Public lecture on Chinese mindset development and reflections in business behavior and management

Lectures "Chinese mindset development and reflections in business behavior and management" by Joseph C.P. Lau takes place in Oeconomicum, Narva Rd. 4, Tartu, room B202 on Thu 19.02. 12.00-17.15 Fri 20.02. 12.00-17.15 Sat 21.02. 10.00-15.30.

Participation is free, but pre-registration is required.
Registration for non-students: http://www.eformular.com/aasiakeskus/laufeb2015.html
Info: liina.joller [ät] ut.ee

Thursday 19.02. PS! Takes place in Dorpat Conference Centre!

• Early mindset formation: early civilization to Warring State, development of imperial authority establishment
• Cultural influence: spring-autumn period to Tang Dynasty, the period of meritocracy governance
• Beginning and end of minority rule: Yuan Mongolian to Qing Manchurian, quick mindset adjustments

Friday 20.02.

• Opening to closing: Opium war to communist China, the period of mindset confusion
• Opening and progression: 1978 onwards, mindset convergence or divergence?
• The influences of Chinese mindset in business communication and negotiations

Saturday 21.02.

• Chinese mindset and consumer behaviour
• Reflections of Chinese mindset development to nowadays business
• Individual mindset vs. Chinese organizational culture

Joseph C. P. Lau, graduated from the then University of Singapore (known as National University of Singapore today) with a professional degree and later obtained his postgraduate qualification in strategic management from University of Hull, UK.

He worked as a professional during the first few years of careers and then ventured into the field of marketing and management for the next fifteen years; handling products from processed food (Yeo’s), beverage (Pepsi Cola), toiletries (Faberge) to electrical durables (Panasonic). During the 90s, with the burgeoning of management training and development and lifelong learning, he switched career path and since then, he has trained 80,000+ trainees from 73 countries.

As a Singaporean, he had the opportunities to witness transition of pragmatic governance vis-à-vis strategic economic growth; escalating astronomically from USD 300 GDP per capita (in the year of independence – 1965) to USD 55,000 in 2014, despite the weakness of almost nothing in natural resources.

He is one of the few effectively bilingual trainers. Besides delivering academic programs in as an adjunct professor for EMBA with Shandong University (China), University of Tartu (Estonia) and Kazan State University (Russia), he has been conducting training and development programs for about 20 such organisations in Singapore.