CityU executive programme for Russian graduate EMBA students

23 Oct 2014
Executive Education

The Executive Education unit of the College of Business (CB) organised an advanced management international study programme on Hong Kong: Managing change in the world’s future city for The Graduate School of International Business (GSIB) of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Executive MBA (EMBA) students.

The five-day programme was taught by CB professors at the CityU campus from 6th to 10th of October. GSIB Professor Prof Yury Linetskiy and Executive Director Ms Marina Sukhoroslova and CityU College of Business Dean Prof Houmin Yan and Executive Development Director of International Programmes Dr Yanni Yan opened the programme welcoming the 24 Russian students.

Activities included lectures, company visits to Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Civil Aviation Department (CAD) Headquarters, and Star Ferry Public Car Park, and a networking dinner with the CityU EMBA (Chinese) students.

GSIB Ms Marina Sukhoroslova and CityU Dr Yanni Yan gave closing remarks summarizing the programme, followed by Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business, presenting the Programme Completion Certificates to the students on 10th October.

Programme topics:

Modules

  • Change Management in an Organization by Prof Muammer Ozer, Director of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme and Professor of the Department of Management

  • Chinese Culture, Values and Change Management by Prof Nan Zhou, Professor of the Department of Marketing

  • Navigating the Changing Landscape of China Market – Challenges and Opportunities by Prof Wenyu Dou, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Professor of the Department of Marketing

Guest talk

  • Usage of electric vehicles in Hong Kong and sustainability issue by Mr Laurence Chan, Director of Hong Kong EV Power Ltd.

Site visits:

  • Hong Kong Trade Development Council, facilitated by Dr Wilson Chan, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics and Finance, introduction to the roles of HKTDC and visited the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Centre

  • Civil Aviation Department (CAD) Headquarters, facilitated by Dr Eric Lau, Instructor of the Department of Marketing, CityU College of Business, introduction to HK’s air traffic control service and future development of HK airport, and tour to Education Path and Aviation museum

  • Star Ferry Public Car Park, demonstration of different types of electric vehicles charging stations adopted in Hong Kong

About the RANEPA Executive programmes at CityU

The College has organised three sub-division programmes for the RANEPA network:

  1. 6th – 10th October ­– Advanced management international study programme on Hong Kong: Managing change in the world’s future city for The Graduate School of International Business (GSIB) of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Executive MBA (EMBA) students

  2. 13th – 17th October* – Advanced programme in Public Policy & Administration for Master of Public Administration (MPA) of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) alumni

  3. 14th – 24th October* – Advanced programme in Public Policy & Administration for Russian Government Officials, supported by The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

* The second and third sub-divisions attend the same lectures and site visits during the period between 14th to 17th October.

For more information on the second and third sub-division programmes for MPA RANEPA alumni and Russian Government Officials, please visit CB news.

For more information about Executive Education programmes, please visit the EE website.