Prof. Mohammad K. Najdawi

Prof. Mohammad K. Najdawi

Professor & Vice President of Academic Affairs / 
Chief Academic Officer 

Academic Qualifications
  • Ph.D. (1989) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • MA (1985) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Major: Decision Sciences
  • MS (1980) London School of Economics, University of London | Major: Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems
  • BS (1975) Slovak University of Technology | Major: Electronic Computer Engineering
Professional Experience
  • Professor and VPAA. Oryx Universal College (Qatar), August 2023-Present
  • Professor and Senior Director for Strategy. Oryx Universal College (Qatar), Jan 2023-August2023.
  • Professor and Senior Advisor. Qatar University (QU), May 2020-July 2022.
  • Director of Leadership Knowledge Base Department, Qatar Leadership Center (QLC), April 2015 – February 2020.
  • Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Management Education Research Center, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Qatar, August 2011 – April 2015.
  • Distinguished Professor and University Chief Accreditation Officer, Qatar University, Sep. 2010 – July 2011.
  • Distinguished Professor and Dean, College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Feb. 2005 – August 2010.
  • Senior Associate Dean and Professor, Villanova University, 1999-2005.
  • Professor and Chair of the Management Department, Villanova University, 1995-1999.
  • Associate Professor of Management, Villanova University, 1990-1995.
  • Assistant Professor of Management, Villanova University, 1985-1990.
  • Assistant Lecturer, London School of Economics, 1978 -1980.
Research Interests
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Risk Analysis and Decision Theory
  • Entrepreneurship Management
  • Selection, Integration, and Strategic Use of Information Technologies
  • Applications of Expert Systems in Operations Management
  • Evaluation and Selection of Information System Projects
Selected Publications
  • Managing High Velocity Change in the U.S. Business School”, With Jonathan Doh, Kevin Clark and Steve Stumpf, Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal Review, Submitted, pp.28 .
  • Determination of Optimal Safety Stock Policies”, With Matt Liberatore, Studies in Business & Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2006, pp. 25-34
  • Multi – Cyclic Flow Shop Scheduling: An Application in Multi-Product, Multi-Stage Production Processes”. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, No. 12, 1997, pp. 3323-3332.
  • A Job-Splitting Heuristic for Multi-Product, Multi-Stage Production Systems”. European Journal of Operation Research, Vol. 75, July 1994, pp. 365-377.
  • Common Cycle Lot-Size Scheduling for Multi- Product, Multi-Stage Production,” with Paul Kleindorfer. Management Science. Vol. 39, No. 7, July 1993, pp. 872-885.