To conduct both qualitative and quantitative research relating to business and policy; provide consultancy services to industries/ government agencies/ community.

To build a research culture and expand research community with wide-ranging interests in many specialist areas.

To develop several areas of excellence which will bring distinctiveness to the work of the faculty, the programmes the faculty offers and the wider community.

To collaborate with private sector and various industries in terms of relevant market-driven, and business-related projects and any consultancy thereof.

To form and develop research partnership/authorship with public and private sectors/ institutions/ industries nationally and/or internationally to produce books and high impact journal articles.

To invite prominent speaker and subject experts from academics/ industry practitioners (nationally and internationally) to share their experience; and to facilitate relevant talk/ seminar/ symposium/ workshop/ colloquium primarily on research methodology.

To provide research-led training courses for the faculty’s academicians and students to learn, nurture and hone their research skills as well as competencies.

Chairperson – AP Dr Foo Lee Peng

Secretary –Executive, FAFB

Members – Prof. Dr Chong Shyue Chuan, Prof. Puan Sri Dr Mary Lee Siew Cheng, AP Dr Chin Mui Yin, AP Dr Wong Mei Foong, Dr Chow Poh Ling, AP Dr Chow Yee Peng, AP Dr Lim Chia Yien,, Dr Fiona Jane Francis, Dr Koh Chin Wei, Ms Kong Chai Sin, and any interested relevant academic staff who may be appointed from time to time.