This programme aims to provide students with a solid foundation in business studies covering general management theories and practices.  It is designed to equip students with an analytical problem-solving approach in business management.  The inclusion of topical studies in Hong Kong’s business environment will enable students to learn about the emerging issues arising in the society that affect business decisions.

The programme consists of 3 streams*:

1. Business Management;

2. Digital Business Management; and  

3. Applied Business Psychology.

* Choices of streams is applicable for students admitted from July 2020 term only.

A part-time top-up degree programme aims to ensure that students will develop a broad understanding of the complex, diverse and dynamic business environment for management. The programme curriculum is both international and practical in it contents. Students will acquire management skills as well as intellectual capability that enable them to perform effectively as a practicing manager. Thus, enhances their employability and facilitate career management.

Demand for good managers is always on the increase in Hong Kong. Government research suggests that the number of managerial personnel needed in all sectors of the Hong Kong economy will grow by 65,000 from 2010 to 2018. Browsing through the main job sites in Hong Kong, it is clear that management is the category that offers by far the most positions. Leading companies are increasingly competing to win over good management executives with attractive remuneration packages. This Postgraduate Diploma aims to equip students to capitalise on these opportunities within these trends.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Transformation and Business Strategy (DTBS) programme is to equip its students with the latest knowledge and skillsets in the professional field so that they will be able to build up their companies’ competitive competencies in the following four strategic areas: 
Decision Making, Connectivity, Innovation, and Automation.

This programme aims to equip students with professional knowledge and practical skills necessary for leading and managing change in business organizations in the digital transformation era. It is geared towards preparing the students to become management consulting professionals in their future career advancement.

This programme aims to provide paricipants with the practical knowledge of decision making with a data-driven approach. It will help to improve their understanding of data and emerging technology concepts, to communicate more effectively with technical staff and interpret data resources for better business decisions.

Doctor of Business Administration, Heriot-Watt University, UK
 
The programme is designed to fit around your working life as a self-study, online programme. There is no fixed start date for this programme, so you can begin at any time. This programme aims to improve your research skills and cultivate bold thinking. The first year of the programme will focus on research methods and skills. Once the student has passed the 3 research models, they will move to focus on writing the doctoral thesis.
 
The programme is suitable for professionals with basic research skills that prefer to study independently on their own at the research stage and with an appointed supervisor from Heriot-Watt University during the thesis stage.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME?

• Highly flexible – study at your own pace (minimum of 4 years and maximum of 10 years of study).
• 100% distance learning so you can study anytime at anyplace.
• Only 3 research courses before embarking on the DBA thesis, each course to be assessed by a three-hour examination

Doctor of Business Administration, University of Plymouth, UK
 
The programme is studied part-time in a structured manner with a cohort of peers from a range of professional practices. A key emphasis of the programme is the strong teaching and supervisory support from the University of Plymouth. A thesis supervisor will be allocated upon a student’s acceptance and will be the mentor to the student throughout their DBA journey. In addition, the research modules in years 1 and 2 are taught modules so students are well-prepared for their thesis development.
 
The programme is suitable for professionals that prefer to study together with a cohort and be guided by a doctoral supervisor through their DBA journey.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME?

• DBA supervisor allocated upon acceptance to the DBA and will provide guidance to you through your DBA journey
• Strong teaching support as you develop your research skills and thesis proposal in years 1 and 2.
• All assessments are by written coursework, no examination

The MSc in Business Management (Leadership and Innovation) programme is designed for current as well as aspiring managerial leaders. It equips students with an approach to management that blends leadership skills and the ability to synthesise innovative solutions to problems of modern management. The dissertation must reflect the study of leadership and innovation.

Master of Arts Human Resource Management, University of Plymouth, UK

The programme is intended to:

1. Enable participants to develop the necessary skills, competencies and knowledge for effective, ethical and contemporary HR management in a business and organisational context.
2. Provide students with the opportunity to develop the qualities needed for employment in complex and unpredictable HRM and related environments.
3. Adopt a critical perspective on theory and research, and support the application of learning to students’ work environments.
4. Provide the opportunity for students to pursue some subjects to greater depth, to seek out an avenue of HRM enquiry and to carry out independent research through the undertaking of an HR Research Project.

China’s on-going healthcare reforms and internationalization bring both opportunities and challenges for the healthcare industry. With increasing marketization and capitalization of this industry, there is increasing need for professional managers with both global vision and local insight. Professional managers in healthcare industry are required to understand the duality of healthcare industry: being both public service-oriented and profit-seeking. Backed by scholars from HKU medical school and the healthcare industry in Hong Kong, the programme is designed to help senior executives in healthcare industry to be successful leaders in a fast-changing and complex healthcare landscape.

Digital Transformation is much more than adding digital technology to an organisation. It requires a fresh look at the entire business model and develops organisation strategies that embed digital capabilities as part of the overall business model.

The programme aims to equip current and potential business leaders with the knowledge and competencies to analyse the readiness of their organisation for transformation and to provide a framework that they can use in formulating the strategy for their organisation’s business and digital transformation.