EMBA students get leadership training at Yale University

The College of Business Executive Master of Business Administration (Chinese) (EMBA (Chinese)) programme has returned from a study trip in the United States from 17th to 22nd July. A group of 57 students attended the executive education programme held at Yale University and visited Morgan Stanley during the trip. The expedition is one of the major programmes in the EMBA curriculum, providing students with theoretical and practical business knowledge in a global perspective.

Key business and economic topics such as free trade between China and the United States, brand management, organisational leadership, corporate strategy and revolution, global investment and politics, etc. were addressed in a series of lecture and sharing sessions delivered by world renowned academicians and business leaders. They included: 

• Prof Victoria L. Brescoll
  Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Yale School of Management
  
• Prof William P. Putsis
  Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
  
• Prof James A. Levinsohn
  Director of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Charles W. Goodyear Professor in Global Affairs and Professor of Economics and Management, Yale School of Management
  
• Prof Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld
  Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies and Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management
  
• Dr Richard Foster
  Emeritus Director of McKinsey & Company
  
• Mr Ruchir Sharma
  Managing Director, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, Morgan Stanley
  
• Mr Chris Shays
  Former United States Representative

Also attended the study trip included faculty members:

• Prof Houmin Yan, Dean of the College 
• Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean (Graduate Programmes), Director of the EMBA (Chinese) Programme
• Prof Wayne Yu, Assistant Dean (Executive Education)
• Prof Stephen Liao Shaoyi, Associate Director of the EMBA (Chinese) Programme
• Dr Yong Wang, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the EMBA (Chinese) Programme
• Dr Wei-thoo Yue, Associate Head and Associate Professor of Department of Information Systems  

About the EMBA (Chinese) programme
The EMBA (Chinese) builds upon the College's 18-year experience of delivering the EMBA in English. It adopts innovative teaching methodologies and integrates new elements into its curriculum with key focuses on Global outlook, Fresh ways of looking at issues and problems, and approaches infused with Inspiration.

The EMBA (Chinese) Programme commencing in Autumn 2016 is now open for enrolment. For more information, please visit EMBA website.