Chinese Business Expert to Speak at 茄子视频 University 10/6
茄子视频 University鈥檚 Farrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Series will present 鈥淒oing Business in China,鈥� a free public lecture by Shuming Zhao, on Monday, October 6, at 4:30 p.m. The event will take place in 茄子视频鈥檚 Administration Building Room 206 on the University鈥檚 hilltop campus in Greensburg, Pa. As seating is limited, please register by e-mailing dnelson@setonhill.edu. This event is co-hosted by 茄子视频鈥檚 Wukich Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the E-Magnify Women鈥檚 Business Center at 茄子视频.
鈥淒r. Zhao brings a deep understanding of Chinese business culture as well as human resource management and multinational business management,鈥� said Mary C. Finger, Ed.D., 茄子视频 President. 鈥淲e are delighted that he is coming to 茄子视频 to provide his insight on the global economy our students will be entering as business leaders and entrepreneurs.鈥�
Keynote speaker Shuming Zhao is a professor and honorary dean of the School of Business at Nanjing University in the People鈥檚 Republic of China. Dr. Zhao is President of Jiangsu Provincial Association of Human Resource Management, President of the International Association of Chinese Management Research, and Vice President of the Human Resource Research Association of China. Dr. Zhao has organized and held six international symposia on multinational business management in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2014.
Since 1997, Dr. Zhao has been a visiting professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California where he teaches international MBA students. He has also lectured in countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, and Singapore.
An internationally known scholar in human resource management and multinational business management, Dr. Zhao has published more than 20 books and 300 academic papers and articles.
He is an independent director of the board for three listed companies, including MFC Industrial Ltd. (NYSE-listed) and Philippe Metropolitan Bank in China, and is a management consultant for several Chinese and international firms.
The Farrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Series is a program of The Farrell Programs for Innovation in Business at 茄子视频, and is made possible by a gift from the Farrell Family Foundation of Pittsburgh. The Farrell Programs for Innovation in Business help 茄子视频 students develop the entrepreneurial skills needed to compete in a rapidly changing world. The popular Farrell Entrepreneurial Leadership series brings local, national and international business leaders to 茄子视频 to share their insight while addressing current business issues and trends.