No. Neither did I but it was one of the many interesting bits of information that I picked up at a recent guest presentation by Daniel Cohen of IBM.
Dan was here to talk about how to conduct business in China and it was a very interesting talk. We heard about the many impressive achievements in China and the speed by which things happen, especially infrastructure developments. And the fact that the Chinese economy has to grow 7-8% every year simply to provide jobs for that year’s graduates. These were just some of the examples that Dan used to frame his talk. The key message from Dan was that if you don’t get relationships then you might as well give up on doing business in China. He was kind enough to mention a number of the more important issues, many of which amused the China/Taiwan/Hong Kong contingent of the audience. So did his welcome greeting in Chinese.
If you have kept a note of it then you will know that the new MBA class is now in their third week of classes. Merri (our Careers Management Adviser) and I have just completed the last of the individual sessions. It has been a very useful exercise, to learn about the career aspirations (or confusion) of everyone. These sessions will then be used to inform the career related activities in the programme but also, and more importantly, to line up individual support: course selection, internships, consultancy projects, exchanges and the final project and all that. Exciting times ahead!
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650 million….
Population of Denmark: 5.3 million…
Hmmm….
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