PRESIDENT¡¯S
MESSAGE
Dear Deans, Members and Schools,
Please join
me and allow a moment of silence for Professor Aoi¡¯s passing in September 2016. Professor
Aoi has been a respected colleague and a dear friend to the Association. It was
a tremendous loss of the world with a great scholar and true leader leaving us.
May him rest in peace. Formed
earlier in May, the AAPBS Task Force team within the Council, has met in
Shanghai during last month. The Task Force discussed topics that concerns
AAPBS¡¯s foundation, plan of growth and future prospects, such as: AAPBS Mission
Statements, AAPBS Value Propositions, recruiting direction and criterion¡¦etc.
Thanks to Fudan University Dean Lu¡¯s utmost hospitality. The Task Force will be
reporting at the upcoming Council Meeting. We hope to revisit and refine our
steering and hence provide a better value-added service to our members. In addition,
you may find a new section in the Newsletter is a complete AAPBS Member¡¯s list with
respective geographical location marked on the World¡¯s map. This provides a
broader picture to our members that AAPBS has been expanding over the years and
extended beyond the Asia-Pacific region. We have 138 members at the moment and
hoping to achieve 200 within the next few years. Given this
said, we are welcoming and asking your assistance to keep recommending your
fellow schools. AAPBS provides a platform of collaboration, networking and
friendship that¡¯s unprecedented like other associations. It¡¯s only possible
with your active participation. We value all your comments and suggestions.
Please feel free to contact the Executives at all times. I look
forward to seeing many of you in Seoul - when we will meet for what promises to
be a very interesting Annual Meeting and where we will be celebrating our
achievements over the year, preparing for the year ahead under a new President,
Dean Decharin from Chulalongkorn and also congratulating KAIST on its 20th
Anniversary!
Warm Regards
Professor
Ruey-Shan Andy Guo President,
AAPBS Dean,
College of Management National
Taiwan University Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
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