Biography

Desmond Ng is an associate professor of agribusiness and strategy management in the Department of Agricultural Economics. His teaching philosophy is based on creating a student-centric class experience in which students develop practical management skills that increase prospects for career and personal success. This applied learning focus has a learning objective of developing a student’s soft skills in communication, problem solving and critical thinking.

Ng is currently serving on the editorial boards of Human System Management and the International Journal of Complexity, Leadership and Management journals. He has also served as a guest editor on a special issue of the Pluralism of Agribusiness for the International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. He is the chair of the Western Education and Research Activities Committee on Agribusiness and organized and chaired the 2009 Agribusiness Research Forum. Ng is also the chair for the Agribusiness Economics Management section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.