Papers by Mawdudur Rahman
American Higher Education (AHE) is at a critical juncture. There is an increasing trend of closu... more American Higher Education (AHE) is at a critical juncture. There is an increasing trend of closure or merger of smaller institutions being overburdened with debt servicing and increasing operating costs. The present cost and revenue troubles in AHE are due to mismanagement of costs and applications of traditional accounting systems. Issues discussed in this paper are related to tuition increase, cost escalation, and available alternative choices. We discussed liquidity, stability and growth, sources of revenues and expenditures, cost models, institutional efforts, barriers to cost controls, and cost value chain and explored several avenues of productivity increases.
Keywords: Higher Education, Cost control, productivity, liquidity crisis in higher education, tuition, sources of revenues, sources of expenses, value chain, systems model, barriers to cost control, cost value chain.
The 21st century has brought excitements and challenges to the world of knowledge and learning. T... more The 21st century has brought excitements and challenges to the world of knowledge and learning. The global demand for education has been expanding exponentially. Innovative changes have occurred in the methods and modes of education. Higher education has extended in its reach and richness. Even then, all the countries of the world joining together will not be able to meet the escalating global demands for higher education.
Listen to my 20 minute lecture on the Future Higher Education. Some exciting changes are ahead.
Yousuf M. Islam, PhD Director, Research & Advisory Services, BRAC University, Bangladesh, ema... more Yousuf M. Islam, PhD Director, Research & Advisory Services, BRAC University, Bangladesh, email: yislam@bracuniversity.net Mawdudur Rahman, PhD Director of Online Programs and Professor of Accounting, Suffolk University, email: mrahman@suffolk.edu Zillur ...
Accounting Organizations and Society, 1976
Information & Management, 1993
The study reports from a survey, in Saudi Arabia, of the use of applications software by knowledg... more The study reports from a survey, in Saudi Arabia, of the use of applications software by knowledge workers. Results indicate that user productivity is positively related to satisfaction and negatively to alienation. Knowledge workers in Saudi Arabia generally use low-end applications ...
Page 1. Banking policies and regulations: comparative study of Kuwait, UAE and Qatar Md. Mostaque... more Page 1. Banking policies and regulations: comparative study of Kuwait, UAE and Qatar Md. Mostaque Hussain* Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick-SJ Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada E-mail: mhussain@unbsj.ca *Corresponding author ...
International Journal of Financial Services Management, 2007
Page 1. Banking policies and regulations: comparative study of Kuwait, UAE and Qatar Md. Mostaque... more Page 1. Banking policies and regulations: comparative study of Kuwait, UAE and Qatar Md. Mostaque Hussain* Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick-SJ Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada E-mail: mhussain@unbsj.ca *Corresponding author ...
Drafts by Mawdudur Rahman
This paper does not explore the history of changes. Here we want to explore some aspects of prese... more This paper does not explore the history of changes. Here we want to explore some aspects of present-day organizational changes affecting our lives and show how to manage these changes. Our focus mainly will be on organizational changes in cultural contexts. Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Google photo) Organizations operate in an environment of constant change. Changes in social, economic, physical and political environments interacting with each other create challenges for organizations and people working within the organization, putting their survival and growth at risk. Complexities of challenges increase as the rate of change increases. Though change is constant, the rate of change today is much faster than ever before. Change complexities threaten efficient organizational operations and stability. Regular review of strategies and operational realignments and renewals have become facts of our time. Managers learn new things, acquire new skills, top management reorganizes and restructures operations and seeks new markets, creates new products, adopts new processes to cope with changes faced regularly.. How critical challenges from these changes are depends on the nature of changes. No one wants to change. Everyone loves to stay within their own comfort zones. We create our own identity based on skills, experience, training we acquired over many years and our assumptions and expectations conform to the structures we work within. Think about changing from our regular diet to healthy food-the chain of activities it will trigger and many hurdles to overcome. Think about adopting new technologies in business, education, or industry. How difficult it is to get everyone on board to implement any innovations in operations.
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Papers by Mawdudur Rahman
Keywords: Higher Education, Cost control, productivity, liquidity crisis in higher education, tuition, sources of revenues, sources of expenses, value chain, systems model, barriers to cost control, cost value chain.
Listen to my 20 minute lecture on the Future Higher Education. Some exciting changes are ahead.
Drafts by Mawdudur Rahman
Keywords: Higher Education, Cost control, productivity, liquidity crisis in higher education, tuition, sources of revenues, sources of expenses, value chain, systems model, barriers to cost control, cost value chain.
Listen to my 20 minute lecture on the Future Higher Education. Some exciting changes are ahead.