The College of Management Sciences has designed and developed the curriculum of its degree programs to incorporate the requirements of national and multinational firms and banks. Management Science degrees at PAF-KIET focus on developing corporate citizens who add value to their organizations, and entrepreneurs who stretch the existing boundaries of their industries. With a solid foundation in Marketing, Human Resource Management, Finance, and Logistics; the curriculum is geared towards the development of leaders of tomorrow’s businesses. Our business programs focus on developing well-rounded professionals with strong interpersonal and communication skills. The curriculum focuses on developing skills required for managing change, strategic thinking, re-design of organizations and development of systems for networked organizations.

There is a strong emphasis on practical problem-solving and research. The College is developing a national reputation for its research and corporate training in the areas of Finance, HRM and Marketing. Research is concentrated in areas of risk management, brand management, assessment of corporate IT capability, project evaluation, money and capital market integration and ethical management systems at the corporate level.

The College has well established BBA and MBA degree programs and has strengthened the MBA program with functional specializations focused on job market requirements.

There's a BBA programs offered at undergraduate level BBA (4 years) degree comprising of 48 courses.

Two-year MBA programs require the completion of twenty four (24) courses, one project and an internship. Eligibility for MBA is graduate degree with minimum 50%. BBA (4 years) students enroll for an up-market MBA Advanced program which is equivalent to MPhil.

MS (MPhil) program is comprised of 8 courses in relevant area of specialization with 1 thesis (entry is conditional on obtaining a masters degree).

MS Management Science is a one year degree program, and specializations in various disciplins is offered including, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management and Logistics and Supply Chain Managementdomanis.

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Research at the College of Management Sciences
Research is a core competence of the College of Management Sciences. All full time faculty members are actively involved in research. Each faculty member is committed to producing one refereed research paper per year. The College also regularly organizes research seminars, workshops and training programs in collaboration with professional institutes. It has made significant contribution in the banking sector. Two textbooks – Financial Management in Pakistan and Business Ethics in Pakistan have been published by CoMS faculty member during 2005-2006.

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Market Forces
Market Forces is a quarterly research journal published in collaboration with College of Computing & Information Sciences and College of Engineering. Market Forces has appeared regularly since April 2005. It contains research papers, case studies, book reviews, policy papers and conference reports authored primarily by KIET’s faculty and students. Market Forces has an international advisory board with academics and professionals both from home and abroad. Market Forces has received wide acclaim from academic and research circles in Pakistan. Areas of Research are as follows:

• Javaid A. Ansari – Microeconomic Applications in Pakistani business and industry
• M. H. Siddiqi – A review of studies on industrial sociology in Pakistan
• Raza Kamal – Enhancing IT use effectiveness through management process change in pharmaceutical firms; and Human Resource Management in Pakistan
• A. A. Kanwar – Assessing capital structure and capital building decisions in the sugar industry
• M. A. Khan – Job stress management in pharmaceutical firms
• Tariq Jalees – Brand personification in mobile service providers; and assessing brand equity in FMCGs in Pakistan
• Farooq Rasheed – Monetary integration within SAARC region
• Syed Ehtisham – Building brand equity in the national automobiles and motorcycle manufacturing sector in Pakistan
• Ayesha Sajid – HRM systems and women employees in commercial banks in Pakistan
• Amber Raza – Organizational culture and anthropology of management through decision making to impression management
• Qazi M. Salman – Microeconomic Applications in Pakistani business and industry
• Mateeha Fatima – Enhancing export performance of auto parts manufacturers, commercial bank involvement in the capital market

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Job Opportunities
Graduates of management science degree programs have a wide variety of job opportunities in functional areas of Finance, Management, Accounting, Marketing and Human Resource Management. With privatization and mergers, banks and other financial institutions are showing strong growth and are offering challenging opportunities for young graduates. With the impending removal of quotas, the textile sector is now modernizing and transforming itself with the help of young professional managers. Growth in other sectors of the economy like pharmaceuticals, automobile, construction and development projects and services is also opening up opportunities for management professionals.

Employers of PAF-KIET include organization like ABN AMRO Bank, Askari Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, First Women Bank, PIA, Hino Pak, PNSC, BMA Capital Management (Pvt.) Ltd, Pakistan Refinery, EFU General Insurance and many more national and multinational corporations.

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Specialization in Management Sciences

MBA - Marketing

Marketing is among the popular specialization options of the MBA program. With globalization, WTO and growth of local companies, competition has increased and marketing has become an extremely important discipline. It has also become more sophisticated and complex. Traditional companies are no longer able to sell their products and services without marketing executives. They are increasingly relying on professional specialists for developing marketing mix strategies and ensuring their successful execution. Marketing specialization of the MBA program equips the graduates for challenging marketing careers in growth-oriented multinational and local companies involved in major sectors of the economy. The specialization has been developed around the core of standard business administration courses. The specialization offers a wide variety of choices of industries, sectors, and functional areas.

MBA – Human Resource Management

MBA - Management is a popular specialization that focuses on skills related to HR management, organizational development, leadership and motivation. The aim is to build skills for aligning the processes, systems, structures, human resources and other resources in the attainment of organizational goals. MBA - HRM offers a wide range of elective courses from which students can choose the subjects of their interest. Graduates can build successful careers as management consultants or executives of HR and other areas of management in organizations. Students can also choose to further concentrate in the area of HRM. The demand for HR managers has shown an increase with privatization, mergers and acquisitions of large public concerns, increasing influence of WTO, globalization pressures and increasing international compliance requirements for the exporters.
 

MBA - Finance

With the restructuring of the State Bank, privatization of major banks, acquisitions in insurance industry, mergers of financial institutions and diversification of investment companies; the finance and banking area has become a vibrant sector of the economy. Financial institutions are launching innovative products and services. Competition has increased and there is now a tremendous demand for young and energetic graduates with specialization in Finance. MBA in Finance specialization offers a specially designed blend of courses that builds the key skills required by the job market.
 

Logistics and Transport Management

Logistics and Transport Management is becoming increasingly important in the competitive business environment of today, creating strong demands for well-trained professionals in both Pakistan and the Gulf region. It is a discipline concerned with the efficient flow of people and goods through the industrial and economic system.
Transport management deals with the management of domestic and international modes of transportation in today’s rapidly changing economic environment.

Logistics management is that part of the supply chain, which applies the systems approach to the management of a wide variety of activities, e.g. purchasing, inventory control, distribution, warehousing, traffic management, location analysis, packaging and customer service.

The study of transport and logistics serves as a specialized program for those who plan careers in transport and logistics with shippers, aircraft, roads and railways and government agencies in transport administration. It is a broad-based program, which emphasizes the managerial aspects of transport and logistics systems and concepts.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, a world-renowned professional institution, and Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology jointly sponsor the MBA program in Logistics and Transport.

Specialization in this program is offered in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistic CILT.

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