Dean’s Views on Business Schools’ Role in Today’s Business World

In an interview with Tencent.com 《騰訊網》, Prof.shares how he feels about returning to his alma mater, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and stepping into his new role as Dean of the CUHK Business School. He also shares his views on business schools’ role in nurturing talents for today’s business world.

Dean Chan states that his strong sense of belonging and the tremendous support from his colleagues at the School has allowed him to pick things up quickly despite having been on the job for only nine months.

As the community increasingly demands for talents, business schools need to equip students with multi-disciplinary competence such as business knowledge, leadership skills and a global mindset, so that they can navigate the challenges of the globalized society and a dynamic and culturally diverse workplace. The Dean says that “business schools are places for blue-sky and applied thinking where faculty and students can enjoy exercising their natural curiosity and imagination, ask big questions and search for answers.” He iterates that business schools should be able to nurture students to become socially responsible citizens. By instilling this mindset in them, students will, upon their graduation, be able to contribute to the companies they work for, and take responsibility for the well-being of one another and the broader community.

Commenting on the difference between business education in Hong Kong and China, Dean Chan points out that Hong Kong is unique as it is part of China, whereas it is also a metropolitan. The city has long been an open and internationalized market, playing an important role in helping mainland Chinese companies to go abroad while being the gateway for overseas enterprises to enter the China market. With this background, business education in Hong Kong generally has the characteristic of bringing together China and the West. Hong Kong’s business schools have also played an exemplary role on the mainland in the past few decades…

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This story has also been reprinted by influential online media outlets in mainland China, including Sohu 《搜狐》, EOL 《中國教育在綫》 and more.

This media story is in Chinese.

Media: Tencent.com 《騰訊網》
Section: Business school
Date broadcast: August 17, 2015
Re: Prof. Kalok Chan