Calendar 2002–03

ResearchInstitutes andCentres 91 executives at various levels. Senior executive programmes focus on strategy formulation and leadership skills while middle managemen t programmes emphasize the development and refinement of core skills in functional areas of business management. Tailor-madein-house programmes are also provided to meet the specific needs of individual companies. • Coordinating and conducting research on major issues and problems which confront managers in the Asia-Pacific region. • Providing consultancy services for individual businesses. • Publishing working papers and sponsoring symposia and conferences so as to provide a forum for the exchangeof ideasbetween managers and researchers. The institute’s activities are governed by a management board comprising senio r member s of the University. The board sets the institute’s agend a and direction to ensure that its activities ar e geared to meeting the critical needs of the business community. Centre for Accounting Disclosure and Corporate Governance Tel.:2609 7641 Fax.:2603 5114 E-mail :adcgctr@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/acy The Centre for Accounting Disclosure and Corporate Governance, established in June 2001,aimsto facilitate theenhancement of corporate governancepractices through research and education. Its principal objectives are: • to undertake and p romote research on accounting disclo sure and corporate governance (AD & CG), wh ose ambit includes accounting standards and practice, rules, guidelines and regulations, and law; • to enhance awareness of the variou s framework and models for AD & CG through enhanced and focused education; • to facilitate better und erstanding of the intricate in ter-relationship between accounting and law within the rubric of corporate governance; • to publish articles, books, monographs and working papers on all aspects of AD& CG in association with the industry and in collaboration with academics; • to promote collaboration between academicsand practitioners, and to establish lin ks with th e regu lator s, the b usin ess commu nity and p ro fessio nal organizations, both domestically and internationally. Assessment and Training Centre Tel.: 2609 6009 E-mail :atc-cuhk@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.atc.cuhk.edu.hk TheAssessment andTraining Centre (ATC) is a collaboration between the faculty members in th e Faculty of Bu siness Administratio n and the Depar tment of Psychology. (For further details, please refer to the relevantentry under ‘Faculty and Departmen tal Resear ch/Co nsultancy Units’ on p.102 .) It is a dynamic