• Background


    Muhammad Umar Boodoo is a Fellow in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He joined the Department in September 2015, while still a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources in the University of Toronto. Upon successfully defending his doctoral thesis in June 2016, he chose to stay at LSE, working on new research projects funded by seed grants from the Department of Management, designing and lecturing a new undergraduate course in human resource management, and continuing to serve the school’s mission.

    Umar was born and bred in Mauritius, and moved to Canada for his post-secondary studies. He graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Glendon College, York University in 2008. His interests in Management and the interplay between Social Stakeholders and Management led him to pursue a PhD in Industrial Relations and Human Resources.

    Research


    Umar's research interests are in:

    • Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Income Inequality and Corporate Philanthropy
    • Corporate Governance
    • Social Entrepreneurship

    Umar has participated and presented at several conferences in Labor Relations and Strategic Management. His paper on CEO Compensation was a winner at the 67th Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) conference in 2015. He has published a book chapter on human capital and growth in Asian countries, and has also published an article in the Industrial Relations Journal. Currently, he has more articles under review at journals in Employment Relations and Management. Umar is also becoming a regular contributor to the LSE Business Review in an attempt to disseminate research findings to a wider audience. For a full list of publications and working papers, please consult his CV.

    Teaching


    As a PhD Candidate, Umar already had full teaching responsibility for advanced undergraduate courses in the Rotman Commerce programs at the University of Toronto. He re-designed a fourth-year undergraduate course in global talent management in order to meet the contemporary demands of employers, especially those who value critical analysis for consulting projects.

    At LSE, in his first year, Umar ranked among the top ten seminar instructors in the MSc programs in Management. In 2016-2017, he will be the course leader and lecturer for MG 214: a freshly re-designed undergraduate course in Human Resource Management with heavy emphasis on talent management in international business. He will also lecture and lead seminars in the Master's programs, on top of advising students and supervising dissertations.