLS) along with 02 library attended (both male) having

Bachelors In Library Information Sciences are full time available in the library for

students and faculty assistance.

● The institute’s library uses Library Manager (software) that was purchased from

India and updated according to the needs of the institute by the library assistant.

● Digital library provides an online access to books, journals and scholarly

magazines that can easily be downloaded. For this purpose 15 computers are

placed in the library. Digital library can be accessed from the faculty offices, labs

and hostels (male & female).

● For maximum facilitation of students and faculty the library remains open from

08:30am till 08:15pm on working days.

Standard 7-3: Class-rooms must be adequately equipped and offices must be

adequate to enable faculty to carry out their responsibilities.

● All the class rooms are equipped with computers and multimedia. The wi-fi facility

helps the faculty to access internet inside the class rooms.

● Faculty rooms have desktop, internet and digital library facility. Furthermore

faculty members are provided with a facility of purchasing laptops by paying

instalments that are deducted from their salaries.

● To check plagiarism of students assignments faculty have their own turnitin

(software) accounts.

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Criterion 8: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Standard 8-1: Support and Financial Resources

The support and resources offered by Institute of Management Sciences to

attract and retain high quality faculty are multidimensional. Some factors that

contribute to the recruitment and retention of high quality faculty are summarized

below:

● Study leave with pay for scholarship holders

● Research rewards to improve research profile

● Competitive salary packages

● Health insurance (Group Medical Insurance)

● Group life insurance

● Gratuity fund

● Contributory provident fund

● Support for scholars to avail HEC’s travel grant

● Support for researchers to avail research grant of HEC

● Research funds

Moreover, the Institute also supports faculty members to attend conferences

(national and international), training courses in their area of interest.

Standard 8-2: Number and Quality of graduate students, research assistants and Ph.D. students

Not relevant to MBA programme (as discussed)

Standard 8-3: Financial support for Library and Computing Facilities

Library support is already covered in Standard 7-2

Financial resources for laboratories and computing facilities are satisfactory. In

total the Institute has 6 computer laboratories, equipped with latest computers

and printing facilities. Out of the 6 computer laboratories, 5 computer labs have 35 computers each, whereas 1 computer laboratory has 50 computers.

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15 computers have also been placed in the Library for research purposes.

LABS Computing equipment

5 computer Labs 35 computers each

1 computer lab 50 computers

Library 15 computers

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