Department of Management

Overview

The Department of Management was founded in 1989 as the “Department of Organization and Management.” Later, it was renamed the “Department of Management” in 1993. Over the years, the department has developed core competencies in management research and education with an international, and particularly, Asia and China, focus. The Department is currently ranked 35th worldwide and 4th in Asia in the latest UTD Top 100 Business School Rankings based on research contributions (all journals) from 2019 to 2023; and received 6th worldwide ranking based on the publication counts of Journal of International Business Studies from 1990 to 2024.

The Department comprises a team of academics with diverse ethnicities and extensive global experience, who engage in a wide range of innovative and impactful management research in business sustainability, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, human capital management, international management, organisational behaviour, technology and innovation management, and strategic management.

The Department of Management advances the vision of CUHK Business School, “To develop global business leaders for the Asian Century,” through transformative educational programmes, impactful research and knowledge, and our presence and contact with the community and society. We are committed to providing cutting-edge management education to nurture business leaders aspiring to transform the world with their global business outlook, innovative enterprisingness, and a strong sense of social responsibility and integrity. We are also committed to conducting globally-recognised and impactful research contributing to the current body of knowledge in management. Last but not least, we are dedicated to offering value-added management solutions to our stakeholders for a transformative and sustainable world.

Our key values are commitment, diversity, integrity, professionalism, passion, and respect.


Editorial Leadership

Leading Role in Academic Field

Management Department members actively play leading roles in the academic field. Our senior faculty members have served as editors in numerous top-tier and high quality journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology and Management, etc.

Some faculty members have served in leading academic associations, such as Academy of International Business, Asia Academy of Management, Academy of Management, and the Strategic Management Society. Some have received prestigious academic honors and awards, e.g., Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and the prestigious Senior Research Fellow Scheme award conferred by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong SAR government.

In addition, the Department founded the Asia Academy of Management, an academic organisation and regional affiliate of the Academy of Management, which fosters management education and research in the Asia-Pacific region. The Department also currently hosts three research centers, including Centre for Business Sustainability, Centre for Entrepreneurship, and Centre for Family Business.

Department Chairman
Prof. Kenneth Law

Contact Us
8/F, Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

+852 3943 7898 / 3943 1646
+852 2603 6840
mgt@cuhk.edu.hk

Department of Management in numbers

The Department of Management produces well-rounded leaders who excel in helming and managing organisations and students benefit from the expertise of our faculty.

1974 since it’s established
No. 2 worldwide in International Business research during 1970-2016
No. 52 in the world for Business & Management, QS World University Rankings 2021

Academic Staff