University of Management and Technology Welcome to the University of Management and Technology Gateway to the Knowledge Cosmos UMT has a dream to follow and a destiny to share. People, learners and leaders, from 5 continents across the globe, 28 countries of the world, and 68 districts of Pakistan have already joined hands. We invite you to participate in our programs and activities. Be a part of this exciting life-long voyage of learning for leadership, and bring the destiny closer. Page 2 University of Management and Technology Board of Trustees • Prof Khurshid Ahmed Former Senator Patron-in-Chief / Chairperson / Member • Mohammadmian Soomro Former Chairman Senate Member • Dr Rafique Ahmed Ex-Vice Chancellor Punjab University, New Campus Lahore Member/ Vice Chairperson • Dr M D Shami President Pakistan Academy of Sciences Member • Dr Ejaz Shafi Gilani Chairman Gallup Pakistan Member • Mr Farooq Salman Murad Director Mizab Group Member • Arslan Khan Khakwani CEO Tricastmedia (Pvt) Ltd Member • Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Rector, UMT President / Managing Trustee • Abid H K Shirwani CEO, ILM Colleges Secretary / Member Page 3 University of Management and Technology Board of Governors • Prof Khurshid Ahmad Chairman BOG • Dr Rafique Ahmad Member BOG • Mr Muhammadmian Soomro Member BOG • Prof Dr M D Shami Member BOG • Dr Ejaz Shafi Gillani Member BOG • Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Akram Member BOG • Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha Member BOG • The Secretary Higher Education Member BOG • Mr Arsalan Khan Khakwani Member BOG • Dr Hasan Shoaib Murad Rector Member BOG • Abdul Ghaffar Ghaffari Registrar / Secretary Page 4 University of Management and Technology Our Vision.... Learning It defines our existence, inspires all stakeholders associated with us, creates a powerful momentum inside, and responds to the challenges outside. It continues to evolve as present captures new realities and foresight unfolds new possibilities, all in an incessant attempt to help individuals and organizations discover their God-given potentials to achieve Ultimate Success actualizing the highest standards of efficiency, effectiveness, excellence, equity, trusteeship and sustainable development of global human society. Page 5 University of Management and Technology Your Host City ‘Lahore is Lahore' Pakistan's traditional, cultural, social, educational, commercial, political, and artistic capital, Lahore is an ancient city as its history dates back to 630 AD. Lahore metropolitan is the second largest city of Pakistan with a population of nearly 8.0 million. As a cosmopolitan city, where people of different nationalities are seen, Lahore combines the life styles of the East and West and presents a lively blend of old and new styles and patterns of life. Lahore is the city of poets, scholars, artists, journalists, sportsmen, and the center of the film industry. It is the most- visited city in Pakistan that features a wide variety of attractions. Also known as the city of colleges, with a number of famous libraries, universities and schools, Lahore is home to a great many monuments, some fine colonial buildings of the British Era, plenty of “Moghul Gothic”, as well as some shady bungalows and famous gardens. With the most splendid of Mughal art and architecture, Lahore offers a real feat to the eyes of the visitors. Lahore has acquired a distinctive position as a hub of industrial growth in almost all fields. Two hours of drive can lead to emerging clusters in Sialkot, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Kasur and Sheikhupura. This gives a unique advantage to the faculty members, who undertake research in real world issues, and to the participants who achieve better placement or run successful business. Page 6 University of Management and Technology Join us to be great Why shouldn’t you be Great? Even better? Why are you not great? How can you be great? Almost all humans can easily claim to be good, but only a few dream of becoming great, and a very few actually achieve true greatness. Why? The greatest loss that can happen to a person is the lack of ambition to become great. That is human potential gone unchecked, unharnessed. Then comes the loss of those who become casualties in search of greatness. This is different from failure on the road to become great which turns into only another learning opportunity. Imagine how great a human being can be? How noble and valuable a human being can be? How purposeful and productive? How creative and zestful? How unique and beautiful? How trustworthy and sincere? How crystalline and logical? How passionate and awesome? The University of Management and Technology is here to help you to become great, truly exceptional. The resource persons act first as learners and then let the participants turn into their leaders. There are many good institutions around. Trace the road of the one that can launch you to the orbit of greatness. The one interested in you developing as a whole, a full person, capable of submerging the macrocosm in the microcosm of the self, and defining excellence and refining attributes to the extent that they mirror the pleasure, love, and blessing of Allah. Select an institution that will help you reform your attitude, enlighten your mindset, build your knowledge, develop your application, refine your character, and sharpen your practice. You walk in with the power of intention. You go out with the portfolio of all that it takes to achieve success here and the ultimate success in the hereafter. Beyond the degree, what determines your future is your invaluable treasure of self- image, enriched and enlightened, driven to life-long learning. Your future is your family's future, your nation’s future, your Ummah’s future, and your world’s future. Infinite possibilities and endless vistas at UMT draw your attention to your own selves and demand that you give to yourself what it deserves the most. Greatness. Help us make you Great! Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad Rector Page 7 University of Management and Technology Our Mission.... Leading We aspire to become a learning institution and evolve as the leading community for the purpose of integrated development of the society by actualizing strategic partnership with stakeholders, harnessing leadership, generating useful knowledge, fostering enduring values, and projecting sustainable technologies and practices. Page 8 University of Management and Technology Defining our Destiny Learning, Values As a forerunner of education and training on leadership, UMT emphasizes so much on leadership, people argue. Pakistani nation faces massive problems in all walks of life. Only leaders with virtue and vision can lead us out of this bog back to the high ground. With a bold agenda for national development, UMT develops workforce and activates learning for leadership. Leadership is generally viewed as a gift of God, a state of birth, and a privilege of those at the top. UMT promotes leadership as a state of development of human potential and a qualitative index of appreciation of total capital of knowledge, competence, and attitude. Leadership behavior is independent of the hierarchical status. It demonstrates itself in an incessant urge to be the first, to be the best, and to be on the top. Leaders are self-directed, self-managed. They relate future with the present and capitalize on the past. They are able to outclass others through their excellent performance. They succeed by learning from failures. They engineer human behavior, shape human destiny. Education, especially at the higher level, has never been a value-free pursuit. It originates from national history, captures the nation's ideals, reinforces shared beliefs and values, and builds the edifice of human character. Education without purpose and value content is neither possible nor beneficial. Often, the confusion in the destiny of a nation is an outgrowth of distortion of the value content of the educational system. UMT enjoys a unique reputation in blending modern thought with the beliefs and value system for the fulfillment of our priorities as a nation. UMT programs are embedded in the goals and ideology of the Pakistani nation. These aim at building national character in view of the teachings of the Holy Quran and Seerah of Holy Prophet, Muhammad (SAW). Life, Leadership The art of leadership and management has evolved as a distinctive branch of knowledge in the recent decades. In the corporate world, it has become the most valued asset replacing land, capital or technology. In the academic world, the study of leadership is rapidly becoming an integral part of the curriculum of business administration, human sciences, engineering and technology. UMT programs are based on the heritage of leadership and innovation. This is an institutional world. Everybody belongs to numerous organized set-ups, by choice or by design. Individual interests and institutional activities are enmeshed. What we do in organizations determines what we are. Our ability to work for organizations is important to realize what we want to be. The beliefs, value system, goals, aspirations, culture, and traditions all become meaningful only to the extent that organizations have competent leaders. In the present epoch, giant multinational organizations and their dynamic leadership have fabricated global web of products and services, achieved stunning technological breakthroughs, hurled satellites millions of miles away in space, and changed the life of people through monumental projects. Put simply: organizations, run by leaders, can achieve what is otherwise beyond the scope of individuals. Leaders and managers run organizations and provide services and goods to the society. To that end, they set goals, challenge risks, mobilize resources, interpret information, reduce uncertainty, network stakeholders, enact structures, initiate processes, craft strategy, lead people, and influence the macro-societal forces. The character and destiny of human beings, their happiness and progress, both individual and societal, depends upon the way organizations are led. In this backdrop, with a clear bias toward societal responsibility, UMT aims to network individuals and organizations.