Recently, Professor Zhang Yali, Professor Chang Yu, Associate Professor Huang Hui, and Accreditation Assistant Ma Xiaoke from the School of Management attended the 2025 AACSB Asia Pacific Accreditation Conference hosted by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Held at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, the conference attracted the participation of business schools from more than 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region.

On the first day of the conference, a special meeting for Chinese business schools was convened. During the session, delegates from the School of Management of Guangdong University of Science and Technology, the School of Business Administration of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, the International Business School of Dalian Minzu University, and Shanghai Maritime University shared their respective institutional accreditation experiences. Topics including unlocking the thinking training value of case teaching through business vertical large models, the practice and exploration of industry-education collaborative talent cultivation, and the mission-driven and AI-empowered accreditation path sparked intense discussions among all participants. Attendees conducted further exploration on themes such as cooperation with sci-tech innovation companies and AI teaching assistants, and gained fresh insights into the future development and innovation of teaching and institutional operations.

Park Tae-won, Vice Chairman of Doosan Group, shared the history and transformation of Doosan Group, with a focus on the group’s 129-year strategic restructuring: through divesting B2C businesses and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, it achieved a fundamental transformation from a consumer goods giant to a global B2B industrial leader. He also shared core insights: continuous business restructuring, professional M&A capabilities, and governance structure innovation are the keys to century-old enterprises surviving economic cycles and maintaining competitiveness. Similarly, business schools need to embrace transformation to meet the talent cultivation requirements of the new era.

At the Asia-Pacific Institutional Meeting, Dean Lin Song from the Business School of Central University of Finance and Economics and Dean Weng Marc Lim from the Business School of Sunway University in Malaysia delivered keynote speeches respectively, guiding participants to explore and practice "the leadership thinking guidance in industries". An Accreditation and Quality Consultant from Edith Cowan University in Australia provided a detailed interpretation of the potential challenges in the Assurance of Learning (AoL) segment during the accreditation process, and shared the experience of his own institution in addressing these challenges.

During the conference, drawing on their teaching experience and insights from participating in accreditation work, Zhang Yali, Chang Yu, and Huang Hui conducted in-depth discussions on curriculum design, talent development, and research initiatives with Dean Yang Zhengyong from Shanghai Ocean University and Associate Professor Liu Zhaoping from Singapore Polytechnic. They also had extensive exchanges of views on faculty classification under the AACSB accreditation standards among different institutions. Additionally, they established connections with universities at home and abroad, including Universiti Utara Malaysia, the Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University, Chengdu University of Technology, and Shandong University.

Conference participants conducted in-depth discussions on the AACSB accreditation standards, and gained a new understanding of how the nine standards support the innovation and continuous improvement of global business schools. Through in-depth exchanges with institutions across the Asia-Pacific region, they acquired fresh perspectives and methods regarding the AI industry, regional development trends, and practical strategies for addressing new challenges in business education. The School of Management of Northwestern Polytechnical University will continue to deepen the construction of AACSB accreditation, advance the development of an international faculty matrix and the upgrading of smart education scenarios, and provide forward-looking solutions for cultivating outstanding managers capable of navigating complex global challenges.