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Lecture: Entrepreneurial and Managerial Capabilities and Competence in VUCA Era

Mar 27-2021   



 

Co-organizers: MBA Center of the NSD at Peking University; High-Level Talents Service Center of Chaoyang District (HLTSC), Beijing; Overseas High-Level Talents Association of Chaoyang District (OHLTA), Beijing

Time: 14:00-16:00, Saturday March 27, 2021

Venue: Floor 17, Building A, Dong Hu Guo Ji Center (East Lake International Center), Chaoyang District, Beijing (near D exit of Dong Hu Qu Station, metro line 14)

Language: Chinese

Agenda:

14:00-14:15 Introduction to the HLTSC and OHLTA

14:15-14:30 Introduction to the MBA programs at the NSD, PKU

14:30-15:30 Lecture

15:30-16:00 Q&A

About the lecturer

Prof. John Yang teaches management at the NSD, PKU and his research covers organizational behaviors and international leadership, among others. By coupling Western management theories and methodologies with new phenomena and issues in China, Prof. Yang is committed to the research of the China strategies of multinational corporations and the international drive of Chinese companies. He has published more than 10 academic papers in leading international management periodicals and written extensively on cross-cultural leadership as a columnist for influential business publications in China. His course, Self-Perception and the Making of Leadership, has been constantly ranked the most fruitful, inspiring and practical. Prof. Yang also takes full charge of the international study tour project at the NSD and has led study groups to over 20 countries for in-depth looks into their political institutions, social organizations, and economic and financial sectors, mapping their ups and downs that can be of valuable references for Chinese companies and society.

 

About the National School of Development (NSD)

With economics at its core, the NSD is a multi-discipline comprehensive institute at Peking University. It’s formerly known as China Center for Economic Research, founded in 1994 by six doctors in economics, including Prof. Justin Lin Yifu, who had all returned from overseas study. The subsequent years saw the joining of more scholars and development in research and pedagogy, and in 2008 it was renamed the National School of Development.

The NSD prides itself on a strong faculty made up of leading Chinese scholars in economics, management, political science, educational economics and demography, among others. Adhering to the PKU’s spirit of all-inclusiveness and harmony in diversity, the NSD spares no efforts to contribute to China’s advancement by being highly focused on China’s practical issues and committed to the fusion of academics and reality. In over 20 years, the NSD has grown into a comprehensive institute with three major branches: pedagogy, research, and think tank, and is an integral part of PKU in its efforts to develop into a world-leading university.

 

MBA Programs at the NSD

BiMBA Business School at the NSD is the bellwether of business education in China. Founded in 1998 and operated by the NSD, BiMBA harnesses world-class business education resources while staying true to the humanity care of PKU. This is where east meets west and knowledge meets actions. As a forerunner and leader in Sino-foreign cooperative educational programs, BiMBA now offers two international MBA programs: PKU-UCL MBA and PKU-Vlerick MBA, both of which begin a new academic year every autumn.

 

 

Lecture: Entrepreneurial and Managerial Capabilities and Competence in VUCA Era

Mar 27-2021   



 

Co-organizers: MBA Center of the NSD at Peking University; High-Level Talents Service Center of Chaoyang District (HLTSC), Beijing; Overseas High-Level Talents Association of Chaoyang District (OHLTA), Beijing

Time: 14:00-16:00, Saturday March 27, 2021

Venue: Floor 17, Building A, Dong Hu Guo Ji Center (East Lake International Center), Chaoyang District, Beijing (near D exit of Dong Hu Qu Station, metro line 14)

Language: Chinese

Agenda:

14:00-14:15 Introduction to the HLTSC and OHLTA

14:15-14:30 Introduction to the MBA programs at the NSD, PKU

14:30-15:30 Lecture

15:30-16:00 Q&A

About the lecturer

Prof. John Yang teaches management at the NSD, PKU and his research covers organizational behaviors and international leadership, among others. By coupling Western management theories and methodologies with new phenomena and issues in China, Prof. Yang is committed to the research of the China strategies of multinational corporations and the international drive of Chinese companies. He has published more than 10 academic papers in leading international management periodicals and written extensively on cross-cultural leadership as a columnist for influential business publications in China. His course, Self-Perception and the Making of Leadership, has been constantly ranked the most fruitful, inspiring and practical. Prof. Yang also takes full charge of the international study tour project at the NSD and has led study groups to over 20 countries for in-depth looks into their political institutions, social organizations, and economic and financial sectors, mapping their ups and downs that can be of valuable references for Chinese companies and society.

 

About the National School of Development (NSD)

With economics at its core, the NSD is a multi-discipline comprehensive institute at Peking University. It’s formerly known as China Center for Economic Research, founded in 1994 by six doctors in economics, including Prof. Justin Lin Yifu, who had all returned from overseas study. The subsequent years saw the joining of more scholars and development in research and pedagogy, and in 2008 it was renamed the National School of Development.

The NSD prides itself on a strong faculty made up of leading Chinese scholars in economics, management, political science, educational economics and demography, among others. Adhering to the PKU’s spirit of all-inclusiveness and harmony in diversity, the NSD spares no efforts to contribute to China’s advancement by being highly focused on China’s practical issues and committed to the fusion of academics and reality. In over 20 years, the NSD has grown into a comprehensive institute with three major branches: pedagogy, research, and think tank, and is an integral part of PKU in its efforts to develop into a world-leading university.

 

MBA Programs at the NSD

BiMBA Business School at the NSD is the bellwether of business education in China. Founded in 1998 and operated by the NSD, BiMBA harnesses world-class business education resources while staying true to the humanity care of PKU. This is where east meets west and knowledge meets actions. As a forerunner and leader in Sino-foreign cooperative educational programs, BiMBA now offers two international MBA programs: PKU-UCL MBA and PKU-Vlerick MBA, both of which begin a new academic year every autumn.