Bulletin Number Three 1985

nature. As a result, there is a greater need for senior personnel with specialized training in managing such organizations and in formulating sound policies. With improved senior staff ratio in the last few years, the Department feels that it is opportune to introduce a graduate programme to meet the needs of the community and to enhance research activities in the Department. The Department is now planning to launch, in conjunction with the MBA Division, a Specialization MBA Programme in Organization and Policy Studies in 1986-87. Research & Community Service Members of the teaching staff have been active in carrying out research, eithe r independently or jointly. Most of the research findings are published in academic journals or presented in academic/professional conferences in the form of papers. There have been eighty-six publications by teachers of the Department since 1982. Over the years, teachers of the Department have taken up their responsibilities to serve the community by providing long-term and short-term management training courses and/or sitting on various committees of governmental, statutory or non-governmental bodies and institutions. The Department, in cooperation with the Department of Extramural Studies, launched a Certificate Course in Personnel Management and a Diploma Course in Training Management in 1982-83. The diploma course has been run as a joint project with the Hong Kong Branch of the Institute of Training and Development (United Kingdom) and has been repeated twice because of the great demand from the training profession. It will be repeated once more in 1985-86. Students & Graduates It is a tradition for students in the Faculty of Business Administration not to form their own departmental society. Instead, they participate in activities organized by other student organizations, especially those related to the B.A. Faculty. Most students in the Department realize that they will gain some experience through participating in extracurricular activities. Employment opportunities for graduates of the Department have been good. The Department has been able to train its graduates to meet the incessant needs for well-trained managerial personnel from all types of business corporations, industries, as well as Government departments. Since the graduates are well received in the job market, it is believed that the Department's objectives are sound and the programme of studies formulated to achieve these objective has been relevant. Future Developments The modernization plans of the People's Republic of China have meant the opening of a new market, which provides great economic opportunities for the world. The Department will continue to help students to familiarize themselves with the economic development and business practices in China, in a bid to produce a new source of supply of bilingual business executives with modern management theory and knowledge of business operations in China. It is anticipated that using Hong Kong as a base to trade with China will become an even more important operation for many local and foreign companies, and the Department is in a good position to meet the needs for competent executives of these companies. —C.M. Chang Staff and students of the Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 7