For a variety of economic and social reasons there remains in China a significant need to assist in providing care for China’s orphans. Over the years we have seen hundreds of children receive life saving and other types of surgeries that have led to them being adopted or greatly improving their quality of life. We have been inspired by the resilience and strength of these children and the generosity of people and companies that have invested their time, talent and money into these beautiful children. Many have been inspired by the needs of these children. “Our initial volunteering work with Children’s Hope China inspired us to adopt our daughter from a Chinese orphanage and the setting up of the China Hope Foundation that could hopefully help children on a broader scale” said Chris Watkins, Executive Director of China Hope Foundation. “Each child has their own story and we hope to help communicate those stories so that others are inspired to come along side these children in their time of need”.

Business analytics is having a positive impact on many fundamental areas within enterprises such as finance, sales and production. The idea behind business analytics is to extract valuable insights from the massive amounts of data stored by a typical enterprise, to improve the quality of business decisions by allowing them to be based on facts rather than anecdotal information. For example, a bank may use analytics to predict how different groups of customers will respond to various product offers, allowing them to hone in on the most profitable clusters. Wouldn’t it be great if this forecasting technology was available to HR professionals too? The good news is basic analytics is already here with more advanced functionality less than 12 months away, presenting the opportunity for savvy HR practitioners to get ready to reap the benefits...

-Getting Ahead without Leaving HR

Working in Human Resources should be the most rewarding department in business. Helping people with their careers, making sure teams function properly, providing training, and orienting new staff should provide a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment for professionals who have chosen the field. Yet it can prove demanding and often thankless work, especially when it comes to promotions. While other departments may offer internal training programs and succession planning that provide for promotions, HR’s developmental opportunities may prove less well defined than those found in Sales or Engineering departments. So what is an HR professional to do when striking that glass ceiling that often lingers above them? For those seeking to move ahead in their careers there are a number of programs emerging to educate and invigorate the careers of experienced HR professionals without demanding they leave work for years to pursue a formal MBA. Sensing this need, a number of educational institutions have emerged to provide programs around China to meet the needs of ambitious young HR professionals, who require a degree to move ahead, yet cannot or will not stop their careers for a few years to complete a business education program.

Winding-up a company in many cases can be coducted on a solvent basis, as a result of sound business reasons for international investors in China. Of course, in the case of bankruptcy , liquidation is a compulsory procedure in order to best protect the interests of creditors at large. For example, due to corporate deadlock(a situation where a company becomes stuck, when either a majority or greater number of required votes, as provided for by the company’s bylaws, cannot be reached with regards to the various issues in relation to the management of the company) among joint venture partners which reaches a point that paralyzes a company and persists for a sustained period of time thus detrimental to the company and its shareholders, or due to merger or acquisition ,where winding-up a business is the sole option or the natural step to be taken.