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Chinese Business and Culture Week at the GSB
The Lok Jack GSB in collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of china hosted its 2nd Annual Chinese Business and Culture Week which began on Monday 14th May 2007.
The Chinese Business and Culture Week gives managers, senior executives and the general public an opportunity to experience and to appreciate the Chinese language, culture and way of life in order to better prepare them for doing business with China.
The Lok Jack GSB’s Chinese Culture Week events included the Opening
ceremony which was attended by His Excellency George Maxwell Richards
who delivered the feature address.
Addressing energy sector growth, President Richards expressed satisfaction
with the remarkable growth in the energy sector over the last 25 years.
He commended the advances and leadership role taken by Trinidad and Tobago
in the gas economies. Even though Trinidad is a small country which has
limited resources in hydrocarbon, Richards highlighted that it represents
only one third of the 1% of the world’s proven resources, Trinidad
is endowed with a measure of petroleum and gas reserves which it has
successfully monetised. According to Richards, this makes Trinidad and
Tobago the world’s first gas economy.
“Indeed it represents the world’s very first gas economy in the sense that no other economy, developed or developing, had previously been created and continues to function successfully, which is dependant on natural gas as opposed to the many other economies which are mineral or petroleum, that is to say, oil, dependent. Not surprising it has become a model for other gas producing countries”
Also addressing the audience at the opening ceremony was Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Huang Xing who commented on Trinidad’s ministerial visits to China which created a strong foundation for lateral relations between China and Trinidad given the similar experiences shared by China and Trinidad in socio economic and cultural areas.
Additionally, Dr. Rolph Balgobin, Executive Director of the Lok Jack
GSB stated that the graduate business school sought to build greater
awareness in our society about the impact and influence of Chinese business
and culture, seeking to mirror the People’s Republic of China in
its predisposition towards building up rather than tearing down.
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Dem For Six! -Lok Jack GSB 4th Annual Sports and Family Day
10th
June 2007
Lok Jack GSB will host its 4th Annual Sports and Family Day on June 10th 2007 at Gilbert Park, Point Lisas Industrial Estate.
There will be staff and student activities, cook out and mixed drinks competitions as well and children’s activities.
For further information please contact Seeraj or Nicole at 662-9894 ext.
165 or 135.
Leadership
Assessment & Development Programs
CLA&D continues to deliver Leadership Development programs for the Senior Executive team and Managers of the National Insurance Board of Trinidad & Tobago, Neal & Massy Holdings Ltd, South West Regional Health Authority, Republic Bank Ltd and Caricom Secretariat, Guyana.
The unit has already engaged clients for one of its new offerings – Emerging
Leaders Development Program.
To receive further information contact the
Centre for Leadership Assessment & Development: E-mail: clad@gsb.tt
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CLA&D is currently conducting a survey to determine Employee Assistance Services for a range of private and public sector organizations.
Contact the Centre for Leadership Assessment & Development: E-mail: clad@gsb.tt
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Finance
for Non-Finance Professionals
June 26th, 27th & 28th
This practical programme will enable Non-Financial Professionals to "fill the gaps" in their financial knowledge quickly, relating it directly to their day-to-day operations by covering the most essential tools and concepts used to accelerate business performance.
The workshop will explore how to analyze the historical performance of financial reports and forecasting of financial performance.
Participants will be better able to communicate the financial goals and performances of their departments to outside sources.
They will improve their understanding and be able to use financial terminology
and methodology to communicate with others, including financial managers
in their organizations.
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Project
Management Essentials
June 12th, 13th, 14th
The foundation of what you need to know to manage projects in today's business environment is presented in this three-day course. PM Essentials provides a broad overview of the concepts and practices used in managing projects effectively in today's business environment.
It covers the basic concepts of five essential project management processes, defining requirements, schedules, risk management, and change control.
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HR
Labour Law: Bringing Theory into Practice
June 6th, 13th, & 20th
Employment and labour laws play an essential part in maintaining stability and order in society as well as within organisations. They also help to ensure distributive justice, procedural justice as well as interactional justice. Employment laws help maintain fairness and equity for both employers and employees. These laws, therefore, should be thought of not only as legal constraints; but also as sources of information for potential employees as they think about joining or leaving an organisation.
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Managing
Performance for Organisational Effectiveness
June 20th – 22nd, 2007
A highly effective manager assesses their team’s performance on a continuing basis and regularly reviews their progress. This course promotes a proactive and systematic approach to performance management by highlighting how managers can agree on performance objectives with team members and set up mechanisms for reviewing progress. It also tackles the sensitive issue of poor performance and the key role a manager can play in correcting this.
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Effective
Business Writing
June 12th-14th, 2007
Overview
This Three-day course is the ideal way to learn the skills of effective written Communication. It is both informative and practical with excellent back-up course notes to form a valuable reference source for the future. A course that is completely up to date and suitable for everyone in business who has to communicate using the written word.
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Effective
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
June 26th-28th, 2007
Overview
Our Public Speaking and Presentation Skills workshop can help bring participants to the stage where they can make a positive impact and know how to use their experience to improve speaking and presentation. We will help those with non-technical topics and those whose topics are technically and financially complex and jargon laden to engage in superb communication.
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Event
Entertainment & Production
June 14th & 15th, 2007
Deadline for Registration: June 8th, 2007
Course Goal:
To demonstrate to the perspective meeting or event professional the efficient
and productive use of music, entertainment and production management
in their meetings and events.
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Event
Entertainment & Production
June 12th - 14th
Overview
This course starts with a discussion of government reform and its importance
to successfully achieve the aims set forth in the nation’s Vision
2020. A performance management system will be described, built around
the Balanced Scorecard Institute’s Nine Steps to SuccessTM methodology.
Examples will be shown of how a variety of organizations have developed
the various steps in the procedure. The steps will be described and the
participants will have an opportunity to practice them using a case study.
The methodology to be described is fully compatible with and complementary
to the approach taken to develop the National Strategic Plan and Operational
Plan 2007-2010. Participants are encouraged to bring copies of their organization’s
strategic plan to help make the course more relevant to their particular
interests.
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