CHINA BUSINESS STUDIES OPTION
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Option Aims/Objectives & Careers
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The China trade or more correctly China business has become a well-
defined activity of growing importance in Hong Kong.  China's 
institutional setting, legal frame-work, organizational behaviour, 
management style and business practices constitute a business 
environment which is very different from that of the Western world 
and Hong Kong.  Doing business with/in China therefore requires an 
understanding of China business environment and systematic, 
distinctive training.

The China Business Studies Option is a broadly-based business studies 
programme with a systematic treatment of the institutional, 
operational and behavioural aspects of China business. Emphases are 
placed on the three important aspects of China business studies:

  1)   the economic, organizational and legal environment,
  2)   China trade and investment, and 
  3)   integration, which is a common theme running through Seminar in 
       China Business, Strategic Management and the Project.

The Option is designed to achieve the following objectives:

  1)   To provide students with a clear understanding of the economic 
       structure, legal framework, and business environment of China.

  2)   To equip students with the knowledge required for conducting 
       China business, with special emphasis on marketing and finance.

  3)   To develop students' ability to integrate the complex dimensions 
       of China business in making informed business and management 
       decisions.

  4)   To develop students' communication and interpersonal skills, with 
       special focus on Chinese organizational behaviour and Chinese 
       style of management.

The China Business Studies Option will prepare students for careers 
relating to China business in a broad sense, including positions in 
management, marketing, finance, training, research, consultancy, and 
so on.


Option Curriculum
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The detailed study plan is as follows:

Year 1  Principles of Accounting, Introduction to Business, 
	Principles of Management, Mathematics and Statistics for 
	Business, Computer Applications in Business, Principles of 
	Economics, English for Business, Communication in Modern 
	Chinese, and Religion & Philosophy subject.

Year 2  Foundations of Chinese Economy, Organizational Theory and 
	Behaviour, Business Organization & Management in China, 
	Principles of Law, Legal Aspects of China Business, 
	Financial Management, Marketing Management, International 
	Business, Business Communications, Religion & Philosophy 
	subject, and one other Elective subject.

Year 3  China Trade: Administration & Practice, Foreign Investment 
	in China, Seminar in China Business, Strategic Management, 
	Project, two of the following subjects: China's Foreign 
	Economic Relations & Trade, Financial Institutions & Markets 
	in China, Marketing in China, Marketing Research, and two 
	other Elective subjects.

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