Dr Nilufa Khanom is a Senior Lecturer in Management.

She is a career academic and researcher. Before joining the Victoria University Business School (VUBS), Dr Nilufa worked at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the University of Canberra (UC) as an academic.

Dr Nilufa was awarded an Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS) Research Grant by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Canberra (ADFA) in 2015. Dr Nilufa was further awarded an Australian Leadership Award (ALA) Scholarship in 2007 and an Australian Development Scholarship in 2000. She received the Golden Key International Honour Society Membership Award for outstanding academic achievement at the University of Canberra in 2012.

Dr Nilufa had tremendous opportunities to attend several prestigious international conferences/training programs in the UK, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China, Japan, Bangladesh, and Australia.

Dr Nilufa served in senior executive and policy positions with the Government of Bangladesh for over 16 years.

Portfolios

Areas of expertise

  • Strategic management
  • Organisational behaviour
  • Diversity and inclusion management
  • Women’s career and career development
  • Comparative development management
  • Health care management
  • Leadership
  • Ethnic and migrant communities in Australia
  • UN Sustainability Development Goals
  • UN Principles for Responsible Management Education

Contact details

nilufa.khanom@vu.edu.au

Teaching responsibilities

Coordination

Postgraduate units:

  • Business Ethics and Sustainability (BMO5501)
  • Work and Organisation Systems (BMO6506)
  • Organisation Change Management (BMO6624).

Undergraduate units:

  • Strategic Management (BMO2002)
  • Knowledge Management Practices for Innovative Organisations (BMO3000)
  • Diversity and Wellbeing (BMO3005)
  • Applied Business Challenge (BPD3100)

Transnational education units (Sydney, Malaysia and China campuses):

Teaching

  • Strategic Management (BMO2002)
  • Diversity and Wellbeing (BMO3005)
  • Business Ethics and Sustainability (BMO5501)
  • Work and Organisation Systems (BMO6506)
  • Applied Business Challenge (BPD3100).

Supervisions

Currently supervising two PhD students.

Completions of supervision:

  • one PhD student at Victoria University, Melbourne.
  • four Master by Research students at University of Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Research grants

  • Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS) Research Grants, conferred by the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT), University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Canberra (ADFA), 2015 ($35,000).
  • Australian Leadership Award (ALA) Scholarship, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 2007 ($144,600).

Publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Imran, A. Khanom, N. and Rahman, A. (2023) Parental Perception of Children’s Online Behaviour: A Study on Ethnic Communities in Australia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20 (5342). https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075342 (Journal Rank: Q1)
  • Khanom, N. & Miah, S.J. (2020) On-Cloud Motherhood Clinic: A Healthcare Management Solution for Rural Communities in Developing Countries, Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems; Research paper, 12(1), 60-84.
  • Khanom, N. (2014) Rural micro-credit and poverty alleviation: The case of PKSF in Bangladesh, International Review of Business Research Papers, 10(2).115-136.
  • Khanom, N. (2011) The effects of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) on ultra-poor households in Bangladesh: Evidence from the IGVGD programme, The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 33(2), 117-142.
  • Khanom, N. (2011) Improving the effects of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) on ultra-poor households in Bangladesh’, International Review of Business Research Papers, 2 (1), 118-133.
  • Khanom, N. (2010) Conceptual issues in defining Public Private Partnerships (PPPs, International Review of Business Research Papers, 8(2) 150-163.

Books and book chapters

  • Khanom, N. (2023). Leadership in Higher Education During COVID-19 in Australia: A Critical Reflection. In: Sultan, P. (eds) Innovation, Leadership and Governance in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7299-7_16
  • Khanom, N.A. (2012) Partnership for development: Alternative approaches to poverty alleviation in Bangladesh, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Khanom, N.A. (2008) Women's career in public service, (2nd ed.), 38 Bangla Bazaar, Dhaka, Shova Prakash.
  • Khanom, N.A. (2004) Women's career with family responsibilities, 38 Bangla Bazaar, Dhaka, Shova Prakash.

Other

2023: Written “Principles of Responsible Management Education Sharing Information on Progress the INAUGURAL SIP REPORT 2021-2022” for Victoria University as a member of the VUBS PRME Consultative Committee with other five members.

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Professional memberships & experience

Professional memberships

  • Professional Member, Australian HR Institute (AHRI)

Industry experience

  • Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Government of Bangladesh.
  • Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh.
  • Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Bangladesh.
  • Magistrate 1st Class: Dhaka District Magistrate Court, Dhaka, Bangladesh.