MISSION
The Azman Hashim Advisory Council (AAC)’s mission is to provide external perspective and review as well as advocacy and support for AHIBS programs, strategic direction, and overall objectives.
THE REMIT
The remit of the AAC is to help the Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS) achieve its goal of “being the top 10 business school in Asia by 2025. This will be achieved through:
- The delivery of an excellent learning experience;
- The routine completion of internationally recognised, relevant research; and,
- The provision of innovative support for business enterprises whether regional, national or global.
There are three (3) specific terms of reference each member of the AAC must commit to, namely:
Employability and Development – To enhance the employment prospects of the AHIBS’ graduates by active promotion of:
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- links with local, national and international companies and the public sector, both during studies for internships and for post-graduate employment; and
- talent development, management, including a real focus on diversity
Alumni Engagement – To encourage and facilitate the participation of AHIBS’ alumni in the promotion of the AHIBS’ activities to support the potential employment of its graduates;
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Programme Development – To respond to strategies from AHIBS’ executive committee for guidance on key topics for example -functional projects, the business perspective for particular programmes and programme reviews; and provide advisory input regarding what businesses require of graduate entrants.
More generally, the AAC will be linked to the AHIBS in an advisory capacity where desired. There are five (5) key areas in which the AAC can help AHIBS improve, these are:
- Generation of interaction and partnerships with businesses and public profile;
- Refinement of educational and business advisory;
- Energize branding and reputation initiatives;
- Curriculum relevancy and its importance;
- Alumni relations; and.
- Satisfaction rankings, both for education and for community impact.
The AHIBS Advisory Council is chaired by TAN SRI AZMAN HASHIM
Azman Hashim Advisory Council (AAC) Strives with Captains of Industries towards an Energized Business School Focus.
KUALA LUMPUR, 13th August 2019
Following 1 year of UTM Synergy 4.0, the highly promising and successful discussion on the Azman Hashim Advisory Council (AAC) called this meeting to continue engaging industry captains to uplift the sustainability of business education in UTM. The AAC’s mission is to provide external perspective and review as well as advocacy and support for Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS) programs, strategic direction, and overall objectives.
Today, AHIBS, hosted an AAC meeting for the first time, and chaired by Tan Sri Azman Hashim, the Chairman of Ambank Group. It was quite a historic milestone for AHIBS as we managed to get the big industry giants like:
- Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, Founder and Executive Chairman, Berjaya Corporation Berhad;
- Mr. Goh Peng Ooi, Chairman, Silverlake Group;
- Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandez Group CEO, AirAsia Group Berhad;
- Tan Sri Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir, Independent Non-Executive Director, KPJ Healthcare Bhd; and,
- Emeritus Professor Michael Edward Tayles, Hull University Business School
to sit and discuss the way forward for AHIBS.
Million thanks to Tan Sri Azman Hashim for chairing and initiating this meeting. Congratulations to former Dean, Professor Dr. Nur Naha Abu Mansor, and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Internationalisation, Professor Is. Ts. Dr. Zainuddin Abd Manan (formerly), and highest appreciation goes to the entire AHIBS team and everyone in UTM.
Much of the discussion relate to driving the business school to another level which means to create uniqueness of its business education delivery. Work has to be done to ensure the business school leverage on such existing opportunities. Professor Nur Naha informs such engagement will create positive collaborative innovation across the partners on board. Much emphasis will be driven on niche and focus of the business school model, implementation model, employability, a think tank to business education in specific regions, curriculum content and delivery methods, relationship building, business partners, organising chairs for specific regions, deployment of resource and added value in all aspects of business education delivery. AHIBS was also to mark and leverage on the connectivity of the council members’ industry linkages in differing regions of the world. Moving forward was driven by council members’ agreement to become an active participant in the 2019 strategic planning and alignment of the business school. This marks the branding of a new image on AHIBS.
First Meeting of the AHIBS Advisory Council (AAC) Meeting in 2019, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (third from left), Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Zainuddin Abd Manan (fourth from right) and Professor Nur Naha Abu Mansor (first on left) have ended their term as AAC members.