Areas of Interest:

• System Thinking
• Systems Dynamics
• Business Policy and Strategic Management
• Learning Organization

Education:

• Ph.D., Management, Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA, 1978
• B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 1970

Experience:

• Dean, Graduate School of Management and Systems, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1999-present
• Consultant, McKinsey & Co., USA, 1996-1998
• Consultant, AT&T, USA, 1996-1997

Latest Publications:

• Project Cost Dynamics for Development Policy-Making, in Journal of the Operational Research Society, March 2000.
• Effectiveness of infrastructure service delivery through earmarking: the case of highway construction in China, Co-authored by Xu Honggang, Ali N. Mashayekhi and Khalid Saeed, in System Dynamics Review, Summer-Fall 1998.
• Public finance, oil revenue expenditure and economic performance: a comparative study of four countries in System Dynamics Review, Summer-Fall 1998.