MOHAMMAD HARIS MINAI
General Manager - Stepping Cloud Consulting, Dubai, UAE
Fellow, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow
+971-529527892
mhminai@gmail.com
haris@steppingcloud.com
mhminai@iiml.ac.in
Teaching Interests
Organizational Behaviour, Leadership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Training & Development
Research Interests
Leadership, Creativity & Innovation, Change Management, Organizational Learning, Computational
Modeling of Human Behaviour, Gamification in Management Development
Education
●Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (AACSB), 2020
○Supervisor: Prof. Shailendra Singh
○Thesis Title: “Studies in Innovation: Paradox, dynamism, and leadership” involving
three studies; an experimental design, a qualitative template analysis, and a
systems dynamics model of individual and small team innovation process
○Coursework CGPA: 8.43, Major Area CGPA: 9.00
●Bachelors in Electronics Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University CGPA: 8.1 1998
●Senior Secondary School Certificate, Aligarh Muslim University 81% 1994
●GCE O’Levels, University of London School Examinations Board 4 A’s, 2B’s 1992
Work Experience
●Managing Director, Stepping Cloud Consulting 2020 - present
Responsible for all consulting activities in the MENA region. Ownership of profit center
and accountable for all administrative and business development activities in MENA.
●Adjunct Faculty, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow 2020
Taught “Training and Development” course to graduate students in the business school
●Assistant Professor, School of Management, Bennett University. 2017 - 2020
Key resource during the formative stages of the school. Taught both graduate and
undergraduate courses in general management and organizational behaviour. Consistently
maintained student feedback above 7.5 and also contributed to institutional building
activities, including curriculum redesign, staffing, and student outreach.
●Applications Engineering Manager, Freescale Semiconductors. 2005 - 2012
Leading a team to develop applications using Freescale products. Customers were from
Europe, South East Asia, and the USA. Exposed to the full range of people management
including subordinates, clients, and superiors. Was responsible for liaising between
marketing, design, and customers.
●Lead and Individual Contributor in India and Canada 1998 - 2005
Lead Engineer Texas Instruments Bangalore, India
Senior Design Engineer Interra Systems Noida, India
ASIC Design Engineer Cogency Semiconductors Toronto, Canada
Emulation Engineer Tundra Semiconductors Ottawa, Canada
Team Lead STMicroelectronics Noida, India
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Publications
●Singh S., Varma A., and Minai M. H. (2020). India Rising: How Human Resource Management
Policies and Practices are Helping Shape the New India. Personnel Review. (ABS - 2, ABDC - A)
●Minai M. H., Jauhari H., Kumar M. and Singh S. (2020). Unpacking Transformational Leadership:
Dimensional Analysis with Psychological Empowerment. Personnel Review.
https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2019-0580 (ABS - 2, ABDC - A)
●Minai M. H., Singh S., and Varma A. (2020). Goal Setting. In A. Varma & P. Budhwar (Eds.)
Performance Management: An Experiential Approach. pp 43-60. London, UK: Sage (Book Chapter)
●Gupta M., & Minai M. H. (2019) An Empirical Analysis of Forecast Performance of GDP Growth in
India. Global Business Review. 20(2), pp 368-386. (ABS, ABDC)
●Minai M. H. & Varma A. (2017). Cultural relevance of leadership theories: A critical analysis and
propositions. Dimensions. 5(2), pp 2–12.
●Minai M. H., Singh S., and Varma A. (2016). Approaches to Leading for Innovation. In S. Munjal &
S. Kundu (Eds.) Human Capital and Innovation. pp 39–72. London, UK: Palgrave. (Book Chapter)
Selected Conferences
●Minai M. H., Singh S., and Varma A. (2016). The use of affective displays by transformational
leaders to enhance divergent and/or convergent thinking., EURAM Conference, Paris, France.
●Minai M. H., and Singh S. (2016). Developing, formalizing, and testing a dynamic dialectical
model of individual innovation. 5th AMRC Conference, Dubai, UAE.
●Minai M. H., and Singh S. (2015). A dynamic dialectical model of innovation. 4th INDAM
Conference, Noida, India
●Minai M. H., Jauhari H., and Singh S. (2015). LMX and Work Engagement: The moderating role of
core self-evaluations and value congruence with the organization., Annual Meeting of Southern
Management Association, Florida, USA.
●Gupta M., and Minai M. H. (2014). An empirical analysis of forecast performance of GDP growth in
India., Poster presented at the 2nd Pan-IIM World Management Conference, Kozhikode, India.
Work in Progress
●Minai M. H., Sahay Y. P., and Singh S. Too fit to innovate: When flexibility does not lead to
innovative work behaviors.
○Target Journal: Creativity and Innovation Management
○Status: First draft ready
●Minai M. H., Singh S., and Varma A. An integrative model of individual innovation: Incorporating
paradox and dynamism.
○Target Journal: Academy of Management Review or similar
○Status: Given for review to expert on conceptual articles
Courses Taught
●Training and Development (PG, AY: 2020-21, rating: 3.50/5)
●Innovation, Creativity, and Design Thinking in Startups (UG, AY: 2019-20, rating: 9.63)
●Organizational Behaviour (UG, AY: 2019-20, rating: 8.96)
●Strategic Management (UG, AY: 2019-20, rating: 7.69)
●Organizational Behaviour & Development (PG, AY: 2019-20, rating: 8.65)
●Organizational Behaviour & Development (PG, AY: 2018-19, rating: 9.22)
●Theory and Practice of Management (UG, AY: 2018-19, rating: 9.44)
●Principles of Management (UG, AY: 2017-18, rating: 8.08 &7.92)
●Training and Development (PG, AY: 2017-18, rating: 7.78)
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Administrative Responsibilities
●Member, Board of Studies, School of Management, Bennett University, 2019.
●Chairperson - BBA program, School of Management, Bennett University, 2019.
●Invited reviewer for Management Decision, Human Resource Management Review, and Leadership
and Organizational Development Journal, 2018-2019.
●Reviewer for SMA and AOM annual meetings in 2016 and 2017.
●Coordinated and conducted reviews for IAM 4th Biennial Conference held at IIM Lucknow, 2015.
●Organized a 5-day workshop for doctoral students on Social Network Analysis and Structural
Equation Modelling, IIM Lucknow, 2015
●Organized a 3-day workshop for doctoral students on Meta-analysis, IIM Lucknow, 2014
●Session on “Leadership & Mentoring” for IInd year MBA students at IIM Lucknow, 2013
Skills and Expertise
●Office: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
●Applications: LaTeX (proficient), Zotero
●Statistics: SPSS, AMOS, R (proficient), Python
Professional Affiliations
●Academy of Management
●Southern Management Association
●System Dynamics Society
●International Society for Professional Innovation Management
References
Dr. Shailendra Singh
Faculty, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Director, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
Chairman of my Thesis Advisory Committee
shail@iimranchi.ac.in
Dr. Arup Varma,
Professor, Quinlan Business School, Loyola
University Chicago
Member of my Thesis Advisory Committee
avarma@luc.edu
Dr. Rakesh K. Singh
Professor, Institute of Management Technology
(IMT) Ghaziabad
Dean of Bennett University’s School of
Management (June 2018 - December 2018)
rksingh@imt.edu
Dr. Trichy V. Krishnan
Professor, Business School, National
University of Singapore (NUS)
Dean of Bennett University’s School of
Management (July 2017 - June 2018)
biztvk@nus.edu.sg
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