Hong Kong as public administration metropolis in the internationalization of public administration education: one Hong Kong university experience
Asian Education and Development Studies
ISSN: 2046-3162
Article publication date: 26 May 2021
Issue publication date: 3 January 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This article explores the roles and the expertise of Hong Kong in the internationalization of public administration education.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology is based on the data of 5 internationalization initiatives of one Hong Kong university with its internationalization partners in Macau, Korea, Australia, Russia and Finland. The data obtained lasted for a period of 18 months, from September 2019 to March 2021.
Findings
The finding of this study revealed that (1) there are 5 “pubtropolis roles” (roles of a public administration metropolis) of Hong Kong in the internationalization of public administration education in China, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Belt-and-Road and Europe. The findings also revealed that (2) Hong Kong served as a pubtropolis with its “5C” expertise in curriculum innovation, customized training, competence framework, competence assessment and comparative policy.
Research limitations/implications
As the methodology of this article is based on the data of 5 internationalization initiatives of one Hong Kong university by one academia only, further studies can be conducted at department, faculty or university level for multiple academia.
Practical implications
There are two practical implications: (1) The more the roles of a city, the broader the view in its internationalization of public administration initiatives; (2) Hong Kong could further tap on its expertise in “5C” in public administration: curriculum innovation, customized training, competence framework, competence assessment and comparative policy to exert its “geo-management” power.
Social implications
This article argues that public services can be improved by the setting up of “Sabbatical Leave Scheme for Internationalization of Public Administration” by respective governments to sustain the impacts observed.
Originality/value
It is from the author's original work.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
This paper forms part of a special section “Higher Education in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area”, guest edited by Alice Y.C. Te and Gerard A. Postiglione.
Special gratitude to all personnel of the aforementioned governments, institutions, universities and parties.
Citation
Wong, V. (2022), "Hong Kong as public administration metropolis in the internationalization of public administration education: one Hong Kong university experience", Asian Education and Development Studies, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 94-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-03-2021-0064
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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