Dr. Esmir Demaj

Office E - 206
Email edemaj@epoka.edu.al
Office Phone 1200
Website(s) https://bus.epoka.edu.al

Primary Appointment
Administrator - Epoka University

Education

Dr., Management and Organization, Istanbul University & Epoka University (Albania), Turkey, Istanbul & Tirana, 2020

Additional Affiliations

Yunus Center for Social Business and Sustainability

European Commission Project Expert Evaluator

Head of Research and Projects Office (October 2018- on)

Head of the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences ( January 2021- on)

Honors and Awards

Granted the PhD TUBITAK Scholarship for Foreign Doctoral Students, Turkey

Graduated with highest CGPA of 4.00 /4.00 during Master of Science Studies

Graduated as the best student of the university with “Highest Academic Honours”, with CGPA 4.00 /4.00 for Bachelor’s studies

Projects

VTECH - Western Balkans University Modernization by Incorporating Virtual Technologies, European Commission, Erasmus+ CBHE, Project Budget: 896 000 Euro Project Objective: Introduce for the first time at Western Balkan universities the concept of Virtual Technologies as a tool for accelerating university modernization, while contributing on developing knowledge-driven society., 01/2021 - ongoing

SUCCESS - Sustainable University Enterprise Cooperation for Improving Graduate Employability, European Commission Erasmus+ CBHE, Project Budget: 954 000 Euro Project Objective: SUCCESS aims the modernization of Western Balkan Country universities through strengthening of University-Enterprise partnership in the areas of education and knowledge transfer based on the market needs with aim to improve student employability. Furthe, 12/2020 - ongoing

VALEU-X Virtual Albanian European University Exchange, European Commission Erasmus+ CBHE, Budget: 960 000 Euro Project Objective: VALEU-X Project is planned as a comprehensive capacity building platform to facilitate intensive know-how transfer among the consortium members to address the problems of outdated instructor-cantered frontal teaching methods and ineffective use of ICT in formal higher education by introducing the Virtual Collaborative Learning (VCL) pedagogical concept., 02/2020 - ongoing

KFORCE - Knowledge FOr Resilient soCiEty, European Commission Erasmus+ CBHE, Project Budget: 1 125 000 Euro Project Objective: To improve regional resilience to hazards and capability for regional cooperation in risk prevention and response., 10/2018 - 2020-11-01

Courses Taught

BUS 103 - INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

BUS 107 - ESSENTIALS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

BUS 112 - MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

BUS 114 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS

BUS 131 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

BUS 304 - FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

BUS 324 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH

BUS 337 - TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

BUS 339 - INNOVATION AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

BUS 359 - SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

BUSAL 108 - GJUHE ANGLEZE NE BIZNES

BUSAL 112 - MENAXHIMI DHE ORGANIZIMI

BUSAL 131 - SHKENCAT E SJELLJES

BUSAL 211 - MENAXHIMI DHE ORGANIZIMI

BUSAL 337 - MENAXHIM TOTAL I CILESISE

Research Interests

History of Management Thought, Strategic Management, Philosophy of Management, Operations and Production Management, Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Management, Knowledge Management, Dynamic Capabilities, Innovation, Corporate Governance, Top Management Teams, Decision Making, Service Leadership, Sustainability, Nepotism

Publications

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