University Awards

Outstanding Educator Award

To offer special support and encouragement to our talented female students to rise and become our leaders for tomorrow. ” Assoc Prof Marleen DIELEMAN
PhD (Leiden University)
MSc (Rotterdam School of Management) 
Department of Strategy & Policy
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Teaching Achievements

  • Demonstrated agility and adaptability by executing innovative pedagogical ideas during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as bringing in global guest speakers for real-time interaction with students, producing high-quality videos to enhance learning, and conceptualising gamified learning to connect both online and offline students seamlessly
  • A pioneer in hybrid teaching, she held insightful pre-semester sharing sessions to show colleagues how to design and deliver lessons in the new hybrid mode, and capitalise on the benefits afforded by online teaching 
  • Demonstrated educational leadership as a member of NUS Business School’s Teaching Excellence Council
  • Programme director of the Astra General Management Programme, NUS Business School’s joint programme with one of Indonesia’s largest diversified conglomerates. She also has an extensive history of teaching in a range of tailored programmes for company executives

Publication Credits

  • Published 24 teaching cases that sold over 51,000 copies in 35 countries
  • Published 14 international refereed academic articles, including in the Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies and the Journal of World Business, as well as two books and a number of book chapters and reports

International Standing

  • Vice Chair of the Academy of International Business’ Special Interest Group on Teaching & Education
  • Founding editor, Sage Business Cases series on Family Business
  • Regular speaker and workshop leader at international conferences
  • Her work on Asian family businesses has been widely featured in international media, including the Financial Times, The Economist and Bloomberg

Awards and Accolades

  • Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2014 to 2016) and Honour Roll (2017), NUS
  • Outstanding Educator Award (2013 to 2015 and 2021), NUS Business School
  • BoardAgender Champion, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (2012)
 
 Honour Roll Recipients