Oral History Interview with Hwang Soo Chiat: Conceptualising SMU

The interview with Hwang Soo Chiat covered:first involvement with SMU, roles and responsibilities, first classes, teaching pedagogy, pioneer students, student interaction, student recruitment, parent interaction, commencement, milestones. Biography: Associate Professor of Accounting, SMU, 2000–prese...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.smu_oh-10032016-09-16T09:50:54Z Oral History Interview with Hwang Soo Chiat: Conceptualising SMU HWANG, Soo Chiat The interview with Hwang Soo Chiat covered:first involvement with SMU, roles and responsibilities, first classes, teaching pedagogy, pioneer students, student interaction, student recruitment, parent interaction, commencement, milestones. Biography: Associate Professor of Accounting, SMU, 2000–present Member of SMU start-up team Professor Hwang Soo Chiat is one of the SMU ‘pioneers’, a member of the start-up team for Singapore’s third university. Today he is an associate professor of accounting at SMU. In December 2005, he was named Outstanding Teacher in the School of Accountancy. His research interests are in the use of accounting ratios for prediction of bankruptcy of companies, corporate governance, behavioural accounting, and changing cultural values in Singapore. Professor Hwang joined the National University of Singapore as a lecturer in 1979. Later, he became an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University where he taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level. His administrative appointments with Nanyang Technological University included head of the division of marketing and business policy, and head of two centres—the School of Accountancy and Business Research Centre and Entrepreneurship Engineering Research Centre. Professor Hwang has extensive experience in consulting and executive teaching and his clients include the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, Ministry of Finance (Singapore), Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, and Singapore Turf Club. He received his bachelor’s in accounting from the then University of Singapore; master’s degree in economics from Monash University, Australia; and his PhD from Macquaries University, Australia. Professor Hwang is a chartered management accountant (UK) and a fellow certified public accountant (Singapore). 2010-10-12T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/4 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&amp;context=smu_oh http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Oral History Collection eng <a href="https://oralhistory.smu.edu.sg/people/hwang-soo-chiat/" target="_blank">https://oralhistory.smu.edu.sg/people/hwang-soo-chiat/</a> Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Singapore Management University SMU Hwang Soo Chiat Tan Chin Tiong history university founding beginnings Singapore higher education education policy business schools human resources IT infrastructure Tan Teck Meng third university research university teaching university student enrollment numbers Ministry of Education MOE student qualities industry feedback university curriculum interdisciplinary IT savvy private university high degree of autonomy exceed expectations success in attracting students holistic curriculum university administration university admissions interviews for admissions National University of Singapore NUS Nanyang Technological University NTU Singapore Institute of Management SIM marketing university curriculum pedagogy student development non-passive learning confident graduates eloquent speakers teaching style autonomous university successful experiment quality of graduates risk takers critical thinking challenge norms small size thought leadership Wharton School city campus Singapore brand accounting school lectures and tutorials academic library commencement accounting student graduation entrepreneurs American-style education Asian Studies Higher Education Higher Education Administration
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topic Singapore Management University
SMU
Hwang Soo Chiat
Tan Chin Tiong
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university founding
beginnings
Singapore higher education
education policy
business schools
human resources
IT infrastructure
Tan Teck Meng
third university
research university
teaching university
student enrollment numbers
Ministry of Education MOE
student qualities
industry feedback
university curriculum
interdisciplinary
IT savvy
private university
high degree of autonomy
exceed expectations
success in attracting students
holistic curriculum
university administration
university admissions
interviews for admissions
National University of Singapore NUS
Nanyang Technological University NTU
Singapore Institute of Management SIM
marketing
university curriculum
pedagogy
student development
non-passive learning
confident graduates
eloquent speakers
teaching style
autonomous university
successful experiment
quality of graduates
risk takers
critical thinking
challenge norms
small size
thought leadership
Wharton School
city campus
Singapore brand
accounting school
lectures and tutorials
academic library
commencement
accounting student graduation
entrepreneurs
American-style education
Asian Studies
Higher Education
Higher Education Administration
spellingShingle Singapore Management University
SMU
Hwang Soo Chiat
Tan Chin Tiong
history
university founding
beginnings
Singapore higher education
education policy
business schools
human resources
IT infrastructure
Tan Teck Meng
third university
research university
teaching university
student enrollment numbers
Ministry of Education MOE
student qualities
industry feedback
university curriculum
interdisciplinary
IT savvy
private university
high degree of autonomy
exceed expectations
success in attracting students
holistic curriculum
university administration
university admissions
interviews for admissions
National University of Singapore NUS
Nanyang Technological University NTU
Singapore Institute of Management SIM
marketing
university curriculum
pedagogy
student development
non-passive learning
confident graduates
eloquent speakers
teaching style
autonomous university
successful experiment
quality of graduates
risk takers
critical thinking
challenge norms
small size
thought leadership
Wharton School
city campus
Singapore brand
accounting school
lectures and tutorials
academic library
commencement
accounting student graduation
entrepreneurs
American-style education
Asian Studies
Higher Education
Higher Education Administration
HWANG, Soo Chiat
Oral History Interview with Hwang Soo Chiat: Conceptualising SMU
description The interview with Hwang Soo Chiat covered:first involvement with SMU, roles and responsibilities, first classes, teaching pedagogy, pioneer students, student interaction, student recruitment, parent interaction, commencement, milestones. Biography: Associate Professor of Accounting, SMU, 2000–present Member of SMU start-up team Professor Hwang Soo Chiat is one of the SMU ‘pioneers’, a member of the start-up team for Singapore’s third university. Today he is an associate professor of accounting at SMU. In December 2005, he was named Outstanding Teacher in the School of Accountancy. His research interests are in the use of accounting ratios for prediction of bankruptcy of companies, corporate governance, behavioural accounting, and changing cultural values in Singapore. Professor Hwang joined the National University of Singapore as a lecturer in 1979. Later, he became an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University where he taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level. His administrative appointments with Nanyang Technological University included head of the division of marketing and business policy, and head of two centres—the School of Accountancy and Business Research Centre and Entrepreneurship Engineering Research Centre. Professor Hwang has extensive experience in consulting and executive teaching and his clients include the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, Ministry of Finance (Singapore), Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd, and Singapore Turf Club. He received his bachelor’s in accounting from the then University of Singapore; master’s degree in economics from Monash University, Australia; and his PhD from Macquaries University, Australia. Professor Hwang is a chartered management accountant (UK) and a fellow certified public accountant (Singapore).
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/4
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