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About the School

Our Vision

We aspire to be a leader in whole-person business education and a centre of excellence in business research in selected strategic areas, with a view to inspiring business practice, creating values for stakeholders, and enhancing social and economic growth and development.

Our Mission

Through internationally recognised business education programmes and research achievements, our School seeks to nurture visionary and ethical business leaders who make a difference to their organisations and industry, and to serve the evolving needs of Hong Kong, Mainland China and the global community.

In keeping with this mission, we strive to:

(a)
cultivate and encourage the academic curiosity and integrity of our students, unleash their leadership potential and prepare the ground for them to become all-rounded, values-conscious business graduates, through our high quality and well-balanced curriculum.
(b)
excel as a leading institution in selected strategic research areas, both for the advancement and dissemination of business knowledge and for enhancement of teaching quality.
(c)
be one of the most visible and influential business schools in the region in terms of corporate advisory and public policy impact.
(d)
encourage a commitment by our staff and alumni to the nurturing of business leaders and professionals with a dual emphasis on knowledge enhancement and business development.
(e)
foster collegiality within the School through adopting a participative governance structure that facilitates wide and frequent interactions among those who learn, teach and work in the School.

Core Values

• Quality
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Innovation
• Global Perspectives
• Teamwork
• Social Responsibility

Characteristic Features

• integrates business ethics and corporate social responsibility throughout the curriculum
• runs small classes to enhance interaction and closer student-teacher relationships
• provides extensive student leadership development and overseas learning opportunities
• offers
Hong Kong’s only BBA programme that requires a graduation project
• places emphasis on Whole-Person Business Education

International Recognition 

In April 2010, the School of Business received full accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). Founded in 1916, AACSB International is a specialized agency that grants accreditation for undergraduate and graduate business administration and accounting programs. AACSB International accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in management education.  

What AACSB says about our School and our programmes:

  • Assurance of Learning Framework
  • Honours Project involving an original research project by a student or pair of students and mentored by a faculty member
  • Integrated mission-driven extracurricular activities complementing the traditional academic curriculum to support the School’s whole-person focus 

(Quoted from Best Practices Report of AACSB Initial Peer Review Team Report. The entire report is available upon request.)

Strategic Plan 2008-2011

  • Overall Positioning
    To become internationally recognized and distinguished in selected areas, and to maintain international standards relating to relevant quality/performance indicators in comparison with benchmarking schools.
  • Academic Programs
    To be a provider of innovative academic programs.
  • Teaching and Learning
    To continuously improve teaching quality by enhancing the teaching capability of the faculty members and enriching students' learning.
  • Student Development
    To produce all-rounded BBA graduates with leadership potential and to make HKBU a priority choice for organizations recruiting new business graduates.
  • Research and Scholarship
    To excel in selected strategic research areas.
  • Professional Services and Business Linkages
    To enhance strategic linkages with the local and regional business and professional community and to offer timely responses to their needs.
  • Internationalization and Partnership
    To establish more strategic partnerships and alliances with selected international organizations/institutions.
  • School Management
    To enhance the sense of belonging, culture for quality and innovation, commitment to strive for excellence, and forward-looking mindset in the entire School.


 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
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