Prof. Dr. Selim Ahmed

Head of the Department

  • Master of Management - – International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
  • Ph.D. in Business Administration (Major in Quality Management), International Islamic University Malaysia
Short Biography:

Dr. Selim Ahmed is Professor and Head of the Department of Business Administration at the World University of Bangladesh. Previously, he was an assistant professor at International University of Agadir (Universiapolis), Morocco. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). His PhD research title was “Lean Six Sigma and its Effect on Quality Performance in Malaysian Hospitals”. Besides his academic qualifications and teaching experiences, he has published four books, six chapters, and over 50 articles in the top peer-reviewed journals.  

Dr. Ahmed is a Section Editor for Health Service Insights (Sage Publications) and a Consulting Editor for Hospital Topics (Taylor & Francis). He is also an Editorial Advisory Board member for The TQM Journal (Emerald Publishing), Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (Elsevier), International Journal of Healthcare Management (Taylor & Francis), Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia), LBS Journal of Management & Research (Emerald Publishing), International Journal of Business and Systems Research (Inderscience Publishersand others. Recently, he received “Outstanding Paper Award” and “Outstanding Reviewer Award from Emerald Literati Award 2024. In 2018, he received the “Top Global Reviewer Award” from Publons, United Kingdom. Also, he received the “Best Paper” Award from the 12th Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) Conference, University Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia, 2015. Apart from these awards, he reviewed around 350 articles for more than 90 peer-reviewed journals. 

 Dr. Ahmed is a Co-Chair at the AIB South Asia Conference 2025 at the World University of Bangladesh. He is an international scientific committee for International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business & Technology (InCEBT), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Malaysia. He was the “Moderator & Organising Committee” of the 4th Global Conference on Creating Value2021, Organised by the University of South Florida, USA, and a scientific reviewer for “Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference 2022 & 2024”. He was the “Secretary” for the 12th International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP, 2013), MalaysiaHe is one of the management team members of the Transnational Corporations Council of Studies (TNCCS), Ontario, Canada. He has conducted many online and offline trainings, workshops, and lectures on research methodology, data analysis, and other topics in Malaysia, Morocco, Canada, Kuwait, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. His research areas include quality management, service management, healthcare management, digital transformation, organisational behaviour, and human resource management.

Book Section
Journal Section
Conference Section
SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Membership Expire Year
1 Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health Reviewer 2020
2 BMC Public Health Reviewer 2019
3 BMC Health Service Research Reviewer 2019
4 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma Reviewer 2018
5 Business Process Management Journal Reviewer 2020
6 TQM Journal Reviewer 2020
7 Internet Research Reviewer 2017
8 PLOS ONE Reviewer 2019
9 Environmental Quality Management Reviewer 2021
10 Performance Improvement Quarterly Reviewer 2021
11 International Journal of Health Planning and Management Reviewer 2020
12 Health Policy and Technology Reviewer 2020
13 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Reviewer 2020
14 Computers in Human Behavior Reviewer 2016
15 Journal of Cleaner Production Reviewer 2017
16 Journal of Non-Profit and Public Sector Marketing Reviewer 2019
17 International Journal of Healthcare Management Reviewer 2019
18 Production and Planning Control Reviewer 2019
19 Total Quality Management and Business Excellence Reviewer 2017
20 International Journal of Operations Management Editorial Advisory Board Member 2020
21 International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Development Studies Editorial Board Member 2018
22 QOR Newsletter, Canada Editorial Advisory Board Member 2020
23 International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review Editorial Board Member 2020
24 Indian Journal of Finance and Banking Editorial Board Member 2020
25 Operations Management (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) Editorial Advisory Board Member 2018
26 IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management Editorial Advisory Board Member 2018
27 International Journal of Business and Systems Research Editorial Board Member 2018
28 American International Journal of Supply Chain Management Associate Editor 2021
29 Jurnal Sistem dan Manajemen Industri Associate Editor 2018
30 SAGE Open Article Editor 2020
31 Transnational Corporations Review (Taylor & Francis) Guest Editor 2020 October 2021
32 Hospital Topics (Taylor & Francis) Consulting Editor 2020
SL Award Title Award Type Year Country
1 Bronze Medal IIUM Research, Invention Exhibition 2013 Malaysia
2 Excellent Researcher Award (Nominated) 2nd International Academic and Research Excellence Awards 2020 India
3 Best Paper Award 12th Annual World Congress, Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) 2015 Malaysia
4 Top Peer Reviewer Award Publons 2018 UK
SL Certificate Title Institution Year Country
1 How to respond to reviewers' comments Researcher Academy (Elsevier) 2020 Netherlands
2 How your research can make an impact on society Researcher Academy (Elsevier) 2020 Netherlands
3 Excellence in Business Education – The ACBSP Accreditation ASBM University 2020 India
4 Accreditation and Rankings QS –I.GAUGE 2020 India
5 Converting from face-to-face delivery to online delivery ACBSP 2020 USA
6 How to Prepare & Support Learners & Instructors Innovative Educators 2020 USA
7 Moodle 3.5 Basics – 4 Weeks Moodle 2018 Australia
8 Course Learning Outcome Revision and Mapping ACBSP 2020 USA