Ali Sajjadi

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About Ali Sajjadi

Director of BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management and Business Course

Ali has a degree in Engineering. Before joining academia he had worked as the head of Engineering Department in a construction company in the field of Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals from 2002 till 2007.
His academic approach toward people management encouraged him to study his Masters in MSc Industrial Management which was a turning point in his career. Ali then started his academic works in the field of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour and he joined Leeds Beckett University as a Lecturer in 2009. Since then Ali has completed a PhD on Learning and Development in SMEs and the impact of that on their financial performance. Ali is currently the director of BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management and Business Course at Leeds Business School.

Current Teaching

• Managing Organisations and People
• Research Skills

Research Interests

Ali's current research is on Training Strategies in SMEs and the effective methods of Learning and Development and the impact of that on the Financial Performance.