Consultant : Zulkifli Abdullah

B.A. Hons., U.M.,
M.A. (Human Resource Management), USA

Zulkifli Abdullah has more than twenty years experience in various fields of human resource management, both in the public and private sector. He holds a B.A. (Hons) degree from University of Malaya and a M.A. degree from New York University.
Zulkifli has served the Government as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer (or PTD) for 17 years. He has held senior positions in the Prime Minister Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Institute of Public Administration (INTAN). In the diplomatic service, he had served abroad as Second Secretary at the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila, and as Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, New York.

In the private sector, Zulkifli served as Human Resource Development Manager at Tractors Malaysia Berhad, Training Consultant at ITC Management Center Sdn. Bhd., and Associate Director at the Center of Executive Development Institut Teknologi Tun Abdul Razak.

Zulkifli's areas of expertise in management development are generally in the area of human resource management, and these include human resource planning, recruitment and selection; human resource development; compensation management; job analysis; performance appraisal; organizational behavior; organization development; organization change; corporate culture; and human resource research and audit. Other areas include supervisory development, team building, interpersonal/communication skills. and customer service.

Zulkifli's areas of consultancy work include training needs analysis, training program design, training validation and evaluation, performance appraisal, salary structure, human resource planning and job analysis. Zulkifli has conducted training programs and consultancy work in the above-mentioned areas in such organizations as Zen Concrete, Nilai Concrete, Telekom Malaysia, Malaysian Airline System, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Pen Fabric, KUB Holdings Berhad, Koperasi Usaha Bersatu (M) Berhad, KUB IT Sdn. Bhd., and Institut Teknologi Tun Abdul Razak.

Zulkifli has also administered and lectured in qualification programs such as Diploma in Human Resource Management, Advanced Diploma in Business and Management, and Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, and Master in Human Resource Management.