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| Introduction of Southern Cross University |
| Southern Cross University, one of Australia's newest
and most immediately successful universities. Our emphasis on strong
industry links ensures that our programs have a 'real world' focus
to match the pursuit of theoretical knowledge. The Graduate College of Management - where Southern Cross offers both MBA and DBA degree studies - specializes in developing management programs for industry both in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. The Southern Cross Graduate College of Management is one of Australia's fastest growing management schools. The objective of the Southern Cross Graduate College of Management is to be a center of excellence in management education, offering quality programs which are relevant to the challenges faced by today's managers. We aim to achieve our objective by offering courses with high academic standards, a practical focus, relevant content, and excellent support. SCU offer MBA program not only in Australia, but also in Singapore, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, etc. In China, China Star Co. has worked together with SCU to offer MBA program in Shanghai and Guangzhou since 1999 and up to now we have more than 100 students graduated as MBA. |
| MBA Program in Guang Zhou |
Most of our MBA students are managers from multinational corporations,
such as IBM, Pepsi Cola, Avon, Colgate, Nortel, Alcatel, Dow's Chemical,
Coca Cola, BP, FedEx, Bossini, Konica, Swatch, TUV, etc. They are
IT managers, Marketing managers, HR Managers, Sales Managers, Key
Account managers, Operation Managers, Project managers, Material
and Logistical Managers, MIS managers, Purchasing Managers, Finance
Managers, HR and IT professionals, etc. Thus our students can not
only learn from Tutors and learning materials, but also learn from
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| Tutors |
| Professors and lecturers from Southern Cross University will come
to Guangzhou to give lectures for separately 12 hours for eight units.
Local tutors selected by SCU and China Star will deliver the rest
of courses. Tutors from SCU: Dr Shankar Sankaran's current research involvements include: กค writing books on action research/learning กค writing books on project management for voluntary organisations กค developing a strategic model for business combining large group intervention methods and action research/learning to successfully implement business strategies กค preparation of a course on Innovation and Technology for Small Business, involving research into case studies of successful innovation in the Asia-Pacific Region. Shankar is also supervising several DBA and PhD candidates Professor Chad Perry has won more than $300,000 worth of competitive research grants. As well, he has won three University-wide awards and two Best Paper awards at national conferences. He has written or co-written three textbooks ( the most recent being Qualitative Marketing Research published by Sage), and more than 100 journal, conference and other papers, including articles published in international journals such as The European Journal of Marketing, Qualitative Market Research: an International Journal (he is on the Editorial Board of these journals), International Business Review, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Asia Journal of Marketing and Management Science. One of these articles won the Editorial Board's 'Outstanding Paper' award in 2000. He has been invited to present at more than 20 research seminars at more than 12 Australian, New Zealand and European universities. Stephen Marks had about ten years experience in teaching MBA. His academic experience includes five years in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of NSW, one year at Hawkesbury College, four years at university of Technology, Sydney and six years at University of Western Sydney, Nepean. Stephen joined SCU in 1990. Stephen's research areas include Quality Management, Productivity Budgeting, Management Science and Instructional Design. Ken Dundas has taught in the MBA since its inception. His early academic training was in economics. Later academic studies saw Ken move into the broader management area. He has also taught in the USA, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and has presented a number of conference papers on management issues both in Australia and overseas. Marjorie Askew joined Southern Cross University in 1990 following two years lecturing at Croydon Business School, London. Prior to entering academic life, Marjorie had some 16 years experience in marketing and management in the UK with Shell Chemicals, Sunbeam and managing a marketing and promotions agency. Val Morrison joined Southern Cross University following eight years at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Prior to her academic time, Val had rich experience in sales and marketing roles. She launched and operated a large retail sports store then branched into the manufacture and distribution of sportswear throughout Australia. As well as working for SCU, Val currently consults independently for Rodger Hilton Associates, an integrated marketing communications company, working mainly on new business and marketing research as well as hosting monthly training seminars for senior managers in the Brisbane district. The following are part of local tutors: Doc. Yang: PhD in IS and MIS of School of Economics and Management at a famous University, Chairman of Department of Management Science and Information School of Economics and Management at a famous university Mr. Pfister: MBA ( with Distinction) of University of Hong Kong General Manager running a Joint Venture engineering company in southern China with 40 employees and a turnover of HKD 30 m Prof. Yu: Doctor of the University of Queensland, Australia Associate professor, School of Economics and Management at a famous university, Shanghai Doc. Condrell: Doctor degree from Columbia University, N.Y. Executive General Manager of Healthy Services, Ltd. Have 8-year work experience in China Mr. Wong: MBA of University of South Australia (Australia) Deputy General Manager of an international clothing company responsible for strategic planning and marketing Mr. Yee: MBA (No.1 in class) of Chinese University of Hong Kong; HR director of a very famous bank in Hong Kong; 10 years of HR experience as a practitioner and consultant with multinational organizations. Prof. Yin: master degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Vice Chairman of College of Business Administration at a famous university |
| Frequently asked questions |
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