Business & Management

The programme is offered in collaboration with Hong Kong Shippers' Council. It provides a comprehensive training in various aspects of shipping and logistics which suit the training needs of practitioners in the field and trainees who need to acquire a wide range of basic knowledge within a short period.

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 aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become effective programme planners, and trainers in adult and vocational education institutions, teachers of post-secondary education colleges, as well as human development personnel in corporations and businesses.

This programme is suitable for Trainers in commerce, industry and public sectors; Teachers in vocational, technical, professional, community and adult education; Personnel involved in programme management, administration and human resources development. The course is open to applicants without prior teaching or training experience.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management aims to equip current and potential business leaders and senior managers with knowledge and competencies appropriate to a leadership role in business management.  The programme adopts a practical approach with the goal of preparing students with the skills to address the managerial issues in an increasingly changing environment.

People are an important factor for successful digital transformation. This programme aims to equip current and potential business leaders with the knowledge and competencies to lead their people and manage the organisation through changes necessary for transformation. The programme is not just about change management, it also covers leadership, personal skills for agile innovative thinking as well as how to deal with people related issues through the transformation.

Digital Transformation is not about technology but about creating value for customers with digital technology as an enabler.
 
The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management for Digital Transformation is a business programme focused on developing customer-centric business and organisation development strategies to transform an existing business to meet changing customer behaviours with the help of digital technology.
 
The programme aims to equip current and potential business leaders with the knowledge and competencies to lead the business transformation of their organisation with the help of digital technology as an enabler. The programme adopts a practical approach to prepare students for developing business and organisation strategies for the transformation of their organisations and address common issues that may arise with the transformation.

The programme aims to examine the mindsets of innovators and equip current and potential business leaders with the knowledge and competencies to develop a mindset for creativity and problem-solving.

The programme adopts a practical approach with the goal of preparing students with the practices and techniques to promote innovation in their organisations.

This Programme aims to meet the continuing education and professional development needs of those who have considerable work experience in logistics and supply chain industries, or those who are interested to develop a career in these industries. It also aims to enhance the professional competence of students with knowledge and technical capability to deal with the current issues in international trade, supply chain, logistics, e-commerce and procurement.

Upon the completion, students may apply for admission to the top-up Master programme in International Logistics and Supply Chain Management offered by University of Plymouth, UK.

In today’s world of data abundance, artificial intelligence and human resource analytics can help leaders of an organisation make more informed and insightful decisions about its employees. However, to truly become an insight-driven organisation, behavioural changes may be necessary for employees to embrace data-driven problem-solving and decision-making as part of its organisation culture.

The programme aims at, not only to equip human resource and people management professionals with the skills of Artificial Intelligence and human resource analytics, but also with the competence of managing challenges related to behavioural changes, such as conflict resolution, culture and change management.

The programme is highly flexible and any module can be taken on its own as a Certificate for Module, or several modules can be taken together to obtain a higher qualification.
 
Students that graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Analytics and Organisation Change Management will be able to articulate to the Master of Arts Human Resource Management (in collaboration with the University of Plymouth) with exemptions.
 

The programme aims to provide students with:

1.   the latest concepts, tools and techniques in business psychology and human resource management (HRM)
       to achieve HR and corporate goals and objectives;
2.   various approaches to resolve issues and improve performances in the workplace; and
3.   a thorough understanding of skills needed to develop and increase the opportunities
       for effective conflict resolution.

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 of how digital technologies are changing the competitive landscape across industries and how they can apply the knowledge of transformation strategies to create additional value for their organisation.