 The following degree programmes have the option of undertaking a 6-week to 8-week work placement sometime during mid-June to late August:
Students must find their own work placement by approaching relevant firms and organisations in their country of study, although we have supportive systems in place to assist you in this process. For example, there will be work placement workshop held in October to provide advice on how to contact potential hosts and to discuss general arrangements, such as accommodation, travel, and visa-related issues. Further meetings will take place in the second semester to discuss how students should manage the work placement with their hosts, and provide handbook guidance on the dissertation (EAST5250M) based upon work carried out during your placement. Recent examples of student work placementsUK Trade and Investment (UKTI), British Consulate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Chongqing, China (MA Chinese and Business - 2008/09): Research to what extent weak intellectual property protection and enforcement is inhibiting British investment in the west of China. This is part of long term project of the British Government to assist British companies to invest in the less-advanced provinces of China.  Communication Systems, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. Panasonic, Beijing, China (MA Japanese Business - 2006/07): This project was designed to help inform the specific challenges that Japanese firms experience when extending their operations to China, particularly in relation to the localization of human resources management practices, and the protection and enforcement of intellectual property, using the management experiences of Matsushita in China as a case-study. Chloride Masterguard Power Systems, Shanghai, China (MA Chinese and Business - 2003/04): This project sought to understand the nature of the market for Chloride’s industrial power supply products in China, where the company had yet to establish a foothold. The student used interviews and a company survey, along with secondary data, in order to estimate market size, the nature of the industry, industry dynamics, and the preparedness of Chloride so that recommendations could be made to the Group Headquarters in France about how the company should best approach this new market. Communications Dept., Westin Hotel, Shanghai, China (MA Chinese and Business - 2002/03): Primary data obtained through interview with staff and customers, along with a competitor analysis, were used by the student to produce a case study of the Westin Hotel, Shanghai that assessed the effectiveness of new human resources management procedures which were introduced to help sustain occupancy rates following the SARS outbreak in China in 2002. China-Britain Business Council, Beijing, China (MA Chinese and Business - 2001/02): For this project, the student produced a report of the business opportunities for British companies arising from the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and how these should best be pursued. This report was instrumental to shaping the advice and support that CBBC would give to British companies in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, and the impact was sufficiently high for the CBBC to subsequently employ the student in a full-time position in their Beijing and London offices.  Import and Export Company of Beiqu Futian Vehicle Corporation, Beijing, China (MA Chinese and Business - 2001/02): The objective of this project was to understand the nature of logistics services provision in China, and to understand the types of business opportunities available to foreign-investing firms, the barriers to entry and how these barriers should best be overcome. Work Placement and Dissertation Guidance by Programme
For more information, contact our work placement tutor: Dr Heather Zhang |
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