What Is Information Management ?
The emergence of computers has made information an important resource for corporate management and operations, and the introduction of information systems has become a weapon for organizations to survive in the market.
However, there is little overlap between general organization management and the training and cognition of information technology personnel.
Therefore, in the early days of the information age, most information systems only replaced certain established manual procedures with programs, and ignored the interactive relationship between information and organizations as well as people. Hence, a new discipline – “Information Management” was born.
The History of Our Department
The predecessor of this institution, Ming Chuan [Commercial Junior] College [for Women], took the lead in establishing the Department of Computing, becoming a pioneer in cultivating computer professionals in Taiwan.
In 1979, the institution was upgraded as the Ming Chuan College [of Management], and our department was renamed the Department of Information Management. In 1986, our department established a master’s program.
Our department has been educating students to work in Taiwan’s industry for more than 50 years, and has become an important force in the progress of Taiwan’s information technology in the business domain.
Founding Department Chair – Dr. K. L. Fan
Father of Chinese Computing
Dr. K. L. Fan was previously the director of the Computer Center at St. Mark’s College in the United States. In 1969, he was invited by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education to return and establish the Department of Computing at Ming Chuan Business School.
At that time, computers were still unfamiliar in Chinese-speaking regions. He authored the first Chinese-language computer textbook and coined the translation of “Electronic Computer” as “電腦” (diànnǎo). Since then, “電腦” has become the standard term for computers across Greater China, unlike “software,” which has diverged into “軟體” (Taiwan) and “軟件” (Mainland China).
Despite his technological background, Dr. Fan also ventured into the humanities. In 1983, he initiated the “New Classical Poetry” movement. Later, he combined poetry with oil painting, creating “Poemism,” and integrated poetry into management studies, founding “Poetic Management.”
Dr. Fan was not only a guiding light for Ming Chuan’s Information Management program but also a shining star in the Chinese-speaking world.
Second Department Chair – Dr. K. T. Huang
a Pioneer in Chinese Character Encoding
During the early days of computing, Chinese input methods became a major bottleneck in digitalization. The second department chair, Dr. K. T. Huang, collaborated with two other scholars to study the structure of Chinese characters and co-invent the “Triangle Input Method.”
In 1979, Japan aimed to establish Japanese Kanji as the international standard for Chinese character encoding. Upon learning this, Dr. Huang, along with scholars from Academia Sinica, worked tirelessly and submitted the “Chinese Information Exchange Code” to the U.S.
in 1980, they successfully prevented Japanese Kanji from becoming the dominant Chinese character encoding standard, ensuring that Western perspectives did not mistakenly classify Chinese characters as a subset of Japanese writing.
List of Department Chairs
| Term | Name | Tenure | Photo | Current Position |
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| 1 | Dr. Fan, Kuang-Ling | August 1969 to July 1974 |
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Retired |
| 2 | Dr. Huang, Ke-Tong | August 1986 to July 1989 |
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Retired |
| 3 | Dr. Shen, Pei-Di | August 1986 to July 1989 |
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Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Education, Ming Chuan University; Deputy Executive Director, University Affairs Development Committee |
| 4 | Dr. Niu, Ze-Cheng | August 1990 to July 1991 |
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Adjunct Professor, Ming Chuan University; Life Education Author (32 books published) |
| 5 | Dr. Lee, Hsuan-Shih | August 1992 to July 1993 |
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Professor, Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University; President, Ming Chuan University |
| 6 | Dr. Ho, Tsu-Feng | August 1993 to July 1999 |
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Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Ming Chuan University; Director, University Library |
| 7 | Dr. Shen, Pei-Di | August 1999 to July 2001 |
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Distinguished Professor, Graduate Institute of Education, Ming Chuan University; Deputy Executive Director, University Affairs Development Committee |
| 8 | Dr. Lu, Jun-Cheng | August 2001 to July 2003 |
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Associate Professor, Department of Education and Management, National Taipei University of Education |
| 9 | Dr. Cheng, Yi-Ping | August 2003 to July 2006 |
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Associate Professor, Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University |
| 10 | Dr. Lin, Jyh-Jong | August 2006 to July 2016 |
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Professor & Chair, Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University |
| 11 | Dr. Lee, Yung-Sun | August 2016 to July 2021 |
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University |
| 12 | Dr. Lin, Jyh-Jong | August 2021 to Present |
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Professor & Chair, Department of Information Management, Ming Chuan University |
Campus Information
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