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China Expatriate Programme  
  --- Accelerate business success in China  
     
 
  • 2008.04.21 - 04.23   [Shanghai]   English
  • 2008.09.18 - 09.20   [Shanghai]   English
Programme Fee: ¥36,800
 
     
 
 
     
 
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Coverage Schedule Faculty Venue Admissions
 
     
 
 

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  Description  
     
 

For expatriate managers, the Chinese market presents both opportunities and challenges. China’s strong economic growth over the past three decades indicates that many companies have succeeded in China, and indeed international firms typically view an involvement in this country as critical to their worldwide business. Nonetheless, operating a business in China can be difficult. Expatriate managers need special knowledge and skills, as well as the flexibility to adapt to a different and complex business environment.

To address these needs, CEIBS presents the China Expatriate Programme. This intensive programme, which is being run for the twelfth year, is designed and updated to enable expatriate managers to be as effective as possible in the Chinese business environment. Both managers who are already working in China and those not yet stationed here will be introduced to the “ecology” of this environment through in-depth sessions on China-specific topics taught by prominent experts. 

 
   
     
  Objective  
     
  The objective is to provide new expatriate managers in China with the knowledge and skills needed to adapt to a difficult and uncertain environment. This programme is characterised by its practical, hands-on approach. All aspects of the programme, such as business environment analysis, strategic marketing, people management and cross-cultural issues, are designed to promote the performance of the participants’ companies in China.  
   
     
  Participants  
     
  The programme is recommended not only for executives who are taking on new China responsibilities, but also for those who have been located in China, for up to approximately 18 months. The participants’ positions include president, country head, functional director, general manager, chief representative and business developer, etc. Proficiency in English is a necessity.  
   
     
  Benefits  
     
 

This programme will provide participants with:

  • Fast track adaptation to the unique Chinese business and cultural environment
  • In-depth appreciation of the day-to-day challenges of running a business in China
  • The ability to identify the potential pitfalls of cross-cultural misunderstandings
  • Greater understanding of how to manage a Chinese workforce
  • Vital, up-to-date insights into marketing, financing, and legal issues in China and the knowledge to refine their company’s China development strategies
  • Opportunities to share experiences and build strong connections with other senior expatriates
 
   
     
  Coverage  
     
 
  • China’s political and economic environment
  • Financial market in China
  • Doing business in China
  • Introduction to the Chinese world
  • Meeting the China challenge: Chinese culture and its managerial implications
  • Human resources challenges in China
  • Effective expatriate leadership in China
  • Market development and marketing in China
  • Management of distribution channels in China
 
   
     
  Schedule  
     
 

Day 1

  • morning
    • Programme introduction
    • China’s political and economic environment
    • Financial market in China
  • afternoon
    • Doing business in China
    • Introduction to the Chinese world
      • History
      • Culture
      • Current dynamics shaping China’s context

Day 2

  • morning
    • Meeting the China challenge: Chinese culture and its managerial implications (1)
  • afternoon
    • Meeting the China challenge: Chinese culture and its managerial implications (2)
    • Human resources challenges in China
  • evening
    • Programme banquet

Day 3

  • morning
    • Effective expatriate leadership in China
    • Market development and marketing in China (1)
  • afternoon
    • Market development and marketing in China (2)
    • Management of distribution channels in China
    • Programme closing

Case Studies
An important component of the programme is the examination of a number of actual case studies highlighting issues that expatriate managers can expect to face in China.

 
     
   
     
  Faculty  
     
 

The professors are world leaders in their China-specific specialisations. They are either Chinese or have had many years experience of working, consulting and teaching in China.

Professor Juan Antonio Fernandez, Programme Director

Professor Wang Jianmao

Professor Katherine Xin

Professor Willem Burgers

Mr. David Gosset

 
   
     
  Venue  
     
  The course will be conducted on the CEIBS campus at 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Jinqiao, Shanghai, China.  
   
   
  Admissions  
     
 

Applications are reviewed as they arrive. Completed applications must be received 20 working days before the start of the programme. Any applications received after that date will be considered on a space-available basis. Please address all applications and enquiries to our customer service team in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen.

If a confirmed booking is cancelled within 15 working days of the start of the programme, or if the applicant fails to attend the programme, a cancellation fee equaling to 20 percent of the total programme fee will be charged. If an applicant is unable to attend the programme, the applicant may transfer to another CEIBS Executive Education Programme within the same calendar year. When a request to substitute participant(s) for the same programme is made less than 15 working days prior to the start of the programme, the seat(s) will not be guaranteed.

Please address all applications and enquiries to:

Ms. Julia Zhang
Tel: +86-21-2890-5213
Mobile: 13818971933
Fax: +86-21-2890-5183
Email: zhjulia@ceibs.edu

 
   
     
 

* CEIBS reserves the right to amend information on this programme including price, date, location, faculty, daily schedule and other details.

 
   
 

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  Comments From Participants
 

I highly recommend the China Expatriate Programme. The programme offered me a deeper understanding of China and also help to explain some of my personal encounters since coming to China. The programme has enabled me to rethink and improve my approach of doing business in China.

Carsten Oehler
Partner, Risk Advisory Services
KPMG Huazhen

 

After 17 years working with the Chinese, I took the China Expatriate Programme at CEIBS largely to get an inside view of CEIBS, and as a networking effort - not really expecting "to learn much new".  Three short days later, with some 58 pages of handwritten notes, I walked away marveling at how much I'd learned and how valuable this programme was - and would be for anybody who was serious about doing business in China. I wish I'd taken the programme years ago.

Matthew B. Brandt
Founder
China Global Advanced Management Forum

 

The China Expatriate Programme is like a strong, fresh wind that blew away the clouds over the Chinese sky. Highly recommend this programme for both expatriates working in China and also headquarter managers.

Dario Cardone
General Manager
Dalian SKF Wazhou Bearings Co., Ltd.

 

As an Asian Expatriate working in China, this course not only allowed me to gain a better insight of the Mainland Chinese working culture, experiences shared by various expatriates who have been working here for a long time, but most importantly, the possible views of my American and European colleagues about doing business in China. All these have greatly helped me as the bridge between China and rest of the world.

Paul Chia
Regional Sales Manager
Sirenza Microdevices Inc.

 

This programme is a must for expatriate managers in China. It enables you to quickly learn best practices for success in China, both from the outstanding professors and from your fellow participants.

Boudewijn De Loose
Director of Marketing and Sales
Bekaert Asia Shanghai Office

 

This course gives, in a very efficient way, astute insights into various aspects of doing business in China. Several business cases illustrate not only how Chinese values and behaviours affect current business life but also how trends and changes may impact future development.

Anders Brostrom
President
Akzo Nobel China BV Shanghai Rep. Office

 

The programme showed me the mistakes I have made after 3 years of visiting.

Geoffrey Graham Bancroft
Engineering Director
Littelfuse Ltd.

 

Very instructive, high quality learning! Will recommend it!

Stefan Sommer
President
DSM (China) Ltd.

   
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