Tel: +604-6532794 Fax: +604-6532792
norfarah@usm.my; nfarahnd@yahoo.com
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Dr. Norfarah Nordin

Senior Lecturer
Graduate School of Business
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Education

  • PhD. Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2015
  • MSc. Statistics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2003
  • B.Sc. Hons. Mathematics with Economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2002

Biography

Norfarah Nordin started her career as Senior Lecturer in 2016. She teaches Advanced Business Statistics and Social Media & Social Network Analysis. She develops her niche in entrepreneurship and completed her PhD in 2015 while working as Social Research Officer at the National Higher Education Research Institute in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Prior to working at USM she served various multinational companies namely Avon Cosmetics Malaysia, SKF Bearing Manufacturing Plant and Cycle & Carriage Bintang Berhad as Distribution Analyst, Industrial Engineer and Management Executive where she involved directly to manufacturing efficiency improvement employing Lean Six Sigma, production operations and supply chain management. 

Teaching and Research Areas

Teaching: Advanced Business Statistics; Social Media & Social Network Analysis

Research Interest: Digital Citizenship, Sustainable Livelihood of Micro-Small-Medium Enterprise (MSME)

Consultancy and Industrial Experience

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCES

Distribution Analyst: Avon Cosmetics, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Industrial Engineer: SKF Bearing Manufacturing Plant, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan

Executive: Cycle & Carriage Bintang Berhad, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia