Department of Management

Overview

The Department of Management (DMGT) is one of the academic departments of Sunway Business School (SBS) at Sunway University, part of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation. DMGT is home to 46 academic staff spanning the ranks of Professor, Associate Professor / Principal Teaching Fellow, Senior Lecturer / Senior Teaching Fellow, and Lecturer, and delivers a portfolio of four undergraduate and seven postgraduate programmes:

  1. Undergraduate: Bachelor of Business Management (BBM), Bachelor in Entrepreneurship (BENT), Bachelor of Global Supply Chain Management (BGSCM), Bachelor of International Business (BIB)
  2. Postgraduate: PhD, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Master of Business Administration – ODL and Conventional (MBA), Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Master of Management – ODL (MMGT)

The department is led by a Head of Department supported by three Assistant Heads, with each undergraduate and postgraduate programme assigned a dedicated Programme Leader (and, for MBA-ODL, two Assistant Programme Leaders) — an organisational structure that is reviewed and kept current as part of DMGT's ISO 9001:2015-aligned quality management system.

Vision

To be a premier applied management department in the ASEAN region.

Mission

To develop highly employable and socially responsible management professionals.

 

Key Highlights

Over the past reporting cycle, DMGT has recorded strong progress across research, teaching, and staff development:

Research Funding & Scholarly Output

  • Two Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) awards: “Resilience, Visibility, and Sustainability: Redefining Malaysian Supply Chains in the Digital Age” (Assoc. Prof. Dr Arsalan Zahid Piprani, PI – RM102,280) and “A MADAN-Driven Regulatory and Innovation Framework for Malaysian Family Firms” (Assoc. Prof. Dr Shehnaz Tehseen, PI – RM115,000)
  • An international research grant from CDP Partnership Limited (Assoc. Prof. Dr Adams Adeiza, PI) on mitigating cost overruns in large-scale infrastructure projects in Nigeria’s public sector (USD5,000)
  • A further FRGS 12/2025 award on developing a framework for Generative AI adoption in Human Resource practices (RM96,499)
  • Multiple Early Career Research Grant, Triple Alliance Grant, and Research Accelerator Grant awards, funding projects on organisational resilience and digital transformation, fintech robo-advisers, Generative-AI-driven marketing for Malaysian SMEs, MSME empowerment, finance education through experiential (LEGO Serious Play) methods, leader feedback-seeking behaviour, and refugee entrepreneurship in Malaysia
  • Training and leadership-development grants secured under the Royal Belanjawan Leadership Series and the JPA Strategic Leadership & Executive Competence Development Programme (PROSPEK), totalling over RM1.1 million
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr Shehnaz Tehseen appointed Guest Editor for two special issues in Springer Nature journals, with a strong citation record (h-index 30; over 5,000 citations)

Recognition, Appointments & Awards

  • Dr Stella Ong Kim Yoke appointed Advisor to the Malaysia-China Silk Route Business Chamber (Oct 2024–Oct 2026) and Deputy Dean (Employability and Alumni), Sunway Business School
  • Dr Adams Adeiza appointed Director of Executive Education, Sunway Business School, effective 1 May 2026
  • Department members recognised for Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) academic achievement (2024)
  • DMGT lecturers among the first batch of HRDC Accredited Trainers
  • DMGT faculty recognised in the Student Appreciation of Teaching Awards and the SBS Dean's Excellence Award
  • Several colleagues promoted through SBS Academic Promotions, including advancement to Associate Professor, Principal Teaching Fellow, and Senior Lecturer

Quality & Governance

DMGT's programmes and support processes are mapped against ISO 9001:2015 clauses 4–10 and MQA's COPPA standards across seven areas — programme development and delivery, assessment of student learning, student selection and support, academic staff, educational resources, programme management, and programme monitoring, reviewing and continual quality improvement (CQI) — and are subject to regular internal audit, corrective action, and management review, consistent with the university's wider ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.