Alfred Osta – Head of Antelias Study Center - Assistant Professor (and Coordinator and Lecturer)
Alfred Osta earned his Doctorate of Business
Administration (DBA) at Grenoble Ecole De Management, France, in 2014. He
started his university teaching career in 2003 and is currently the Head of Antelias Study Center and a faculty
member in the Faculty of Business Studies at Arab Open University (AOU) in
Lebanon. With 20 years of experience and expertise in higher education, he is dedicated
to both teaching and research. He has also served as a peer reviewer of conferences and journal paper. Over
the years Alfred has developed strong management skills with practical
expertise in human resource management; technology, innovation and
entrepreneurship; marketing; as well as in other business areas. Alfred has also developed during his career
strong expertise in counselling, advising, mentoring and training. In 2013, he
received a Training of Trainers (ToT) certification related to enhancing the competencies
of instructors, coordinators and professors. Similarly in 2015, he received a
Training of Trainers certification related to a workshop on foundation of
success: soft skills from communication to negotiations. In the context of
community activities/initiatives provided by AOU, he has designed and delivered
training workshops in HRM to attendees from the Ministry of Social Affairs (in
2014 and 2017). Similarly in 2015, he conducted training workshops in HRM to
SME managers who recruit people with special needs. Consequently, Alfred has
accumulated knowledge and robust expertise in managing, teaching and
facilitating learning, counselling and mentoring, developing and conducting
training modules in the business field, namely in HRM, innovation and
entrepreneurship. He has also developed his remote work skills and adaptability
to effectively adapt to and swiftly respond to influences in the ever-changing
global business context.
Alfred Osta – Head of Antelias Study Center - Assistant Professor (and Coordinator and Lecturer)
DELIVERED COURSES:
• Leadership and Management in Intercultural Contexts
• Supply Chain Management
• Marketing
• Understanding Customers
• Sustainable Enterprise and Innovation
• Business Management
• Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (HRM)
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
• Technology and Innovation Management
• Business Strategy and Decision Making
• Managing People
• Operations Management
• Accounting / Finance
• Systems Thinking: Principles and Practice
• Research Methods for Business
2021 – Present: Head of Antelias of Study Center. Arab Open University (AOU), Lebanon
2019 – Present: Full-time
General Course Coordinator (GCC), Branch Course Coordinator (BCC) and Tutor. Arab Open University (AOU), Beirut, Lebanon.
2017 – 2019: Part-time Lecturer and Coordinator Arab Open University (AOU), Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanese International University; and Arts, Sciences
and Technology University in Lebanon.
2003 – 2017:
General Course Coordinator (GCC), Branch Course Coordinator (BCC) and Tutor. Arab Open University (AOU), Beirut, Lebanon.
Reviewer, International
Journal of Business Governance and Ethics (Inderscience Publishers) 2020
Reviewer, Annual Meetings
of the Academy of Management (AOM), USA 2015-2018
2021-2022: Served as a member of a specialized technical committee with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) to study and recommend approval/rejection for the certification and recognition of various universities’ recently-submitted management programs/degrees with MEHE
2020 – developed courses’ module specifications for the new, forthcoming MSc in
Microfinance
2015: Designed and delivered training sessions
in Human Resource Management
(HRM) to SME managers who recruit people with special needs (part of the community /
entrepreneurship workshops provided by the ‘EntaPreneur’ center at AOU)
2014 & 2017: Designed and
delivered training sessions in HRM and Operations Management to attendees from the Ministry of Social
Affairs (part of the community / entrepreneurship workshops provided by the ‘EntaPreneur’ center
at AOU)
2014–2015: Planned
and developed, as part of a team, the course structure, curriculum and learning
outcomes in HRM for this new AOU Bachelor degree
• Bassem E. Maamari & Osta, Alfred (2022). Open Innovation in R&D: Co-Patenting with Breakthrough Innovations in Pharma. International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.4018/IJKM.296261.
• Maamari, Bassem & Osta, Alfred (2021). The effect of HRIS implementation success on job involvement, job satisfaction and work engagement in SMEs. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 29 No. 5, pp. 1269-1286. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-07-2020-2298.
• Osta, Alfred, & Maamari, Bassem (2020). Openness in Research and Development: Co-patenting Impact on Breakthrough Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Industry. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp.395–408. DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2020.105926
• Hendieh, J., Aoun, D., & Osta, A. (2019). STUDENTS’ATTITUDES TOWARD ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY-LEBANON. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 22(2).
• Maamari, B.E. & Osta, A. (2019). “Open innovation in R&D, Co-patenting with breakthrough innovations”. In Advancements in Global Business Research Across Emerging Countries, Zafar U. Ahmed and Sahil Raj (Eds.). Chennai: McGraw Hill Education. (Chapter 31, pp. 601-616). ISBN (13): 978-93-5316-740-0; ISBN (10): 93-5316-740-X.
• Osta, A. and Maamari, B. (2018). Pharma Co-patenting Impact on Innovation. Proceedings of “Business and Entrepreneurship Development in a Globalized and Digitized Era” July 2-4, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
