Educators
Thought Leadership and Research Impact Seminar (Kaohsiung City)
Develop a model to advance your school’s mission through the creation of impactful research and thought leadership.
Date(s)
March 20, 2025
Location
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Event Type
Seminar
Agenda Timezone:
Agenda:
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST
Part 2: Thought Leadership
Introduction to Thought Leadership:
- Definition
- Examples
- Requirements of Standard 8
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM CST
Part 2: Thought Leadership (cont'd)
Identifying Area(s) of Thought Leadership:
- Business School Context, Mission, and Strategic Plan
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Importance of Clarity
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
Group Activity: Case Review
- Identify and justify two possible areas of thought leadership
- What are possible challenges associated with each of these?
- Reflection moment: thought leadership within your school
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CST
Part 3: Research Impact
Why Does Impact Matter:
- Overview of the impact agenda in HE and business schools
- Focus: academic and non-academic
- Trends and examples - RBBM, FT, AACSB exemplars
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM CST
Group Activity: How do we measure impact?
- Scholarly metrics
- All metrics
- Societal impact approaches
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM CST
Model for SI Research
The Model Has Seven Steps: Mission, Focus for SI research, Stakeholders, Research topics/questions, Research output, Communication, Outcomes and Impact.
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CST
Group Activity: Case Review
The host school on each campus is keen to have their situation used and has provided information for us to create this (20 mins breakout and 20 mins feedback).
- Identify and justify a focus area for societal impact research
- List the stakeholders associated with that focus area