A study by The Conference Board has concluded that the “learning by rote” culture of the Chinese education system means its graduates often lack the practical experiences and softer creative and leadership skills required in the modern business world.

China’s educational system, it argued, relied too heavily on “memorization”, meaning that skills such as creative writing, public speaking, teamwork and leadership were not being taught well in most of China’s universities and graduate programmes…

“Making the talent search more difficult is the fact that the more experienced managers are in short supply and command high salaries,” said Judith Banister, director of global demographics at The Conference Board…

The fact that a lot of young people now wanted to work for multinationals, mainly because of the high status it gave them, had persuaded some multinationals to forge links with universities to bring about change.

In some universities, this approach has been well received and multinationals were reporting success in getting whatever skills they want. “It is an approach that should be mutually beneficial because it allows students to be trained in a way that is useful to the multinational,” said Banister.

Source: management-issues
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