Dean meets CEOs over lunch

In spite of their hectic schedules, as many as 10 CEOs from the highly popular CEO Unplugged series gathered over lunch at NUSS Suntec City Guild House on 9 September. This was the first time a luncheon was organised to reunite all Unplugged speakers since the inaugural session of the talk show series kicked off in 2001.

Dean Professor Christopher Earley, together with the School’s Advisory Board members, other members of the deanery and directors from various departments, were present to share with the CEOs on the future developments of the School. The CEO Unplugged organising team comprising alumni and students also took the opportunity to network with the CEOs present.

Here is a sampling of the lunch happenings:

CEO Unplugged is jointly organised by NUS Business School and the NUS Business School Alumni (NUSBSA) Association, with the aim of inspiring alumni and students with the success stories of our distinguished speakers. NUS Business School students who are keen to be part of the organising team can contact Mr Lee Keng Leong (BBA Honours 2004) at lkl79@singnet.com.sg or Celeste Chong (BBA Honours student) at 97628441.

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Beijing alumni forum explores cultural issues in M&As

Turning around a company requires a paradigm shift, with its accompanying new mindset and culture. It’s more difficult to achieve this using the same team. A new team is often necessary to effect change.

This is the prognosis of Dr Aaron Tong, Vice President (Emerging Market Profit Centre) at TTE, a Hongkong-listed company arising from the merger of TCL and Thomson Electronics with annual sales exceeding US$300 million.

Dr Tong was speaking at a forum “Challenges of Overseas Acquisitions: Cross-cultural Conflict in Multi-national Teams” in Beijing organised by NUS Business School on 7 October. The 140 participants were mainly alumni of the School and executives from various corporations.

Other speakers included Associate Professor Tan Hwee Hoon, Head of the Management & Organisation Department at NUS Business School, who shared at the forum about cultural intelligence, and Dr Li Min, Deputy Director (HR) of Macro Link Group.

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NUS Business School granted EFMD "Non-European" membership

NUS Business School was granted the European Foundation for Management Development (EMFD) "Non-European" Membership on 13 June 2005.

Based in Brussels, the EMFD is a global, membership-driven organization whose mission is to achieve excellence in the management development profession.
By exploiting its networking strengths, promoting worldwide cooperation and setting quality standards and values, EMFD is the recognised centre of excellence for management education
and development in Europe.

EMFD also runs the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), which is the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement, and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration.

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Visitors from abroad

From China
Close to 50 EMBA participants from Fudan University visited NUS Business School on the morning of 3 October. They were in Singapore for four days before heading to Hong Kong for their class segment on “Business Environment and Entrepreneur Forum - Asia Pacific Focus”.

The visitors were given a warm welcome by Vice-Dean Associate Professor Quek Ser Aik, before being brought on a campus tour.

There were lots of networking opportunities as visitors got to know local alumni over tea and lunch. All participanted in an insightful presentation on China's booming market by Fudan Professor Yu Yihong.

From Latin America
On 8 September, Professor Gregorio F L Stukart from the Business School of Sao Paulo in Brazil and Mr Rafael Vesga Fajardo, Director of Executive MBA programme from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, visited NUS Business School. They were accompanied by Mr Terence Cheng of International Enterprise, Singapore. The professors from Latin America were interested to learn more about our School and explore areas such as staff and student exchanges, joint programmes and research collaboration.

This visit follows from a two-day conference, LatinAsia Biz 2005 “Bridging Partnerships” held at Meritus Mandarin from 7 to 8 September, in which Professor Stukart was a guest speaker.

Ms Neo Chai Reei, Director of MBA Programs Office, Associate Professors Quek Ser Aik and Lau Geok Theng, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academic and Administration respectively, received the group.

From Indonesia
A group of 25 MBA students from Prasetiya Mulya Business School visited NUS Business School on 29 September. Leading the group were Professor Ignas G Sidik, Director of Graduate Programs, and Mrs Dwi M Sosronegoro, Associate Dean for Student Affairs. They were welcomed by Associate Professor Yamada Takeshi, Academic Director of MBA Program, staff and MBA students from NUS Business School.

The objectives of the visit were to understand the tertiary educational system in Singapore, and to interact with our MBA students. Our MBA students, including MBA Club president, Nikhil Kochhar and some students from Indonesia, engaged the visitors in a lively sharing on student life at NUS Business School. Professor Sidik, on the other hand, gave a presentation on the business culture of Indonesia.

Prasetiya Mulya Business School is a private institution established in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. In addition to its regular MBA cohort, it took in its first intake of 85 undergraduate students this year.

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