A team of four undergraduate students,
Martyna Chmielewska, Holly Kong,
Belle Chan and Ella Xu represented
CityU in the HSBC/HKU Hong Kong
Business Case Competition 2019 on
30 May. Battling through two gruelling
rounds of competition, the group faced
teams from seven local universities
before eventually triumphing in the
Championship.
"I am very proud as I saw how they
have developed their case solving and
teamwork skills this past semester. I also
feel a great sense of accomplishment
that they were able to win the Hong
Kong competition by defeating very
good teams from other universities," said
the team's coach and trainer Dr Zachary Leung, Assistant Professor of the
Department of Management Sciences.
Team member Holly said "The cases
we tackled, both in the competition
and during training sessions were quite
varied and required the application of
these skill sets in distinctive contexts.
In light of this, I have broadened my
business knowledge across industries
and polished my hard and soft skills."
Martyna said "I would recommend
students of various disciplines
to take up case analysis practice
as it has been one of the most
enriching experiences for me and
I think it will help anyone in the
future career. Not only have we
learned how to deal with time
pressure, but also how to stay
creative and open-minded when
facing business problems we
have never encountered before."
The HSBC/HKU Business Case
Competition is an annual competition
organised by the Faculty of Business
and Economics and the Asia Case
Research Center of the University
of Hong Kong. It aims to enhance
students’ business skills and global
perspectives, and nurture them to be
future business leaders.
