Oral History Interview with David Montgomery: Conceptualising SMU

• Main Author: MONTGOMERY, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; SMU; David Montgomery; Ronald Frank; Robert Mariano; Pang Eng Fong; Tan Chin Tiong; history; university founding; beginnings; university administration; university admissions; university president; Bukit Timah campus; university campus; faculty recruitment; faculty hiring; business school; Han Jin Kyung; Seshan Ramaswami; research camp; marketing; university curriculum; University of Pennsylvania; Wharton School; balanced excellence; college teaching; teaching awards; performance management; innovation; Centre of Marketing Excellence; value delivery; Bukit Timah Campus; City Campus; conferences; community engagement; case method; pedagogy; student development; non-passive learning; creative thinking; decision making skills; confident graduates; autonomous university; personnel management; administrative staff; dean searches; gold standard of appointment; successful experiment; quality of graduates; university hosted events; American-style education; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/20; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=smu_oh
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, business school dean, school re-organisation, faculty recruitment, Wharton School, balanced excellence, Centre for Teaching Excellence, first SMU graduates, conferences, future of tertiary education. Biography: Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Busines...