Business & Management

This MBA (Master of Business Administration) preparatory course aims to provide tuition support to students for studying the Global MBA, University of London (UoL).

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.

This programme is designed to provide updated knowledge about the concepts and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and introduce the typical issues faced when applying CSR in an organisation. The Executive Certificate will be jointly awarded by HKU SPACE and HKQAA.

The programme aims to:

1. nurture innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial talents to sustain organizations’ business growth through collaborations to create synergy, reduce risk, and share resources; and
2. enable students to gain insight into challenges and opportunities in managing complex innovation projects across boundaries, cultures and generational differences.

The programme aims to:
- Develop innovative and entrepreneurial talents with capabilities to create value by transforming creative ideas into innovative products    for business growth;
- Enable students to adopt market-driven innovation process as a guiding framework to access technology relevance as well as market needs for new product development; and
- Equip students with a set of methodologies to engage the right partners with solid value propositions for commercializing innovative products.

New technologies are emerging faster than ever. They give rise to tremendous opportunities and sometimes disrupt traditional business models. The programme aims to:

1. provide students with specialized knowledge in new technologies and the technological requirements for business innovation; and 
2. enable executives or entrepreneurs to acquire skills in evaluating the potential of digital innovation and its role in enhancing and sustaining competitive advantages of a business

In view of limited funding available in the market, from the government or private venture capital, developing a feasible and appealing business plan as well as good pitching skills are more important than ever to win funding and sponsorship. This executive certificate helps entrepreneurs, SME owners, corporate project managers, and change-makers refine and differentiate their business plans to increase the chance of success in these turbulent times.

In the journey of starting a new business, running a small business, or advancing the career,  executives newly charged with responsibilities of business line performance.  This programme aims to equip entrepreneurs who running a business or executives for career advancement with  knowledge on key concepts of accounting and finance in order to understand and manage business performance.

The programme aims to:

1. Nurture entrepreneurial talents with the right mindsets and skillsets in creating and sustaining successful start-up business by transforming creative ideas into innovative products;

2. Enable students to understand critical elements in formulating a successful start-up business and assess supporting resources and available funding to build, develop, and sustain new business ventures; and

3. Equip students with a set of methodologies to effectively engage financial investors, key customers, and strategic partners in the early stage of start-up development.

The programme aims to benefit student through better understanding of how to plan, manage and implement new digital technologies, and shaping his/her digital leadership style.

This programme provides students with systematic and comprehensive knowledge in organisation and human resource theories and practices.  This will enable them to meet the demand on strategic talent management for the organisation in response to changes in environment, different characteristics and needs of the organisation.  Students will be able to develop strategic staffing plans, employee motivation and skills development programmes for enhancing employee engagement and improving organisational effectiveness in meeting long-term organisational development objectives. Students will also be able to map out implementation details of the plans and programmes.

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.