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Associate Professor Dr. Fung Chorng Yuan is the Head of School (School of Business) at the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts. Prior to joining Swinburne Sarawak, he had worked in both the industry and academia for over 20 years, holding senior positions. Dr. Fung was admitted as an associate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), U.K., in 1996 and subsequently became a fellow (senior) member in 2000. He was appointed as a member of the ACCA Malaysian Advisory Committee (MAC) in September 2023, making him the only academician on the board of this national-level committee. Fung is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), carrying the title Chartered Accountant (CA) since 1998 and a member of the MIA Sarawak regional committee since 2018.
Dr Fung obtained his PhD in educational psychology from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His PhD research was on university students’ motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning, using quasi-experimental mixed methods approach. Blending both the practical and theoretical, his passion is to develop learners as critical thinkers in the field that they are embarking on. Leveraging his PhD and Master’s research in self-regulated learning, cognitive modelling and cognitive task analysis, Dr Fung provides useful ‘thinking tools’ for his learners to achieve sound understanding and application of the subject content. He conducts training, both in-course and corporate, regularly. He uses the CARE (Context, Application, Reflect and Evaluate) approach, an approach that Dr. Fung has developed in his teaching and training, making him one of the sought-after lecturers and trainers in the field.
Dr Fung is an interdisciplinary researcher, and his research interest covers corporate reporting, human resource development, emotional intelligence and higher education issues. He is an accredited supervisor to supervise both master’s and PhDs as the principal coordinating supervisor. He has a YouTube channel, providing invaluable resources for master’s and PhD students. You can find out more information about his channel using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4vwjr29t0LcfKgpg9imc9A. In addition to being a researcher and an author, Dr. Fung is also a reviewer for Scopus, Web of Science and MyCite indexed journals.
Undergraduates: ACC10008 Financial Information Systems, ACC20013 Company Accounting
Postgraduates and professional courses: MBAi ACC60008 Accounting Systems and Reporting, ACCA Strategic Business Leaders (SBL), and Advanced Financial Management (AFM).
Channel Name: Dr. CY Fung’s classroom 洪老师课室
Feature: Research education
Recognition: Videos adopted in Independent Study Course at Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Thailand and used by Swinburne Sarawak MBAi thesis students.
