Bryan

I chose to do a PhD under the Strategy & Policy department in the Business School because it was a field that has fascinated me since my undergraduate studies. Not only did I want to understand more about how organizations behave and strategize, I wanted to contribute what I could to the state of knowledge in this field.

I chose NUS as it has excellent faculty who are supportive and kind. NUS gives aspiring graduate students access to faculty who are on the cutting edge of business research. These faculty are also collaborative and constructive in approach, which significantly contributes to the development of our graduate students.

Graduate school gave me a lot more academic freedom to explore research topics that are at the frontier of academia. Compared to undergraduate experience, we are expected to be more proactive and passionate as learners. It was amazing to be part of a cohort that is so committed to the craft. The experience is as difficult as it is inspiring.

My research broadly covers how organizations make use of data. More specifically, how relevant data are interpreted and unpacked to influence organizational strategy, and eventually their performance.

I hope that my research would help organizations learn how to better, and more sustainably make use of the data they collect. More often than not, organizations and its members suffer from information overload. I hope that my research will help others understand such diseconomies of scale better.