Rate My Professor Shahid Ghauri

Dr. Shahid Ghauri is the Director of MBA and DBA Programs at Curtin University in the Faculty of Business and Law, School of Management and Marketing. He possesses over 25 years of global commercial experience across diverse sectors including financial services, agri-business, medical, renewable energy, and education. In his academic capacity, Ghauri serves as a lecturer and unit coordinator for courses such as MGMT5045 Foundations of Supply Chain Management, Leadership Anchors – The Magnificent You, and Exploring Creativity and Innovation in Organizations. He contributes to professional development programs and is involved in the MBA and Executive Education Advisory Board. Ghauri holds a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia, completed between 2016 and 2021. His transition from industry to academia leverages practical expertise to enhance business education at Curtin Business School.

Ghauri's research specializations center on co-operatives, with a focus on values congruence and SMEs' active membership in business co-operatives, networking benefits for SME members, co-operative principles and values alignment, and agricultural co-operatives' role in managing natural capital to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 12-15. Notable publications include 'Agricultural co-operatives for managing natural capital to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 12-15: A conceptual framework' (2022, co-authored with Elizabeth L. Jackson, Dora Marinova, and Hossein Mohammadi), 'Values congruence and SMEs' active membership in business co-operatives,' and 'Co-operative Principles and Values: Does the talk match the walk?' (2024). He led a qualitative case study on networking benefits in Western Australian co-operatives, including CBH Group, Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative, and Capricorn Society Limited, involving interviews with nine executives/managers and 18 SME members. The study underscores how co-operatives facilitate information sharing, knowledge exchange, social capital development, and purposeful relationships through social events, while noting the importance of addressing geographic distances. Ghauri has authored seven research works accumulating 96 citations and an h-index of 2. In 2024, he was nominated as a finalist for the Most Inspirational MBA Lecturer Award. As an associate researcher at the Co-operative and Entrepreneurship Research Unit (CERU) and an organisational change and development consultant, he advances knowledge in co-operative studies and business management.