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VIII. Research Services 1 Joint Research Projects
1) Projects 1-“Establishment of International Peer Review System in Asia”
In order to establish a peer review system to guarantee the quality of management education offered by business schools in Asia, on-site surveys were conducted in Asian countries on management education system and quality guarantee system. (2007 academic year)
2) Project 2-“Developing International Peer Review System Model in Asia”
Peer review cases of business schools in Asia were accumulated. Based on comparison of these cases peer review model suitable for various types of education system was developed. (2008 academic year)
3) Project 3-“Corporate Needs for MBA Education” ABEST 21 conducted a research on “corporate expectation on business school education” as a joint international project supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This was done as a part of strategy for “collection of data for diversity, collaboration and development of international model of evaluation systems.” This was conducted to acquire necessary data to improve the quality of business school education thorough questionnaire to 7 schools on
“what is expected of business school education from company’s prospective” in each countries. The seven schools are Tsukuba University, Japan, Seoul National University, Korea, Moscow State University, Russia, Fudan University, China, Management & Science University, Malaysia, Tecnlogico de Monterrey, Mexico. The result of this research was published from Moscow University under the title of “Improving Quality of Management Education” (not on sale). 4) Project 4- “Competencies of Management Professionals”
The survey on management competencies was done with the participation of 13 business schools from 8 Asian countries. On July 2 and 3, 2010, final presentations on management competencies survey were given at the Conference held at S.P. Jain School of Global Management in Singapore.
Survey was conducted on competencies of management professionals nurtured at business schools in Asia. The result was published under the title ”Competencies of
Management Professionals” (ISBN 978-4-905204-00-8). (2010 academic year) 5) Project 5- “Developing Asian MBA Curriculum”
Based on the result of Joint Research Project 4, a survey was conducted on the ways of developing MBA curriculum which fosters the competencies of management professionals at business schools.
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Joint Research Project-5 was conducted with participation of 14 universities from 10 Asian countries. The results of the research were published on February 28 under the title of "Enhancing the Quality of Business Management Education in a Globalized World" (ISBN 978-4-905204-01-5, not for sale).The results of, with members of the Research Project-5 are as below. (2011 academic year)
Chair: Professor Ming Yu Cheng (University of Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Malaysia)
Members: Associate Professor Siriwut Buranapin (Chiang Mai University, Thailand) Professor Hong Joo Jung (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
Associate Professor Amir Mahmood (Newcastle University, Australia) Professor Ruslan Prijadi (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)
Professor Qinhai Ma (Northeastern University, China) 6) Project 6- “Business Management Case Writing” The main purpose of the Joint Research Project 6 is to develop teaching materials to be used by ABEST21 member schools. To realize this goal, we decided to work on structuring of “Proactive Knowledge Sharing Platform” for business school education and deepening of “Academic-Industry Collaboration”. Joint Research Project-6 Case Writing started with CSR, supported by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. The Case Writing project focuses on CSR issues that Fuji Xerox and its subsidiaries face in Japan,
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, where cultural, social and economic backgrounds vary.
The 1st Country Chair meeting for Research Project-6 was held at Management & Science University on December 13, 2012. The meeting was chaired by Coordinator Dean Siriwut Buranapin, who provided explanation about the research method and schedule for “Business Management Case Writing”. The meeting was attended by the following members.
・Senior Manager-Marketing, Mr. Tetsuri Yamaguchi (Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd)
・Senior Quality Executive, Mr. Marcellinus Bin Frederick Lamhai (Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd)
・CEO & President Fumio Itoh (ABEST21)
・Executive Secretary Professor Ming Yu Cheng (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) ・Senior Lecturer Hen Kai Wah (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman)
・Coordinator Dean Siriwut Buranapin (Chiang Mai University)
・Malaysia Team Chair Professor Azlan Amra (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
・Indonesia Team Chair Director Arief Daryanto (Bogor Agricultural University) ・Japan Team Chair Associate Professor Yuji Maeda (Kwansei Gakuin University)
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7) Project 7-“Developing ASEAN Quality Assurance System Model” Research Project 7 is implemented as a part of the
“Research Project for Overseas Development of Sectoral University Assessment” under the “Advanced University Reform Promotion Project” in 2012 by MEXT. The project conducts a survey on quality assurance system of higher education in ASEAN countries in particular, aiming to develop our accreditation activities in Asia. ABEST21 teams in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia respectively conducts a research on education quality assurance system. Educational quality
assurance is a prerequisite for business schools to promote industry-academia collaboration and cooperation among universities, for globalization of management education and establishment of consortium. To meet the needs of the economic globalization age, we believe it is necessary to conduct a research on advanced education quality assurance/accreditation system in Asia and develop a model for the assessment system.
The 1st Country Chair meeting for Research Project-7 was held at Management & Science University on December 12, 2012. At the 1st meeting, President of ABEST21 explained the
contents of Research Project-7 in detail, followed by exchange of various opinions. The 1st
meeting was attended by the following members. ・Fumio Itoh (CEO & President, ABEST21)
・Professor Ming Yu Cheng (Executive Secretary /Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman) ・Senior Lecturer Hen Kai Wah (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman)
・Malaysia Team Chair Dean Ali Khatibi (Management & Science University) ・Indonesia Team Chair Dean Nury Effendi (Universitas Padjadjaran) ・Thailand Team Chair Sujinda Chemsripong (Naresuen University) 8) “Advanced University Reform Promotion Project” by MEXT
ABEST21 submitted a bid for the public tender for “Research Project for Overseas Development of Sectoral University Assessment”, a research theme under the “Advanced University Reform Promotion Project” by MEXT. The tender was opened on July 24 and the technical proposal submitted by ABEST21 was successfully accepted. In the proposal ABEST21 suggests to promote international development in accreditation for business schools which aim to nurture management professionals in Asia. Specific steps are ①Conduct research study and demonstration analysis of educational quality guarantee/assessment system at business schools in ASEAN countries, especially Indonesia and Malaysia, ② Compare the guarantee/assessment system of Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia based on the results of demonstration analysis, and ③Develop a model of quality guarantee/assessment system for business school accreditation which corresponds to the cultural diversity among ASEAN countries.
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