Haub School Of Business
China Programs
HUMAN
RESOURCE CONFERENCE – BEIJING, CHINA SEPTEMBER 2002
On
September 25th and 26th, Saint Joseph’s University
co-sponsored with the Chinese Ministry of Personnel and its Institute
of Public Administration an international human resources management
conference in Beijing, China.
The two-day conference, which had more than 100 in attendance,
was titled “After China Enters the WTO: Enterprise Human Resource Development.”
Speakers from government, academia, and business, from both the
U.S. and China, participated in the conference.
The U.S. delegation organized by Saint Joseph’s consisted of
Dr. Gregory Dell’Omo (Vice President for External Affairs), Dr. Joseph
DiAngelo (Dean, Haub School of Business), Dr. Weiping Wang (Executive
Director, China Programs), the Honorable Harold Stafford (Delaware Secretary
of Labor), Dan Lange (General Manager, Business Initiatives, International
Operations, Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers), Toshiko
“Nami” Kawanami (Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, ACE INA),
and Dr. Fangying “Ying” Stephanie Shi (Director, Asia Development, RHR
International Company).
Dr.
Dell’Omo presented a paper on “The Evolution of Human Resources in Competitive
Organizations: From an Administrative Support Role to Key Strategic
Partner.” He also presented
a second paper with Dr. Weiping Wang, titled “Current HRM Practices
in China’s State-Owned Enterprises: An American Perspective.”
Dr. DiAngelo presented his paper on “The Role of Business Education
in a Market Economy.”
The
conference was covered extensively in national publications.
Two of the major publications were China
Human Resources News and China
Talent.