China-Roots Program is a series of lectures and events designed for international students to quickly gain understanding of
China
’s business development and current condition of various industries. The program is organized by MBA Programs, Tsinghua SEM with strong support from prestigious professors, entrepreneurs and corporate senior managers. They share their in-depth knowledge in a certain field and rich experience from their work in
China
or related to
China
.
In 2012 there are six China-Roots lectures for both students from Tsinghua-MIT International MBA Program and exchange students in SEM.
1st Lecture: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship and
China
's Capital Markets
Lecturer: Prof. JIA, Ning
Main Topics:
1. Development of Modern Entrepreneurship in
China
2. Development of Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry in
China
3. VC/PE in 2011-2012: Key Observations
Introduction of Prof. JIA Ning:
Prof. Jia is the Associate professor of Accounting, and Associate Director of the
China
Business
Case
Center
,
School
of
Economics
and Management,
Tsinghua
University
.
She received her B.S. in Computer Science from
University
of
Minnesota
in 2002, M.S. in Statistics from
Stanford
University
in 2004, Ph.D. in Accounting from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007.
Dr. Jia’s research focuses on venture capital, private equity as well as the growth and valuation of entrepreneurial companies. She is a leader of the World Economic Forum project Entrepreneurship and Successful Growth Strategies and a number of projects sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has written a number of cases on emerging companies such as Baidu, Focus Media, Suntech Power and eBay. Her research papers have been published in the California Management Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, Economic Perspectives, China Accounting Review etc. She is the winner of the 2010 California Management Review best paper award (the Accenture Award).
Dr. Jia teaches on the Tsinghua-HEC-Goldman Sachs Women Entrepreneurship Track Program (executive education), HBS-Tsinghua Private Equity and Venture Capital in China Program (executive education) and Stanford Business School Executive Program for Growing Companies (executive education). She also serves as an academic reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
2nd Lecture: Leading and Managing in
China
Lecturer: Mr. Frank T. Gallo
Main Topics:
1. Different cultural foundations of Chinese versus Western leaders and how those influence their leadership styles.
2. Present findings from the research on unique leadership traits of Chinese leaders.
3. Draw from real examples in
China
of how leaders have addressed these cultural differences to make leadership work in
China
.
Introduction of Dr. Frank T. Gallo
Frank Gallo is the founder and president of Calypso Consulting, a firm dedicated to improving the level of talent in
China
. He currently serves as the Chief Leadership Consultant, Greater China for Aon Hewitt, the largest HR Consulting firm in the world. He is one of the foremost executive coaches in
China
. With over 30 years of management and human resources experience, he works with both Chinese and Western executives and middle managers helping them to be successful leaders in
China
and abroad. Frank has lived in
China
for twelve years and is the retired president of Watson Wyatt China.
3rd Lecture: *
Guanxi
Building
and Management in
China
Lecturer: Prof. Luo Jar-Der
Main Topics:
1. Understanding Chinese Guanxi
2. The Features of Chinese Guanxi
3. The Two-Dimension of Guanxi
* Guanxi(关系)means relationship, network or interaction between people in Chinese.
Introduction of Prof. Jar-Der Luo:
Luo Jar-der (Ph.D.,SUNY-Stony Brook),Professor of Sociology and Ph.D. Advisor. Professor Luo Jar-der is also a joint professor in the
Management
School
of the
Tsinghua
University
in
Taiwan
. His teaching focuses on theory of social capital, social network analysis, and organizational theory. He also teaches management courses in many other overseas and domestic business schools. Professor Luo’s research endeavours to bring social network, especially Chinese Guangxi, into analysis of economic behaviors and business management. With others, he is trying to set up a research committee on social network analysis. Professor Luo has published widely in overseas and domestic academic journals. He has written The Chinese Trust Game, Textbook of Social Network Analysis and other books.
Professor Luo’ s main research interests include organization research, social network analysis, and economic sociology.
4th Lecture: One Country, Two Media Models-Media Landscape in Chinese Mainland and
Hong Kong
Lecturer: Leung Ka-Wing & Tammy Tam
Introduction of Tammy Tam & Leung Ka-Wing:
Leung Ka-Wing
Engaged in journalism 30 years, Mr. Leung has in-depth understanding of Hong Kong and
U.S.
media. He is the
Hong Kong
's well-known news anchor, host, and senior news executive. He is a former senior vice president of news & public affairs, and director of wireless TV News & public affairs in Asian television. He was also a former director and anchor of Chinese television news in
San Francisco
.
Mr. Leung works as a part-time lecturer of journalism and communication in
Chinese
University
of
Hong Kong
, opening graduate and undergraduate courses including television news production, news translation and news writing.
Tammy Tam
As a senior journalist in
Hong Kong
, Ms. Tam is a former vice president in Department of News and Public Affairs and chief reporter of wireless TV news, and also a Senior Manager of cable TV in Asian Television. She was also a senior reporter of The Standard (Hong Kong Standard).
Ms Tan interviewed a number of major international, cross-strait and
Hong Kong
news. She is also a columnist in
Hong Kong
newspapers. She teaches courses on TV News Production and Chinese News Reports in the
Hong Kong
Baptist
University
,
Hong Kong
Shue
Yan
University
as a part-time professor.
5th Lecture: Introduction to Consulting in
China
Lecturer: Sean Wang
Main Topics:
1. General Introduction to Consulting
2. A Typical Project in
China
3. Consulting Project
4. Why Consulting?
Introduction of Sean Wang:
Sean Wang is currently an associate director at Performance Improvement, Advisory Service, Ernst & Young.
A graduate of
Tsinghua
University
, he went on to gain a Master in E.E.C.S. from
University
of
Iowa
and an MBA from
Krannert
School
,
Purdue
University
. Sean has 9- year extensive consulting experiences in Finance Transformation, IT Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Telecom Operations and Strategic analysis.
6th Lecture: The
China
Healthcare Industry
Lecturer: Michael Cheah
Topic:Healthcare Industry
1. Characteristics
2. Challenges
Introduction of Michael Cheah
Michael Cheah has more than 22years of general management experience in healthcare industry. He had19 years of
China
joint-venture business experience in start-ups and business turn-around situations.
He was the President of Xi’an Janssen Pharmaceutical,a Johnson & Johnson Group of Companies. Xi’an Janssen Pharmaceutical is the biggest MNC pharmaceutical company in
China
. Prior to J&J he was the Vice President & General Manager of Tianjin Smith Kline & French, a subsidiary of Glaxo Smith Kline(GSK). Tianjin Smith Kline is the leading OTC Company in
China
.
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