Bahaudin Mujtaba

Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba is currently a professor of Management and Human Resources Management at Nova Southeastern Universitys H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Bahaudin has been serving as a faculty member at the Huizenga School since 1996. Bahaudin was given the prestigious annual Faculty of the Year Award in 2011 and 2005. On February 12 2010, Bahaudin received the Pride of HR Profession Award at the World HRD Congress annual conference, held in Mumbai, India. Bahaudin has served as a manager, trainer and management development specialist in the retail industry for sixteen years. His areas of research are management, training, diversity management, and cross-cultural management. Bahaudin has served as Chair for the SAE/SAEE International Conference held at Kabul University on December 2005 which was jointly held by the Society of Afghan Engineers (SAE) and the Society of Afghan Engineers and Architect (SAAE). In 2008, he served as Conference Co-Chair for the Global Association of Business and Economic Research (GABER) in Orlando (USA) and in Bangkok, Thailand. Besides attending national events in the United States, during 2010 and 2011, Bahaudin also served as a speaker, organizer, session chair, and discussant for conferences in Xian Province of China, Lahore of Pakistan, and Putrajaya of Malaysia.

As a research and an invited speaker, Bahaudin has received full or partial funding from many organizations, institutions and countries, including the following: the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan, COMSATS Institute of Technology in Lahore Pakistan, Superior University in Lahore Pakistan, Thai Airways in Bangkok, Institute of International Studies at Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand, St. Georges University in Grenada, Academy for Global Business Advancement World Congress, World HRD Congress in Mumbai of India, Society of Afghan Engineers (SAE) and Society of Afghan Architects and Engineers (SAAE) in Kabul of Afghanistan, Publix Super Markets, Lawrence Reagan Communication Inc., an Automotive Manufacturing firm in Knoxville Tennessee, and others.

Dr. Rangin D. Spanta, the National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, invited Bahaudin to be a member of a Study Group to examine the topic of Radicalization in Afghanistan. This Study Group met in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 17-20 October 2011. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was concerned that an accumulation of grievances might be leading to a radicalization of society, and asked the National Security Advisor to conduct a Study to examine this issue. The aim of the Study was to understand the root causes and extent of grievances which may be alienating or radicalizing parts of the society in order that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, together with the International Community colleagues and ISAF, can develop and implement viable programs to address them. Based on the studies conducted and examined, there was no evidence of radicalization.

Bahaudin has written, presented and published over one hundred articles (in the areas of business, change, culture, ethics, diversity, leadership, and privatization) in academic conferences, textbooks and journals. Bahaudin has authored and co-authored sixteen different books in the areas of coaching, performance management, cross-cultural management, diversity management, mentoring, negotiations, leadership, and adult education. Bahaudin was born in Khoshie of Logar and raised in Kabul of Afghanistan. Bahaudin has been a visitor or speaker on conferences in the United States of America, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Grenada, Brazil, Jamaica, Bahamas, St. Lucia, Thailand, and other Caribbean countries.