Key details
Dr B M Razzak
Programme Leader MBA Global & Lecturer in Human Resource Management.
Dr B M Razzak is a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Executive Business Centre of Business School, University of Greenwich. In his previous academic roles, Razzak was involved in delivering modules for PhD, DBA and MPhil programmes in the Department of Organization Strategy and Leadership, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Razzak also taught at London Metropolitan University, University of Bolton and University of Northampton in the UK. Prior to his UK academic career, Razzak held academic positions at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology and Northern University Bangladesh. Overall, he has more than 17 years of teaching experience at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels in the UK and abroad. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
Razzak obtained his PhD in Human Resource Management in 2017 and MSc in Management in 2014 from Kingston University both were funded by Kingston University Business School. Prior to that, he earned MA in Management from the University of Greenwich in 2009, following his BBA (Hons) in Management and MBA in Human Resource Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Responsibilities within the university
Teaching
- Teaching module on the Integrated Operations Management: Human Resource Management and International Human Resource Management (Part)
- Teaching tutorials on the Foundations of Scholarship and Research and Managing Across Culture
- Personal tutor
Research
- Research on the ethnic minority business in the UK
- Current research project on the significance of the macro, meso and enterprise context on generating precarious employment conditions in EMEs, the robotic working pattern of EMBs in the UK, immigration control, a broken promise and continuum of social harm of ethnic minority curry houses.
Administration
- Programme led MBA Global, developing MBA Global Programme, participating in modules design and handbook development at the Executive Business Centre.
Awards
MSc and PhD Scholarship from Kingston University Business School in 2012.
Recognition
- 2018-Present: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA: PR103683), UK
- 2016-2018: Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA: PR103682), UK
Research / Scholarly interests
Razzak is a small and medium enterprise researcher of Bangladeshi origin SMEs in the UK, and his research focuses on, but not limited to, employees working life, SMEs, job satisfaction, employees training and development, talent management and HRM in contemporary organisations.
Recent publications
- Razzak, B.M., Idris, B., Hasan, R., Saridakis, G. and Hansen, J.M. (2023), "The impact of Covid-19 on struggling ethnic minority entrepreneurs' business strategy: the case of Bangladeshi curry houses in the United Kingdom", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2021-0389.
- Razzak, B. M., Blackburn, R. and Saridakis, G. (2022), ‘Employees' working life and performance of UK ethnic minority restaurants: a qualitative approach’, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-08-2020-0436.
Presentations
- Razzak, B. and M.Blackburn, R. (2022) ‘The significance of the macro, meso and enterprise context on generating precarious employment conditions in ethnic minority enterprises’. In: RENT Conference, 17-18 November 2022, Naples, Italy.
- Razzak, B. M., Idris, B., Hasan, R. and Saridakis, G. (2021) ‘Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurs’ Business Strategy. A Case Study on Ethnic Minority Restaurant Sector in the UK’. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference, 28-29 October 2021 at Cardiff City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff.
- Razzak, B. and M.Blackburn, R. (2017) ‘Employee Job Satisfaction of Bangladeshi Restaurants Industry in the UK’. In: INBAM Publishing Workshop for emerging scholars, 23-25 May 2018 hosted by Kingston University London.
- Razzak, B. M. and Blackburn, R. (2017) ‘The Working Life of Employees’: An Empirical Study on Bangladeshi Restaurants Industry in the UK’. In: 8th Annual Research Conference; 6th June 2017, Kingston University London.
- Razzak, B. M. (2009) ‘Managing Careers’. In: MBA Conference; 1st January 2009, University of Greenwich, London, UK and achieved the best category certificate.