For a student of commerce and business studies, value of experiencing practical business
field during different visits and projects is of great value, as having knowledge and
understanding of practical business field is very important, and it becomes even more
important in case of a management course. It gives more clear understanding of
management concepts as student gets a chance to see these concepts being practiced in
real. Unless and until the students experience the novelty of practical work, their
knowledge of what they study in theoretical courses remains incomplete. Students this
way also learn to work in team and get exposure to local industry. The most important
point in such activities is that the student should spend their time in a true manner and
with the spirit to learn practical orientation of theoretical concepts. This visit report is on
management practices in State of Pakistan and to be specific in its Field office in Multan.
In this report we have tried our best to state our observations and learning’s about State
Bank of Pakistan, with respect to its organization, management and departments.
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“Acknowledgement”
At the outset of this report which was made as a partial fulfillment of course
of Management. We wish to acknowledge with sincerest gratitude to all of those who
guided us and assisted us in any way during our visit and for preparation of this
report. We would like to pay our sincerest thanks to respected Sir. ANEEL Saeed,
who provided us this great opportunity to know and understand the practical field of
business. We are also grateful of our C ommerce Department , which allowed us to have
this visit. We are also indebted to following, as they facilitated us in their full
capacity, and without their help, it would not have been possible for us to accomplish
this task and gain so much experience from it;
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[Dedication]
“Dedicated to the hope that is still alive in our hearts for the better
future our beloved homeland - Pakistan”
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Table of CONTENTS
Preface _______________________________________ i
Acknowledgment _______________________________________ ii
Dedication _______________________________________ iii
Table Of contents _______________________________________ iv
Introduction _______________________________________ 1
Functions of SBP _______________________________________ 2
Field OFFICE info _______________________________________ 3
Departments of SBP _______________________________________ 4
Organizational Structure _______________________________________ 5-7
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STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is the central bank of Pakistan. After its nationalization in 1974
the scope of its functions was considerably enlarged. There are two subsidiaries of SBP namely
State Bank of Pakistan-Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) and National Institute of
Banking and Finance (NIBAF). The Governor SBP is chairperson of Boards for both the
subsidiaries.
SBP-BSC (BANKING Service Corporation) came into existence after bifurcation of State Bank of
Pakistan in January 2002 and since then has been working as the operational arm of SBP for
currency and credit management, facilitating inter-bank settlement system, dealing in savings
instruments of the government, collecting revenue and making payments for and on behalf of
government and operational work relating to management of debt and foreign exchange. SBP-
BSC Board comprises of all the members from the Central Board of SBP and the Managing
Director of SBP-BSC.
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FUNCTIONS of STATE Bank OF PAKISTAN
Like a Central Bank in any developing country, State Bank of Pakistan performs both the
traditional and developmental functions to achieve macro-economic goals.
TRADITIONAL Functions:
D The primary functions including issue of notes, regulation and supervision of the financial
system, bankers’ bank, lender of the last resort, banker to Government, and conduct of
monetary policy.
D The secondary functions including the agency functions like management of public debt,
management of foreign exchange, etc.
D Other functions like advising the government on policy matters and maintaining close
relationships with international financial institutions.
PROMOTIONAL Functions:
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FIELD OFFICES OF SBP – BSC in PAKISTAN
There are 16 FIELD Offices of SBP – BSC in total operating in different cities of Pakistan. SBP –
BSC Karachi office act as head quarter. SBP –BSC Lahore, SBP – BSC Peshawar and SBP – BSC
Quetta along with Karachi Office also issue Offices and they have authority to issue circles. List
of all field offices in different cities is given below in table:
S# FIELD OFFICE
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Departments of STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN
State bank of Pakistan is giant entity and has a very wide scope of operations which it performs
in variety of fields related to banking. For better management and efficient as well as effective
execution of these actions in different fields, State Bank of Pakistan has formed number of
departments. Each department is exclusively responsible for taking care of all activities that
belong to its department’s scope. A list of more functional departments of SBP is given below;
During our visit to field office of SBP – BSC in Multan, our focus was on gathering information in reference to
Human Resource Department, Training and Development Department, Information systems Department
apart from understanding organizational and Management structure that is being practiced in State Bank of
PAKISTAN.
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ORGANIZATIONAL Structure
Organizational structure of SBP is centralized, but it’s not purely centralized. There have been number of
steps taken and reforms made to make structure de-centralized. So, even though currently structure is
centralized but still it is flexible in nature. Here we will discuss hierarchal structure of SBP on Pakistan
level and on just Field office level of Multan
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CHAIN OF COMMAND in SBP
GOVERNOR SBP
CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE in SBP – BSC, Multan:
In Field office of SBP – BSC, Multan Branch, there is one C.M (Chief Manager) (OG5 grade), who
controls the whole setup in Multan Branch and directly answerable to Managing director and
Governor of SBP. There are four D.C.M’s (Deputy Chief Managers) (OG4) under C.M and they
are responsible for their respective department in SBP – BSC, Multan.
C.M (1)
(Syed NAJEEM
Ahmed)
Two detail ORGANOGRAM charts of SBP – BSC (BANK) are shown on next pages; one is for Multan
Field office and other is for SBP’s complete setup in Pakistan.
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GOVERANCE and MANAGEMENT Setup in SBP
SBP is committed to high standards of Corporate Governance and Management. In recent years
major initiatives have been taken to improve corporate governance and management structure
at SBP. The Central Board reconstituted its committees and to make them more responsive to
changing needs of SBP. These Committees comprise of non-executive directors and
representatives from the management in order to have a comprehensive review and analysis of
various proposals before they are considered by the Board. The composition of NIBAF Board-a
subsidiary of SBP on training- was changed in order to provide an opportunity to thoroughly
deliberate upon policy issues and quality of training programs at NIBAF by appointing
prominent economists and individuals from academia.
Apart from measures at Board level, a major reorganization exercise was done at management
level to improve corporate governance and strengthen and modernize SBP. The restructuring of
SBP was critical in light of the developments which have taken place across Pakistan’s financial
markets, requiring positioning the central bank to better respond to growing emerging size,
diversity and challenges of markets, and for SBP to be at par with other regulators in the region.
The main features of restructuring were to create four distinct Clusters in SBP including Banking
Cluster, Monetary Policy & Research Cluster, Financial Markets & Reserve Management Cluster
and Corporate Services Cluster. Special Offices, reporting directly to Governor, have been
established/ strengthened to enhance Governor’s support to maintain effective oversight on
the entire organization. Many Committees have been set up to ensure integrated and
transparent approach to provide policy framework and ensure effective monitoring of core
central banking as well as corporate services functions in the area of Monetary Policy, Risk
Management, Investment, Human Resources and Corporate Strategy. To support the entire
restructuring exercise, SBP redesigned its entire Human Resource Strategy, which included
strengthening of Performance Management System, launching of a New Compensation and
Benefit Structure and Voluntary Separation Scheme. Further, to cope with changing
environment of financial sector, a change management exercise has been planned at other
subsidiary of SBP i.e. SBP-BSC.
1. Banking Cluster
2. Monetary Policy & Research (MPR) Cluster
3. Financial Market & Reserve Management (FMR) Cluster
4. Corporate Services (CS) Cluster
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Strategic and CORPORTATE PLANNING Department
Such giant entity having wide range of activities to deal with, can not exist without a proper planning
department and that is why SBP has a separate department that is totally dedicated to formulating of
policies and planning, since its early days. With time this department has improved and today it has
quite complex operations to deal with.
Vision: To continuously strive to align the SBP strategic and corporate objectives with the
developments in the market and the best practices followed by other central banks.
Mission: To act as process owner and facilitator for formulating and implementing SBP Strategic Plan,
Annual Business Plans and the Business Continuity Plan by developing a close coordination and liaison
with key internal, external and international Stakeholders
Departmental Objectives:
O Continuous development, implementation and review of SBP Strategic & Business Plans
O Perform the function of coordinating and collating the SBP Strategic Plan and the
O Business Plans while reporting to BOD on quarterly basis
O Playing the role of a coordinating office for developing the Financial Sector Road Map and its
implementation
O Coordination with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) such as WB, IMF, ADB and UNDP
O Ensure continuity of critical and time sensitive functions of SBP and prevention of major
disruption in the financial system through BCP.
O Coordinate, finalize and Publish SBP Annual Performance Review (Volume-II)
O Coordinate with Consultants for completion of External Stakeholders Survey
O Departmental Structure:
S&CP consists of three divisions and one service unit. A brief introduction of each is given as under:
The purpose of strategic planning division is to facilitate the process of formulation, review and
implementation of SBP’s goals and objectives, in line with the fundamental mission on a regular basis.
Strategic plans would set the direction for the organization and would provide the framework for other
operational processes. Main responsibilities of the division include:
O Facilitation of the development of the Strategic Plan for State Bank of Pakistan.
O Review and monitor the implementation of the Strategic Plans on regular basis.
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O Facilitate the development of Financial Sector Road Map.
2. Co-ordination Division:
The purpose of establishing this division at S&CPD is to coordinate and facilitate with International
Financial Institutions and Multilateral Agencies on technical assistance programs. Besides, coordinate
with different departments of SBP on the preparation, finalization and implementation of their Business
Planning exercise. The main responsibilities of the Division include:
O Coordination with World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations
Development Fund (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Technical Assistance.
This Unit is responsible for Business Continuation Plan, which is an on-going process and Director
Strategic & Corporate Planning Department is also the BCP Coordinator for the bank. The BCP for
Departments and Offices are updated regularly. Moreover, in order to maintain high level of
readiness by Departments and Offices tests and rehearsals are conducted by them and reviewed by
this Unit. Responsibilities of the Division:
O Ensure Continuation of critical and time sensitive functions of SBP and prevent any major
disruption in financial system of the country in the face of a catastrophe caused either by
natural disaster, fire, civil strife, sabotage or an act of war.
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Information Technology and COMMUNICATION:
Banking sector in Pakistan is using information technology for its day to day banking activities
and communication purposes and SBP – the central bank of Pakistan is acting as a role model.
Trend of using information technology for communication purposes is on increasing trend and
efforts are being made by training department of State bank; so that this culture of using I.T in
communication and banking activities could be made more common. E-mails and online secure
data transfer is being frequently used now in between employees of SBP, working in different
field offices. Apart from that information technology is used to keep records, to share
information with external stake holders as well as for online banking. A department of
Information Technology has been established that is purely dedicated for improvement of
information systems and technology implementation in State Bank of Pakistan. In below a brief
introduction of department is given;
Vision: To implement latest technology to keep SBP online with the domestic and international
financial industry, and other stakeholders in order to promote efficiency and stability in the
financial market.
Mission: To provide appropriate technical solutions to business requirements and develop state of
the art integrated systems that will facilitate internal and external stakeholders to acquire accurate
information in the most efficient manner.
Introduction:
ISTD with its capabilities, methodologies, and experience aims at technological advancement in SBP,
focusing on solutions that intend to reduce operating costs, improve end-user performance, and
meet overall business goals.
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ISTD provides services and solutions to improve and strengthen SBP’s technology portfolio and
identify future requirements while catering to them as well. Besides providing these useful
resources; ISTD also focuses on safeguarding the information assets and relevant systems, critical to
SBP, through its Security plans and policies.
ISTD Divisions
1. In-house Development
a. Software development
b. Web development
2. Central Server
a. System Admin – UNIX
b. System Admin – Windows
3. Customer Support
4. Database Management
5. Network Management
6. Production Support
7. Administration
8. Director Section
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HUMAN RESOURCE Department:
Vision: To transform HR into a dynamic and leading department that is respected for its
professionalism by its stakeholders.
Mission: We are committed to excellence at acquiring, developing and retaining the right talent
for SBP by:
The Compensation & Benefit Planning Unit is responsible to carry out all activities related to
developing best market strategies regarding compensation and benefits for our employees.
Employee motivation & retention unit works on conducting motivation surveys and developing
market based employee satisfaction & retention strategies.
The Discipline & Litigation Unit deals with union matters, discipline issues & litigation processes.
Further, the Employee Counseling Unit addresses employee grievances and counseling through
behavior modification.
3. HRIS Division:
This Division focuses on Oracle Human Resource Information System and to solve the issues in
smooth implementation and management of HRIS. The employees Database Unit is responsible for
maintaining & updating employee data and HR Broadcast of various messages/ circulars/ orders etc.
for prompt communication to Bank’s employees. The Service Record & Compliance Unit maintain
and update employees’ personal files, verify employees’ particulars, and ensure timely confirmation
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of eligible employees in the Bank’s service. HR Automation unit works for customization of Oracle
HRMS with merging needs of HR processes.
The Performance & Reward Management Unit of this Division manages and implements PMS in the
Bank, advice the annual merit increase, and facilitates the promotion process. The Career
Development Unit caters to the manpower requirements of the Bank through internal transfer and
posting, and to manage promotion process, seniority list of OG-2 & above officers of the Bank. The
newly created Organizational Development Unit is a conscious effort to increase organizational
efficiency through planned interventions.
This division looks after the department’s Budget & Business Planning process through its Budget
Management & Administration Co-ordination Unit. The Manpower Planning Unit is also a part of
this Division, which is responsible to develop annual manpower plan for SBP, prepare job
descriptions, and conduct job evaluation process. Further, this division is also responsible for
catering to the training needs of HRD officers in co-ordination with the Training & Development
Department.
6. Recruitment Division:
This Division is responsible for attracting, selecting and recruiting the right people from the market.
State Bank of Pakistan is proud of its highly professional, transparent and objective approach in its
recruitment and selection processes. After applying the eligibility criteria, which depends on the Job
grade, a series of selection procedures are applied before hiring employees. Normally the
candidates go through the process of test, group discussion and interview. The Interview is
conducted by a team of internal as well as external professionals of the related area. Sophisticated
recruitment and selection tools like oracle based data management system; online application and
behavioral based interviewing techniques have been introduced.
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TRAINING Department and NIBAF:
NiBAF and training department both work jointly for training of newly hired employees as well
already employed workers of State Bank of Pakistan. They design training programs for different
level of officers and workers. These training programs are usually started according to suggestions
of Human resource Department. Training programs are mostly held either at NIBAF camp or in
Karachi field office.
Different sorts of Training programs are held; some of them are listed below:
1. Joint Directors Training Program (mostly, For newly recruited OG4 and OG5 officers)
2. Training of Trainers
3. Training Program for Communication skills
4. Training Program for basic banking skills
5. Training program for bringing change in management system
Governor Announcement
SBP is also helping out private banks in human resource and training field, and Governor of State
bank has recently announced to setup committees for following key areas of HR-related fields;
I. Recruitment
II. Compensation & Benefits
III. Performance Management & Career Progression
IV. Training & Development
V. Severance/ End of Service
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REWARD Recognizing PROGRAM at SBP:
Recognizing the importance of employee recognition and reward as a tool to motivate employee as
well as to inculcate a positive, productive and innovative organizational culture, State Bank of
Pakistan has a program for Employee Recognition and Reward. This program is aimed at fostering a
culture of acknowledgement and appreciation amongst employees for introducing innovative
business practices, showing extra ordinary efforts for achievement of goals and enhancing Bank’s
corporate image. Using various methods of recognition ranging from simple “Thank you” letters to
elaborate celebrations and monetary rewards are part of this program.
Formally, the Employee Recognition Policy and Program encompasses four types of recognition
levels, based on the achievement of the individuals/teams. These are:
Level 1 - Individual Contribution Award: An informal way of recognition at individual level, which
includes simple Thank you notes / emails / letters.
Level 2- Departmental Commitment Award: includes a cash award of Rs. 5,000/-, a recognition
certificate & department wide recognition.
Level 3- Organization Competence Award: includes cash award of Rs. 15,000/-, a recognition
certificate & shield and Bank wide recognition.
Level 4- Excellence Award: includes cash awards of Rs. 30,000/-, a recognition certificate & shield
and Bank wide recognition.
In order to effectively realize the benefits of this highly beneficial program, all employees in general
and particularly departmental and divisional are encouraged to recognize employees who through
their effort promote organizational values or are high achievers on an ongoing basis to create an
environment of mutual support and respect. By adopting the practice of recognizing and
recommending each others positive behaviors for reward we will develop and achieve an
organization wide culture of mutual trust and appreciation which contributes towards making SBP a
better place to work with highly motivated employees proud of their association with the
organization.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
State bank of Pakistan is central bank of Pakistan, which makes it central authority in
banking sector of Pakistan. It has various obligations like formulation of economic policies,
monitoring of banking sector, issuance of notes, providing banking services to Government
as well as other banks and many more. Mission of State bank of Pakistan is “to provide
excellent banking and financial services to stakeholders besides ensuring implementation of
SBP policies in order to command their trust and respect.”
Central Bank was established very soon after independence of Pakistan by father of
Nation, Quaid-e-Azam and was nationalized in 1974, after which scope of its functions and
activities was considerably enlarged. SBP was further divided in to two subsidiaries named
SBP-BSC and NIBAF in 2002. Currently it has 16 field offices working in different cities of
Pakistan and has over 28 departments to look after its wide range of functions.
State Bank of Pakistan is centralized in its organization and management, but recently it has
undergone number of programs to make itself more flexible in its management approach.
SBP is headed by Governor SBP. Managing director and Chief Managers of their respective
field offices are answerable to Governor SBP. Meetings are held on monthly basis to get
views of all employees on different problems and decisions of bank. SBP has made efforts to
make its decision making recently but setting up committees for different fields on different
levels. Human resource and training department is one of major strength of SBP. These
departments hire employees with very systematic procedure. NIBAF and Training
department not only conduct programs for newly hired employees but also initiate
programs to bring flexibility in management practices. I.T department works for better and
easily adoptable communication system in organization apart from maintaining and securing
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data. I.T department is also behind strong online banking system of SBP. Transparent
reward recognization program of SBP distinguishes it from other organizations. This
program encourages employees and motivates them by awarding them in different ways on
different levels.
HRM department, I.T department, Islamic banking system, banking services to Government
could be considered as strengths of SBP. It would not be false to state that SBP has played a
strong role in development of prospering banking sector of Pakistan. The positive is that
they are trying to bring even more improvements in their organization by introducing
different programs and establishing new departments. The only way for SBP from here is
forward!
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State Bank of Pakistan - Revised Organization Structure 30-10-2008
Director Director
Director Director Director
Monetary Policy Chief Information
Agriculture Credit Banking Policy & Domestic Markets & Director Director
Banking Officer
Regulation Monetary Management Payment System Human Resources
Inspection Information Systems
(On-site) & Technology
Director
Economic Analysis
Director Director Director
Microfinance International Markets & Director
Banking Project Manager
Investments Business Support Director
Director Surveillance RTGS Project
Director Services Museum & Art Gallery
Research Off-site
Supervision &
Director Enforcement
Director
Infrastructure & Director
Director Financial Markets Director
Housing Finance Islamic Banking
Strategy & Conduct Director Training &
Statistics & Data
Finance Development
Warehouse
Corporate
Executive Director
Secretary
Internal Audit &
Corporate
Compliance
Secretary’s Office
Note: RTGS will be part of Payment Systems Department as a Division on completion of the RTGS Project.
Special Counsel
General Counsel’s
Office
Governor’s Office
“Report on Organization Structure of State Bank of Pakistan”
BS (Accounting & Finance) (2006-2010)
Department of Commerce – BZU Multan