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This collection archives the complete set of theses produced by students of the COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus.
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Item Slip Effects on Creeping Flow Through Porous Tube with Sinusoidal Reabsorption(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Muhammad Sufyan Sharif; FA17-RMT-034; Dr. Muhammad Younas; LHR TP 5660In this thesis, we have investigated the creeping flow of viscous fluid through a porous tube with sinusoidal reabsorption on the wall under the effect of slip boundary condi tions. The system of non-linear partial differential equations (PDE’s) has been solved using inverse method for stream function formulation of the problem. Mathematical expressions for velocity components, volume flow rate, leakage flux, wall shear stress, pressure distribution, average pressure, mean pressure drop and fractional absorption are obtained. The analytical solutions of the governing equations are also presented graphicallyItem FOOD WASTAGE: A COMPARISON OF FOOD SERVING STYLES IN BANQUET(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Hafiz Abdullah Altaf; FA17-RBA-006; Dr. Amir Riaz; LHR TP 5448Food wastage in wedding events is a social dilemma that has to be abated and scarcity of natural resources should be realized by society in order to maintain national food security. Conventional buffet style food service promotes consumer plate waste, costing organization a negative image of food shortage and sub-standard service. Changing service style can save consumable food as well as increase goodwill of organization. Social responsibility demands structural and cultural adjustments to eliminate hunger and poverty from society. Organizations working in national food supply chain should play their part in saving food by increasing operational efficiency where appropriate service style can save service related costs.Item Pakistan Housing Deficit Crisis(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Masoom Ilyas; FA17-RBA-001; Haroon Rashid; LHR TP 5437This is an exploratory research project into housing deficit crisis in Pakistan which has impacted the real estate industry and the population at large. This project was designed to study the issues of information asymmetry and speculation that have inflated this crisis and made it difficult for the middle class of Pakistan to afford housing. The project examined the perceptions and preferences of university students at COMSATS Lahore who are going to be the future customers of the real estate market. The findings of this project indicate that there is indeed a housing deficit crisis in Pakistan and there is a lack of awareness about this crisis. The findings also suggest that majority of the students intend to purchase housing soon preferably in Lahore and Islamabad cities. The preference is leaning towards gated communities and housing society. This is consistent with the norms and observations about the Pakistan real estate market as most middle and upper middle-class people tend to gravitate towards such housing projects due to security and good standards of living.Item Higher Education Institution’s Faculty: Profile and Insights(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Mehwish Gull; FA17-RBA-011; Aniqa Rehman; LHR TP 5436First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to almighty ALLAH for giving me the ability to work hard and enabling me to complete this project. Successful completion of any type of project requires help from a number of persons. I have also taken help from different people for the preparation of this report. I convey my sincere gratitude to my academic supervisor Ms. Aniqa Rehman without her instructions and valuable guidance this study would have been a little success. In every phase of the project her supervision and guidance shaped this report to be completed perfectly. I would like to express my gratitude & respect to all honorable faculty members who gave their valuable time to fill the questionnaires and shared their honest and true responses. Their true and honest responses were highly valuable to reach the true findings of the research study.Item HRM Practices and Employee Engagement: Role of Organizational Politics.(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Wajahat Hussain; FA17-RBA-008; Dr. Ahmad Qamar; LHR TP 5679Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of organizational politics between the relationship of HRM practices (job security, training and development and employee participation in decision making) and employee engagement in education sector among teaching and management faculty in public and private colleges in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach. The survey includes data from 160 employees among public and private colleges. Six hypothesis were tested on base on the constructed model. SPSS and Warp PLS software was used to analyze the hypothesis and to run different statistical tests. Findings. This study finds that HRM practices such as training and development and employee Participation in decision making are the significant predictors of employee engagement. Results also identifies that job security is not a significant predictor of employee engagement. And organizational politics does not play the role of moderator.Item Impact of Shareholders’ Activism on Governance Practices and Firm Performance in Pakistan: A Response for Family Controlled Firms(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Ayesha Amjad; FA17-RMS-008; Dr. Sajid Nazir; LHR TP 5696This study has set out to empirically examine the impact of one of the monitoring mechanism of corporate governance on the overall performance of the firm. Call of previous researches stimulate this study to respond by taking sample of 150 nonfinancial firms listed on PSX to investigate impact of ownership structure on performance of the firms while taking into account multiple dimensions. The study has taken firm performance as it dependent variable which is measured through two proxies: Return on Assets and Tobin’s Q. The independent variable of the study is Ownership Structure of corporate governance measured through five proxies: Institutional Ownership, Family Ownership, Family Control, Group Affiliation and Institutional Activism. The study has employed System GMM econometric technique to investigate the relationship. According to computed results, Family Ownership puts positive and highly significant impact on market performance of the firm. Similarly, there exists strong and significant relation among Family Control and market value of firm. There is highly significant association among Group Affiliation (GA) and market performance of the firm but in negative direction. Similarly, Institutional Ownership (IOS) is significantly related to accounting and market performance of the firm. Moreover, joint impact of Institutional and Family Ownership (IOSxFOS) is positively and significantly related to accounting performance of the firm. Finally, Institutional Activism (Inst_Act)is positively and significantly related to accounting performance of firm. Keywords: Firm Performance, Return on Assets (ROA), Tobin’s Q, Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure, Family Ownership (FOS), Family Control (FC), Group Affiliation (GA), Institutional Ownership (IOS), Institutional Activism (Inst_Act).Item Impact of Quality of Service (QOS) on Project Management Office (PMO) Performance with Mediating Role of Organizational Culture and Maturity in Construction Organizations of Pakistan.(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2019) Muhammad Zeshan Mukhtar; FA17-RPM-009; Dr. Faisal Tahseen Shah; LHR TP 5705PMO performance is very important to improve the business performance through managing the complex projects. PMO performance has vital role in organizational strategy and implementation of best project management practices. Mediating role of organizational culture and maturity is checked. By enhancing the quality of service this performance of PMO can be improved. Data is collected from 270 people ranging from top to lower management. List of construction firm’s categories from C-6 to C-A is given on PEC website and data is collected from the companies that have established PMO’s. Structural equation modeling is used for hypothesis testing. In the initial analysis all relationships are found positive and significant. There is direct significant relationship between QOS and PMO performance. Organizational maturity is partially mediating in this relationship while organizational culture is not mediating but it has significant relationship with PMO performance. From this study future research gap and implications are provided.Item Consumer Buying Decision-making Process and Its Influencing Factors while Purchasing Xiaomi (Redmi) Smartphone(Library Information Services COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus, 2020-02-04) Muhammad Hassaan; FA17-BBA-022; Prof./Dr.Shakeel Aslam; LHR TP 6789The aim of this study is to know about Consumer Buying Decision-making Process and Its Influencing Factors while Purchasing Xiaomi (Redmi) Smartphones. In this study the main focus is to identify the factors which consumers consider while making purchase decision of smartphone. The theoretical data is collected from books, articles, and journals where the empirical data is collected by conducting one-on-one individual interviews in which individuals coming at Xiaomi stores who were Xiaomi Smartphone users and new customers at Xiaomi store were includes. Under the age group of 20-28 there were 22 persons who gave their interviews. As research is done by focusing on Xiaomi user and new customers which may not valid to other smartphone brandsItem Effectiveness (Ineffectiveness) of Supply Chain Management: Evidence from Manufacturing Industry in Pakistan(Library Information Services COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus, 2020-02-03) Muhammad Rizwan Sultan; FA17-RBA-005; Dr. Aqsa Akbar; LHR TP 6377The current study investigates the impact of lean supply chain management system (LSCM) on supply chain performance (SCP) and market performance (MP) in the manufacturing companies of Pakistan. Moreover, the indirect effect of whole lean supply chain management system (LSCM) on market performance (MP) via supply chain performance (SCP) as mediating variable has also been examined. Five practices are used together to form lean supply chain management system (LSCM) including flow of information, just in time, supplier relationship, customer relationship, waste reduction. Similarly, two practices for supply chain performance (SCP) are used in this study; flexibility and efficiency. For market performance (MP) five parameters are used: customer satisfaction, sales, market share, overall competitive position and profitability. This study is quantitative in nature and based on regression analysis technique. The study collected the data from 100 private and public limited manufacturing companies of Pakistan. The findings revealed that lean supply chain management (LSCM) has a positive significant impact on supply chain performance (SCP) and market performance (MP). In addition, there is significant mediation impact of supply chain performance (SCP) on the relationship between lean supply chain management system (LSCM) and market performance (MP). In the end, findings are discussed in light of existing literature which offers some valuable insights for both academic researchers as well as practitioners.Item Effects of Project Related Factors and Project Innovation on Project Financial and Environmental Performance: A study across the Construction Sector in Pakistan(Library Information Services COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus, 2020-01-30) Hafiz Muhammad Bilal; FA17-RPM-002; Dr. Ammar Abid; LHR TP 6059Construction projects are escalating rapidly day by day. Therefore, evry organization need a successful completion of the project with the growth of financial performance. The success is the most important part of the project for the existence of the organization as well as the other stakeholders and the employees of the firm. Once in a while, the project implementation do not come up the success. There are plenty of grounds behind the cost overrun or delays. It consists of the factors like managetial discretion, project innovation, institutional pressure or lack of environmental awareness. Present day researchers are designating the significance of the project innovation towards performance growth. The study used a quantitative method for making the scence of the relation among the PRF and PI, plays a significant role. A research model was equating the project innovatoion on the project financial and environmental performance respectively, with the moderating effect of institutional pressure and environmental awareness was examining the association. The association was examined by 208 respondents of the construction firms of Lahore, Pakistan. Statistical inference showed that project related factors (PRF) had signicant association with project innovation (PI), project innovation had the effect on project financial and environmental performance respectively. The reseach will lead the organizations and other stakeholders of the construction projects towards high gain in the financial and environmental performance by adopting the latest technologies to avoid the pollution, and project innovative behavior.