Lulu had been contemplating joining a BBA course when one day, she overheard arguments between two business management part-time students. One was skeptical about the applicability of Western management theories in Hong Kong and academics and managers’ beliefs, capabilities and willingness to act on them. Conflicts within and between people facing 1997 uncertainties, short-term and greed-oriented decisions, and differences between Western and Eastern cultures and teachings were reasons unique to Hong Kong. The other student was more hopeful about Hong Kong’s future and the integration of Western management thoughts into its international culture to possibly form a unique management style. He based his arguments that Hong Kong’s managers, employees and people were good learners and responsive to international changes. The conversation, full of business management jargon, had further confused Lulu. However, it contained more information for her BBA course decision. The case reader is asked to advise Lulu after objectively analysing the arguments and real-life data and discuss whether researches on how Western management theories have been applied could help resolve the dilemma.