Never stop wondering, for there lies the seeds of discoveries....

Francis Bacon once said "Wonder is the seed of knowledge"

 

After 33 years of working in the real estate industry; with the last 20 years in the Mid Valley City development, I have since 2014, transit into a teaching career.

 

Helping to create the habit of pursuing wonder in my students' lives is tremendously satisfying....

 

Who Am I:

- My Name

  • Chen Boon Tai, PhD

- Currently

  • Adjunct Professor of Business and Management, IPE Management School Paris, a division of PPA Business School (Pôle Paris Alternance) of France. (For its program in Malaysia)

- Previously

  • Industry Professor of Management, Department of Engineering Management, School of Science and Engineering, Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)

- Even More Previously

  • Director of Project Development, Mid Valley City Developments Sdn Bhd, a member of IGB Corporation Bhd.  
  • General Manager of a real estate development and hospitality group of companies
  • Divisional Manager of Project Financing, Cooperative Central Bank, Malaysia
  • Executive Engineer at Public Works Department of Malaysia

 













Quick Facts

-Teach Doctorate and Master classes on business administration and construction engineering and management

-Supervise Doctoral and Master students in their dissertation, research and publication

-Ex-Industry Professor of Management at Malaysia University of Science and Technology

-Adjunct Professor of Business and Management at IPE Management School Paris, France (https://www.ipe-paris.fr) [A division of PPA Business School (Pôle Paris Alternance) of France https://www.ppa.fr]

-Business Adviser & Tech Consultant to Warlord Ventures Sdn Bhd

-Guest Lecturer of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman /Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association's Master of Real Estate Development program

-Program Adviser of Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology's MSc in Real Estate Development program

-Member of the Editorial Board of The International Professional and Applied Management Review, U.K. https://ipmajournal.com/editor/Editor-ChenBoonTai.php

-Retired Director of Project Developments at Mid Valley City Developments

-Ex-General Manager of a property development and hospitality group of companies

-Ex-Divisional Manager of Project Financing of Cooperative Central Bank Ltd

-Church Elder

-Seminar speaker

Academic Qualifications

-Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), University of Malaya, Malaysia 

-Graduate Diploma in Business & Management, SEGI University, Malaysia 
-Master of Business Administration, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 
-Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Tarlac State University, Republic of the Philippines

Other Professional Qualifications and Affiliations

1984 - Present:Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

1985 - 2022: Registered as Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia

Research and Teaching Interests

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

New Venture Creation

Strategic Management

Management Information System

Marketing Management

Organization Behavior & Human Resource Issues

Change Management and Leadership

Organization Development

International Business

Project Management

Project Financing

Construction Management

Innovative Project Delivery

Research Philosophy and Methodology

Publication and Dissertation Supervision

Published several joint papers in construction engineering and management

Supervised successfully Doctorate and Master candidates

Supervising PhD and DBA dissertations

Other Interests

Ex-member of the Advisory Panel of GreenRE (a Green Buildings rating agency in Malaysia)

Philosophical and Theological Thoughts

My first website on philosophical and theological thoughts; https://web.archive.org/web/20060516022053/http://whysuffering.org/

https://web.archive.org/web/*/whysuffering.org*

https://chenboontai.blogspot.com





My Family

Back Middle: My Wife, Cheong Yoke Kum

Back Right: My Son, Dr Chen Jit Ern


Front Left: My Daughter, Chen Tien Yi

Front Right: My Son in Law, Shawn Ho Jian Hong





This is my next seminar: a 2-hrs talk at The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia on 6th Aug 2022. Click on this link to download a pdf copy of the flyer https://www.myiem.org.my/download/downloadlink.aspx?fn=14057_Talk%20on%20Mid%20Valley%20City.pdf&id=14057https://www.myiem.org.my/download/downloadlink.aspx?fn=14057_Talk%20on%20Mid%20Valley%20City.pdf&id=14057

Looking forward to my next MBA module. Students: Please come prepared for debates on "Freeconomics"; not "Freakonomics" by Levitt and Dubner


Looking forward to the graduation of my Doctor of Business Administration student in Paris in March 

For My Students:

 

1. Resource Materials for next DBA Module - refer to MORE Portal

 

2. Resource Materials for next MBA Module - refer to MORE Portal

 

3. Resource Materials for MQA accreditation visits - refer to MORE Portal

 

Contact emails:

 

cbt@chenboontai.com

 

chenboontai@gmail.com

 

 

 

 



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