Core Values:

1. Managerial excellence
2. Active and relevant research
3. Close-to-practice knowledge
4. Instructional excellence
5. Ethics and social responsibilities

Goals:

• Achieve AACSB accreditation
• Produce highly sought after graduates
• Generate high-quality research that is both instructive about business in Vietnam and thought provoking for academic colleagues around the world
• Encourage faculty to be contributing members of the Academy of Management (AoM).
• Create opportunities for faculty and students to interact with important thought-leaders in Vietnam and around the world.

Objectives:

• Be the first AACSB accredited business school in Vietnam.
• Have the highest recruitment to graduation ratio of any school in Vietnam.
• Have at least 5 articles published in international management journals per year.
• Have our faculty research presented in at least 5 international conferences per year.
• Assemble an Advisory Board of top managers from Vietnamese companies with quarterly meetings.
• Establish a management lecture series of stimulating topics for SMi and the greater community.
• Establish an innovative curriculum that sets SMi apart from other schools of business.