Young
Executives Development Scheme
The School realizes its mission of
nurturing all-rounded future business leaders through
the unique YEDS. Echoing the University¡¦s ethos of ¡§Whole-Person
Education¡¨, YEDS comprises diverse programmes and activities
to enhance BBA students¡¦ soft skills through developmental
workshops, cultivate their global vision through support
for international exchange, strengthen their market
knowledge through internship, and train them as service
leaders through the Service-Learning Programme and Student
Ambassador Scheme. The following sub-sections will illustrate
each of the elements.
Developmental Workshops
Workshops are designed to help nurture
all-rounded future business leaders and to enhance the
5 qualities of the BBA students which are highly valued
by the community and the employers ¡V language proficiency,
presentation skills, interpersonal communication, self-confidence
& EQ, and analytical and problem-solving skills.
Renowned trainers such as Ms. Mary Pandora Cheung and
Mr. Patrick Dunn are engaged to lead these workshops.
Every year, nearly half of the BBA students benefit
by joining at least one of the programmes.
Highlights of our developmental activities:
- Business Creativity
- Dialogue in the Dark ¡V team building and interpersonal
skills
- Presentation Skills
- Professional Image and Business Etiquette
- Time Management
- Wine Appreciation
Please visit www.hkbu.edu.hk/~bus/YEDS
for details.
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Support
for International Exchange
The School has been emphasizing its
value in cultivating the global vision of the students.
The University and the School have near 190
exchange agreements with renowned universities
over the world. The School allocates HK$400,000 annually
to offer the Exchange Scholarship for Outstanding
Business Students and Exchange Award to
BBA students who take up these exchange programmes.
Nearly 80 students go for exchange every year.
Our school-level exchange partners include
Asia-Pacific
- Guizhou Normal University (China)
- School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology
(China)
- Shanghai University (China)
- Aetna School of Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (China)
- College of International Business Administration,
Shanghai University (China)
- Tongji University (China)
- The School of Management, Zhejiang University
(China)
- School of International Business, Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics (China)
- SKKU Business School, Sungkyunkwan University
(Korea)
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
(Taiwan)
- College of Administrative Sciences and Economics,
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey (Turkey)
Europe
- Groupe ESSCA (France)
- IESEG School of Management, Catholic University
of Lille (France)
- ISC Paris School of Management (France)
- ESC Bretagne-Brest (France)
- Universite Catholique de I¡¦Ouest (France)
- Berlin School of Economics (Germany)
- Duisburg-Essen University (Germany)
- Universita Carlo Cattaneo ¡V LIUC (Italy)
- LUISS Guido Carli (Italy)
- LUISS Libera Universita Internazionale degli
Studi Sociali Guido Carli (Italy)
- University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- Stockholm University (Sweden)
- University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland,
Olten (Sweden)
- Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury,
United Kingdom (U.K.)
- Faculty of Management and Business, The Manchester
Metropolitan University (U.K.)
- VU University Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
- MCI Management Center Innsbruck (Austria)
- Heilbronn University (Germany)
- ICN Business School (France)
America
- University of Arkansas Fort Smith (U.S.A.)
- Babson College (U.S.A.)
- Bowling Green State University (U.S.A.)
- Sid Craig School of Business, California State
University, Fresno (U.S.A.)
- California State University, San Marcos (U.S.A.)
- Lubin School of Business, Pace University (U.S.A.)
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Internship and Career
Mentoring
Business internship can enhance students'
competitiveness for employment and future advancement.
The School offers two credit-bearing elective courses,
Business Internship and Marketing
Internship, for students to complete a
work assignment under the guidance of both faculty and
workplace supervisors. Every year, nearly 110 BBA students
gain practical experience from the courses.
In addition, students can also join
university-wide work attachment programmes such as the
Metropolitan Attachment Programme (MAP)
and the Global Attachment Programme
to work in overseas companies for 6-8 weeks during summer.
The School offers over 25 MAP Matching Scholarship
annually to sponsor business students to participate
in MAP. Nearly 100 BBA students work in London, Chicago,
Atlanta, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Shanghai and the
Pearl River Delta every summer.
The Career Mentorship Programmes
help BBA students learn about the world of work. Students
are paired with mentors who are in senior posts in industry
or government. Through mentoring, students discover
practical information of different industries. They
also gain first-hand knowledge about their field of
study and build connections which can be invaluable
for their future career.
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Service-Learning
Programme
The Service-Learning Programme and
the Student Ambassador Scheme are meant for nurturing
the service leadership of students and exposing them
to the evolving needs of the community, in keeping with
the School¡¦s mission and the Whole Person Education
philosophy of HKBU. Course-embedded service-learning
projects (SLP) have since been an exciting part of the
BBA curriculum. Students apply their business knowledge
and skills to solve operating problems of non-profit
organizations, such as preparing accounts, building
websites, conducting marketing research and training
courses, and some of them gain academic units from the
course-based projects.
Over 1,200 BBA students have served
more than 100 non-profit organizations in Hong Kong
and mainland China. The ideals of the Programme ¡V to
allow students to serve and learn ¡V earn wide recognition
and support from the community. In 2006, Dr. Wu Yee
Sun Charitable Foundation Limited donated HK$1 million
to further expand the programme, and nearly 80 BBA students
were awarded scholarships to serve the needy in mainland
China cities including Yunnan, Guizhou and Nanjing.
They were involved in projects organized by NGOs such
as the World Vision, Amity Foundation and Baptist Church
in China.
For details, please visit http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~bus/content/servicelearning.htm.
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Student Ambassador
Scheme
The School of Business hosts or co-hosts many regional
and international conferences, seminars, competitions
and events every year. To present the best image of
the school to our distinguished guests from all over
the world, a group of talented students are selected
to be Student Ambassadors. They are given diverse training
opportunities and exclusive chances to learn through
face-to-face interaction with the guests invited to
these major school events.
Student Ambassadors may
- Serve as Masters of Ceremonies in major school
events
- Receive VIP guests
- Share personal experiences with visiting students
and faculty
- Help to promote the BBA programme and the school
- Represent the school in competitions
List
of student ambassadors
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