HKUST Annual Report 2016-17

Financial Times & QS Rankings, World’s No. 1 47 NETWORK EXPANSION To boost internationalization, the School furthered its collaborations with established global education alliances. These include the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), comprising 29 schools. GNAM members create a networked learning environment for students and work together to explore critical issues facing global business. Meanwhile, the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) appointed Prof Tam Kar Yan, Dean of the School of Business and Management, as Vice President and President-Elect. The School also signed a cooperation agreement with the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, a leading private business school in Russia. Under the agreement, the partners will collaborate on academic exchange and explore joint programs and research related to the economic potential of Europe and Central Asia. Strong international standing and enhanced networks will help increase the School’s leadership role in advancing business education in Asia and provide more overseas learning opportunities for students. MULTI-SKILLED CONTRIBUTION To develop multi-skilled faculty who can contribute not only to research and teaching, but also to service leadership, the School introduced training programs for mentoring and observational learning activities to build the skills of younger faculty and researchers. Faculty were encouraged to attend external teaching workshops, such as the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools Case Development Workshops, Harvard Business School Case Method Teaching Seminars and Babson Teaching Innovation Programs to learn more about best practices and exchange insights with other participants. WINNING WAYS The School’s students again achieved outstanding results in local and global competitions over the year. Among these successes, two undergraduate teams won the champion and second runner- up titles in the ISACA Case Competition 2017 for university students in Hong Kong. ISACA is a non-profit global body for IT governance professionals. An undergraduate team was awarded the top prize in the university student category of the SCMP/IFPHK Financial Planner Awards 2016, co-organized by the South China Morning Post and the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong. In addition, MBA student teams participating overseas brought home champion titles and category winner accolades in the USC Marshall’s Global Consulting Challenge, Yale SOM Integrated Leadership Case Competition, New Venture Championship, and International Business Ethics Case Competition. ” “ 1 EMBA