Postgraduate Courses

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Communicate more effectively in business environments as managers and leaders.
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  Continue practicing their communication skills for continuous improvement in the future.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Define the concept of leadership in organizations.
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  Develop skills and competencies that enable effective leadership.
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  Develop a plan that will enable an immediate and noticeable impact on how they lead at work.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Improve general decision making and managerial decision making.
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  Lead a team and work within a group.
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  Motivate and manage others at work.
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  Negotiate effectively.
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  Identify ethical challenges in oneself and others.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply theories/frameworks (e.g. SWOT Analysis and Porter’s Five Forces) for in-depth industry analysis, for anticipating and predicting future industry development.
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  Examine some of the firm's specific underpinnings of competitive advantage and growth in both domestic and international settings.
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  Evaluate some of the challenges in implementing the strategy that has been formulated.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Explain how the management of an organization’s human resources contribute to the sustained effectiveness of the organization.
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  Evaluate how an organization’s human resource systems facilitate the achievement of its strategic objectives.
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  Engage more effectively as an individual employee/manager/job seeker with companies' human resource management systems.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Understand the extent to which China is different from other countries and how such differences affect business strategies in the Chinese context.
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  More accurately assess the opportunities and challenges in setting up business operations in China and to develop corresponding sound business and corporate strategies.
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  Be better prepared to help multi-national companies to develop sound China strategies in order to compete in the Chinese market more successfully.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Evaluate the general nature of human thinking and judgment.
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  Identify the major errors and biases in thinking and judgment.
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  Recognize the obstacles in problem solving and decision making, and develop an awareness to removing them.
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  Develop strategies to overcome the obstacles in problem solving and decision making.
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  Apply the newly learned methodology in managerial contexts.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Explain a summarized company strategy.
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  Apply strategic thinking tools and presepectives to see the future of their industry.
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  Generate alternative strategies for a business unit.
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  Construct an implementation plan for business strategy and decision making.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Develop the ability to compare, contrast, and differentiate among different negotiation situations.
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  Judge the behavior and motives of individuals and groups in various negotiating situations.
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  Analyze negotiation situations to identify which effective core negotiating concepts can be applied and modified.
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  Design and implement strategies for negotiating effectively across a wide range of situations.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Appraise how merger and acquisition can help achieve a firm's strategy.
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  Identify how merger and acquisition transactions work in practice, from initial search through to merger integration.
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  Recognize nsight into the opportunities and challenges of merger and acquisition in China.
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  Execute the merger and acquisition thinking in a team environment.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Possess a broad appreciation of China's external policy toward the major regions of the world, including the United States, the European Union, Japan and Africa.
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  Be better equipped to analyze political and economic situations relating to China in whatever future career he or she chooses to pursue.
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  Possess an understanding of the interplay between political and economic forces in China's determination to attain its "Two Centenaries" goals, which in turn will help the student to assess real-life situations that she or he will face.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the differing perspectives of defining and applying ‘responsible leadership’ and ‘ethics’ by exposure to conceptual frameworks from management science (and philosophy) and from ‘everyday discourses’ from business practitioners.
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  Identify and apply tools, concepts, and theories to perform analyses of the different approaches to responsible leadership and ethics in practice, motives and inspiration (moral, strategic, shareholder, philanthropic, etc.) behind these differences.
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  Enhance personal development to consider moral reflections on how to respond to ethical dilemmas in a business environment.
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  Examine practical case studies relating to the applied nature of responsible leadership and ethics in relation to local and global settings and the issues and controversies that surround them.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Develop skills and competencies that enable effective leadership.
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  Develop a plan that will enable an immediate and noticeable impact on how they lead at work.
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  Reconcile skills and competencies at the beginning of the program with skill and competency growth at the end of the program.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize how personal characteristics impact a person role as change agent and nd deal with resistance in yourself and others.
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  Define the stages of change and associated challenges of each.
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  Identify how to design and facilitate change.
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  Use the experience in practicing communication and decision skills of a change agent.
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  Design a personal development plan to improve required skills as a change agent.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize major changes in politics, economics and social life in China since the late 1970s.
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  Explain the driving forces of major events and processes for China’s political economy.
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  Identify the implications of major events and processes for China’s political economy.
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  Appraise on China’s integration into the global system, and China’s future political development.
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  Evaluate the risks to investors in China.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Analyze the growth models that led to the emergence of Southeast Asia’s “tiger” economies in the 1980s and 1990s.
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  Identiy the risk, strength and weakness of economics during transition of those Southeast Asia countiries.
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  Evaluate along the whole spectrum of functionalities the strengths and weaknesses of SEA business.
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  List the key fixtures of diverse macro environments.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify the current landscape of the social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy industry (in Hong Kong and globally).
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  Develop hands-on knowledge in social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy.
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  Distingush new business opportunities, market norms and customer experiences with positive social impact.
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  Design professional, credible and convincing social venture funding proposal, including a credible implementation plan.
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  Plan methodology to liaise with a variety of stakeholders with different mindsets.
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  Apply the ability to work in a culturally and academically / professionally diverse team.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Define different kinds of transaction structures in the Chinese and Asian contexts.
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  Identify the different country and cultural contexts in China and Asia.
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  Compare, contrast, and differentiate between different types of deals and the contexts in which they take place.
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  Critically analyze a new situation to identify which techniques and contextual factors are the most critical.
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  Design and implement strategies using the above knowledge in order to structure, negotiate, and close deals in a variety of Chinese and Asian contexts.
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  Present the deals effectively to potential deal partners and other members of the team.
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  Tackle ethical challenges conducting deals in China and Asia.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Diagnose the situation of a business problem.
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  Structure the business problem.
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  Prove a hypothesis.
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  Apply relevant frameworks to solve a business problem.
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  Apply fact-based analytical tools to identify insights.
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  Design compelling communications to share their thinking.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify leading indicators of high performance or dysfunctionality in teams.
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  Identify successful factors on how to make teams work.
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  Apply the foundations to building teams.
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  Deal with crisis in team.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify difficulties and risks to choose alliances and joint ventures with potential.
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  Design and create successful alliances and joint ventures.
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  Manage alliances effectively.
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  Identify and leverage capabilities and privileged relationships acquired to build long-term advantage in China.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify key issues, challenges and trends that are likely to shape global trade system over the next 5 years or so.
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  Identify the most important trade issues and initiatives currently underway.
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  Identify implications of China’s rise.
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  Recognize the ASEAN and APEC approach to trade and regional integration.
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  Formulate effective strategies and policies which reflect new, emerging realities in the global trade system.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Explain the Blue Ocean Strategy.
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  Apply the tools learnt to build innovative strategy.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify the important characteristics that distinguish a leader from a manager.
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  Recognize different leadership styles and the limitations that come with them.
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  Apply relevant leadership principles for effective time management and staff empowerment.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify appropriate timing and methods of using coaching to build high performance.
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  Apply coaching techniques to engage and influence others.
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  Obtain more targeted results from people conversation.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the key success factors for realizing full value of any Mergers and Acquisitions deal the Asian-way.
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  Identify different types of Asian Mergers and Acquisitions transactions and how to best position themselves to make the deals successful.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the nature and environment of the sports industry.
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  Compare the cultural and sports models differences of professional and grassroots sports.
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  Analyze the management functions related to the sports industry such as finance, operations, marketing, IT, strategy, etc.
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  Identify topical sports management issues.
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  Assess the future of the sports industry through strategic scenario planning.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the business opportunities across Africa historically and contemporarily.
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  Identify the industries where most business opportunities currently lie in Africa.
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  Critique the entrenched perspectives that surround the African continent.
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  Assess the extend to which internal obstacles are limiting business opportunities in Africa.
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  Identify and analyze the rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and good corporate governance by companies based in Africa.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Define technology innovation and evolution.
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  Develop and assess creative FinTech ideas.
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  Develop the business model for a FinTech innovation.
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  Develop effective external collaborations in the financial ecosystem.
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  Building an effective entrepreneurial organization to harness the FinTech ideas.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify and analyze global environmental and social challenges.
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  Compare and contrast the various stakeholders affecting sustainability.
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  Evaluate opportunities for corporations based on economic, environmental and social criteria.
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  Analyze innovation and business models and integrate sustainable business criteria into them.
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  Recognize the key measures for implementing sustainability-driven strategies.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Assess the key success factors for getting into the consulting business and being successful in it.
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  Recognize how a project takes place centered around case-cracking.
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  Generate the final project presentation along its multiple dimensions by immersing in real case example.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Develop innovation, especially disruptive innovation, in organization.
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  Identify specific techniques for fostering creativity in themselves, others and innovation in organization.
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  Assess the enhancement and environment for individual and team creativity.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the value of feedback and coaching including latest research and analysis.
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  Identify the changing corporate perception of learning and coaching for performance and development.
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  Evaluate potential leadership impact of heightened self‐awareness.
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  Judge potential leadership impact of improved interaction styles.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Solve business problems and develop advanced solution as a leader.
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  Apply responsible leader skills into business management.
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  Recognize and identify own core values, goal and interest which determine career success.
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  Evaluate areas of compatibility and conflict among team members for effective business decision.
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  Execute leadership to manage a team efficiently.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply the 3 horizons approach to search for new business ideas.
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  Identify the problems and opportunities of new venture business.
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  Develop business ideas into products.
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  Design business model to increase the success rate and reduce time and cost of new ventures.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Evaluate the cost and benefit of diversity.
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  Recognize the barriers to diversity.
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  Execute experiences of LGBT employees in the corporate world with practical advice on how to manage identity in the workplace.
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  Implement management of disability with mixed abilities in a business workplace.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Organize innovation activities strategically to ensure company's performance and growth.
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  Design proper funding and accountability structures for innovation and growth projects.
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  Develop and execute innovation programs to deliver expected results.
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  Produce holistic innovation engines to sustain long-term development.
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  Apply tools/frameworks to tackle various innovation challenges in corporate innovation.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize imperative, dynamics and challenges of organizational change.
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  Identify the stages of transformation and the forces that aid and hinder change.
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  Apply skills needed to accelerate change.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Evaluate the impacts of sustainability in operations, finance and investment, product and service development and stakeholder relations.
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  Establish new sources of competitive advantage in future markets.
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  Engage peers and business leaders effectively.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the impact of their personalities and behaviour on others.
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  Evaluate the impact of their cultural values and behaviour on others.
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  Identify the necessary tools of a feedback culture for team effectiveness.
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  Plan and navigate a team development journey.
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  Assess the performance of a team they are leading or a member of the team and introduce changes to improve performance.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify approaches to lead team(s) in making the best decisions to achieve organizational goals.
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  Apply a decision making framework, tested by many practical situations, hence approach any decision with confidence.
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  Articulate, defend, and successfully implement the decisions made.
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  Recognize the most effective leadership styles in leading the team to make the best decisions.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Execute innovation activities strategically to ensure a company’s robust short-term performance and healthy long-term growth.
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  Design proper funding and accountability structures to nurture and discipline various innovation and growth projects.
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  Construct holistic innovative engines to sustain long-term development.
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  Develop hands-on knowledge and tools on setting up and executing performance driven innovation systems in established companies.
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  Apply the tools/frameworks to tackle various innovation challenges in corporate innovation.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Analyze and evaluate the selected topics of current interest which may not be covered by existing courses.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Analyze and evaluate the selected topics of current interest which may not be covered by existing courses.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Analyze and evaluate the selected topics of current interest which may not be covered by existing courses.
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  Develop hands-on research skills.
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  Advance their own research agendas such as papers targeted for submission to top tier management journals.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Examine a specific topic in Management.
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  Read academic articles critically.
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  Write academic articles effectively.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Design, develop and conduct cross-disciplinary research in management studies.
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  Communicate research findings effectively in written and oral presentations.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the philosophical development of behavioral science (Part 1).
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  Understand the trend and predicted future of behavioral science.
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  Know the position of past and current management research under the history and tend of behavior science.
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  Seek new directions of management research by knowing the past and current positions.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Make use of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge about management research in general and organizational behavior in particular, providing them with the foundation to conduct independent substantive scholarly research.
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  Demonstrate an in depth understanding of contemporary issues in organizational behaviors.
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  Perform different aspects of the role of faculty in academia, such as conducting research, writing research reviews.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Demonstrate a sound grasp of the literature in their specialization.
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  Apply their specialized knowledge to solve related business problems in an innovative fashion.
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  Demonstrate a broad based knowledge of core business functions.
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  Integrate functional knowledge to solve business problems within their area of specialization.
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  Teach independent courses or lead lab/tutorial sessions effectively.
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  Present their discipline knowledge clearly to layman.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize common research methods and techniques used in behavioral research.
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  Understand how these methods were used by researchers to address important research questions.
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  Develop hand-on knowledge on statistical packages.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Classify all possible mind-body problem structures, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
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  Summarize the philosophical and scientific issues of human consciousness, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
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  Analyze the philosophical and scientific issues of free-will and belief in free-will, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
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  Explain the philosophical and scientific issues of intelligence and artificial intelligence, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
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  Assess the key issues and scientific understanding of major topics of human cognition such as sensation and perception, attention, memory, language, learning, problem-solving, and decision making.
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  Develop a new research idea in the management research area on the basis of the understanding of human cognition.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Design, develop and conduct cross-disciplinary research in management studies.
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  Communicate research findings effectively in written and oral presentations.