Business Administration Paper is one of the most representative competitions of Hong Kong Federation of Business Students. Over the past year, Business Administration Paper aims at providing an invaluable opportunity to encourage interflow of academic ideas among members and to foster interaction between the business community and our members.
In its coming 26th year, we have a vision to develop BA Paper into an Asia-Pacific business plan writing competition to further enhance idea exchange among local and foreign students. In this regard, foreign teams are introduced to compete with local finalists for champion this year. Although BA Paper has undergone various stages of evolution, providing a chance for recognition of high-quality work for business students has always been the main objective.
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Theme
"Tomorrow's Avant-garde"
The best technologies, systems, or even things that we have been taken for granted in society are basically consequences of the demand for improvements in various aspects. With the world's rapidly expanding economy and ever-changing human demand, every single industry inevitably would have to face various difficulties in the near future. Spotting these difficulties could be hard but crucial for the sustainable growth and development of the business.
Assume you are group of Business Consultants; you have to choose one specific industry or business and either (i) make conjectures (based on some brief evidence) or (ii) identify any existing difficulties, which is in your opinion, not possibly solved in the near future and come up with possible business solutions to tackle the problem(s).
Difficulties in a specific industry or business that may arise in the coming years should be foreseen (or existing difficulties being identified). Any industries are acceptable, e.g. banking, finance, telecommunication, investing, mass media, transportation, etc., that may arise in the coming years or identify any existing difficulties.
A sustainable business solution(s) and innovative business model(s) to solve the problems stated and generate a sustainable profit.
A brief outline of example:
Problems: inefficient rigid shift scheduling, poor management
Solution: replacing traditional scheduling with dynamic shifts that adjust to align numbers of workers available with the demand for their services by fully automatic cloud-based solution
Achievement: workforce optimization, significant savings
Timeline
Open for application
Opening Ceremony in Hotel Ball Room
Sponsor representatives and guests will be invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official commencement of the competition.
Training Session in Hotel Ball Room
To be held on the same day as the opening ceremony. Professionals from related disciplines will be invited to give talks based on this year's theme to gear up participants with essential background knowledge to perform accurate assessment of the scenario.
Details of the Opening Ceremony & Training Session Venue: Regency Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Tsim Sha Tsui Date: 8th October 2011 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 (Registration starts at 09:40)
Other important dates:
7 October 2011:
- Deadline for application (Local Team)
24 October 2011:
- Deadline for submission of Executive Summary (Local Team)
Important dates:
7 November 2011:
- Deadline for application (Foreign Team)
- Deadline for submission of Executive Summary (Foreign Team)
Mid November 2011:
- Release of semi-finalists (Local Team)
Late November 2011:
- Release of semi-finalists (Foreign Team)
Semi-final in University Lecture Theatre
The semi-finalists will be required to submit a detailed written report, and give an oral presentation on the day of the semi-final. The four teams with the highest scores will enter the final round of selection - the Oral Presentation Day.
Final - Oral Presentation Day (OPD)*
The four finalists are required to submit their final written reports prior to the OPD, and will give an oral presentation on the OPD. One team will be selected as the Champion. The First Runner-Up, the Second Runner-Up, Audience Choice and the Best Presenter Award will also be presented.
Important dates:
Early January 2012: Semi-final
29 January 2012: Oral Presentation Day
Rules & Regulations
Each team should be comprised of 2 to 4 undergradutes from the same university.
Professors and Business Professionals will be invited to form the Evaluation Committee for the 3 evaluation sections: the Internal Assessment, the Semi-final and the Oral Presentation Day.
Specifications of the Executive Summary
The length of the executive summary should not exceed five A4-sized pages. The length of the optional appendix should not exceed two A4-sized pages.
The executive summary should be submitted in softcopy in Microsoft Word format.
Times New Roman with font size 12pt and double lined spacing are required.
ONLY the name of the university (also the name of the region for Foreign Teams) and the team number are to be placed on the cover page for identification. Cover page is excluded from the maximum page requirement.
All full time business undergraduate students from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Lingnan University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong are eligible.
Deadline for application: 7 October 2011
Foreign Entry
All full time business undergraduate students from universities outside Hong Kong region are eligible.
Deadline for application: 7 November 2011
Results of the Internal Assessment
Team 19, 24, 33, 47, 70, 74, 99, 204, 238
Note: Deadline for submitting the detailed report and PowerPoint file for the Semi Final is 27 December 2011 (Local Entry) . You are reminded to submit all the materials punctually. Late submissions may subject to marks deduction. For details, please refer to the Rules & Regulations section.
For the other teams, Certificate of Merit or Certificate of Participation will be awarded and distributed on the Oral Presentation Day (29 January 2012). Details will be available in early January.
Results of the Semi-Final
Team 19, 70, 99, 238
Note: Deadline for submitting the written report and PowerPoint file for the Oral Presentation Day is 19 January 2011 (Local Entry) . You are reminded to submit all the materials punctually. Late submissions may subject to marks deduction. For details, please refer to the Rules & Regulations section.
Oral Presentation Day
The Oral Presentation Day is the final stage of KPMG Business Administration Paper 2011. The best four teams of the competition were shortlisted after the Semi-Final. These four teams will compete against each other as well as the champion of the foreign entry on the Oral Presentation Day.
The teams will deliver their outstanding presentation of the business proposal in front of the Evaluation Committee, which comprises business elites and professors from the nine local universities. Champion, 1st and 2nd Runner-up as well as the Best Presenter will be chosen by the Evaluation Committee while the Best Audience Choice will be selected by the audience.
Details of the Oral Presentation Day
Date:
29th January 2012 (Sunday)
Time:
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue:
Room N101, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dress Code:
Smart causal (No jeans, shorts and sandals)
Don't miss the chance to learn the valuable insights of business professionals, professors and outstanding business students. (Seats will be reserved on first-come-first-served basis)
