| Dear
Fellow CCCPA Members,
We are pleased to announce that CCCPA’s February
Seminar will take place on Sunday, February 27th, between
3 and 6:30 PM, at IIT’s Hermann Hall. We are fortunate
to have two very distinguished speakers who will share
with us their valuable insights on career development
in the now multi-cultural corporate America. The information
below is to introduce to you the program at the seminar,
and to provide some detailed information of the two
topics. For more information, please contact Dr. Ming
Shu directly at shuming24@hotmail.com or leave a voicemail
at (773) 296-4129.
Table
of Contents
I. The Seminar Program
II. Registration
III. Direction to the Seminar
IV. Detailed Information on Seminar Topics
I.
The Seminar Program
3:00
PM – 3:15 PM: Registration
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM: Topic 1 - How to Succeed in
the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and American Culture
(by Mr. Guo Jin, well-known speaker on cultural adaptation
from Lucent Technology)
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM: Break
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Topic 2 - Lessons for Personal
Success in 21st Century Corporate America (by Mr. Tom
Robinson, Vice President, Computer Sciences Corporation
(CSC))
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM: Announcement of the CCCPA Mentoring
Program for Chinese students
5: 45 PM – 6:00 PM: Social and free exchanges
6:15 PM – 6:30 PM: Closing Comments (by Mr. John
Lin, President, CCCPA)
Dr.
Derek Hu and Dr. Ming Shu will jointly host the seminar.Light
refreshments will be provided at the meeting
II.
Registration
Free
for all current students and CCCPA members. All others
pay $5 registration fee. Registration will also be free
if you join the CCCPA at the seminar.
III.
Direction to the Seminar (Omitted)
IV.
Detailed Information on Seminar Topics
1.
How to Succeed in the Conflicts between Chinese Culture
and American Culture
Speaker: Mr. Jin Guo, Lucent Technology
Language: Chinese
Outlines:
A. Why this topic:
1) Pressure of living an American life for those who
grew up in China;
2) Pressure of decision-making of whether to come to
US;
3) Pressure of decision-making of whether to go back
to China.
B. Perceive the cultural differences in a structural
way:
1) What's your identification of a Chinese or an American;
2) A set of fundamental differences.
C.
A strategy to deal with the cultural differences:
1) Be clear about your cons and pros of living in US;
2) Adjust your value system;
3) If you have to be a combination, be a good one.
D.
Be a person is more important than being a Chinese or
an American.
1) Your special value in promoting the cultural harmonization.
Information
about the speaker:
Mr. Jin Guo got his BS in computer science from Shandong
Univ. in 1982, his MS in psychology from Zhejiang Univ.
(former Hangzhou Univ.) in 1988 and his MS in computer
science from Univ. of Montana in 1993. Mr. Guo joined
Lucent in 1996. Last year he worked for China Bell Labs,
doing recruiting, training and coordination. Now he
is a developer in INU organization. He has made speeches
on "The Differences of Chinese Culture and American
Culture" in many places, such as AA meetings at
Lucent, China Bell Labs in Beijing, Culture Village
in Chicago, and universities and companies in China.
2.
Lessons for Personal Success in 21st Century Corporate
America
Speaker: Mr. Tom Robinson, Vice President, CSC
Language: English
Outline:
This discussion focuses on what to expect of Corporate
America, how to adapt to its work environment, and the
key work principles that will lead you to extraordinary
personal success.
Simply adapting to corporate work life is essential
to your personal growth and contribution to your company,
but it is not enough to achieve your objective. Taking
control of your participation in the corporate work
environment maximizes your opportunities for extraordinary
personal success; and taking control is a quality you
can actually develop and refine. This discussion shares
lessons learned about Corporate America that have proven
to be very helpful in the pursuit of extraordinary personal
success.
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