英国《泰晤士》报对伦敦国际商务交流公司国际商务培训的报道

The Times: 'Links offer chance to unlock secrets of China's boom'
Published 4 October 2004
In a Times feature exploring the increased numbers of Chinese students taking MBAs in the UK, and the links that British business schools have developed in China, author Stephen Hoare describes the work of the Lancaster Centre for Management in China.
He writes:
"Lancaster University Management School's China Centre is now recognised for research into China's booming economy as well as a technology exchange for UK and Chinese companies in engineering and aeronautics. The Lancaster Centre for Management in China gives LUMS access to research through local partnering arrangements and a reciprocal exchange of expertise on business matters.
"Susan Lucas, associate director of the international office at LUMS, says: 'We're now working with a UK-based organisation, London Business Exchange, to provide short courses for Chinese officials from their ministry of finance. We are teaching them about performance management and target setting - allocating tax revenue efficiently.'
"Formal links of this kind facilitated by Lancaster's China Centre count for a great deal when it comes to recruiting MBA students.
"Lucas says: 'The Chinese have a word for this. They call it guanxi - making relationships - and it is embedded in China. I think our link will encourage MBA students in the long term."
21st century's powerhouse is a growing market
In a second article in the same issue of the Times, Stephen Hoare looks at the growth in popularity of British MBA programmes in the Chinese market. Referring to LUMS, Stephen says:
"Established in China for a long time before the MBA arrived, Lancaster University now has an alumni network in China, which was a useful recruiting tool when it entered the MBA market.
"The university's six-star research assessment exercise rating and a strong link with the British Council have also been a big help, according to Chris Saunders, the deputy director of Lancaster University Management School's MBA programme.
"David Brown, the co-director of Lancaster University Management School's China Centre, a specialist research faciltiy, explains: 'Five years ago, as China was starting to develop its MBA, Western ideas were imported, used slavishly and found to be wanting. Chinese companies now recognise that they need to do things differently.'"