• The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted organizations and caused human resources managers to think differently about their role as they adjust to social distancing practices and a new work environment that they may never have imagined. The Dubai Future Foundation predicts that remote working will be “the new norm” in the UAE in the long-term and that company policies will adapt to reflect the change. Prior to Covid-19, the UAE had one of the lowest remote work participation rates in the world. Ten percent of workers in the country reported working from home one to two days per week, compared to a global average of 62 per cent, according to a 2019 survey by International Workplace Group. Historically, only those who were employed locally were able to obtain the required visa to work in the UAE. The UAE is now moving away from this connection between employment and visa status, which will allow individuals to work as independent consultants rather than employees. We are also seeing multinational employers reimagining their approach to the Gulf region as a result of the limitations on travel caused by the pandemic. For some, this means increasing their presence in the UAE to ensure that their business model is not reliant on regular travel into the region by staff who live overseas. Specific Themes:
  • Changing role of HR teams as face-to-face collaboration is replaced with e-mail and Telecommuting
  • Jobs of the future in GCC markets 
  • Nurturing employee mental well-being and job performance 
  • Cross cultural competencies and employee productivity 

• 28 November 2021 - Special Lecture on “Do Engineers need to talk to Historians when dealing with Contemporary Environmental Challenges? Delivered by Prof. Rohan D’Souza. Click here for details
• 17 November 2021 - Dr Susan Stanford Friedman. Virginia Woolf Professor Emerita of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on “Tribalography in Indigenous Oceania: LeAnne Howe's Storytelling Theory and Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner's Poetry Performances.” Click here for details
•  15 November 2021 - Dr LeAnne Howe, Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature in English, University of Georgia on “Mound Building, Ball Games, and the Counterclockwise Motion of Tribalography.” Click here for details
•  14 November 2021 - Special Lecture on “Japanese Softpower and Public Diplomacy,” by Professor Yasushi Watanabe, Professor of Public Diplomacy at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University. Click here for details
•  9 November 2021 - Dr Jenna Hunnef, Assistant Professor, Department of English at the University of Saskatchewan on “Reading and Researching the Literature of Allotment.” Click here for details
•  4 November 2021 - Dr Christopher B. Teuton, Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Washington on “‘Standing in the Middle’: Perpetuating an Enstoried Cherokee Ecology through Community-driven Indigenous Research.”

Our MBA student Mr. Prem Dakshin secured 2^nd prize with AED 3500 in the 3rd AUE Student Research Competition held from 25-26 March 2019, at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai

Our MBA student Mr. Harish was invited to present his fitness based start up idea at the Silicon Valley Startup Forum, California in June, 2019. He was awarded as one among the top 10 student entrepreneurs of the year 2019. 

• Conducted a One-day Workshop on Improving Classroom Effectiveness, on 23 and 24 December 2013.
• Conducted a One-day workshop on 'Effective Communication for Professional Success', for industry professionals on 17 September 2016.
• Conducted a One-day workshop on 'Research Methods and Data Analysis in Social Sciences' on 19 October 2019.