The practices of strategy and budgeting are often confused and completed out of sequence. In essence, strategic thinking is focused on how we wish to position the organization in the future - our purpose, in which markets we wish to play and how we plan to be successful in these markets. Budgeting, on the other hand, is the process by which we allocate resources in order to achieve this strategy
As can be seen, the sequence is important. It makes sense to decide what you plan to do before allocating resources in oder to do so.
The other important factor here is to be clear why you are in business - the purpose of business. The purpose is NOT to make a profit. The purpose is to meet the needs and add value to your customers. If you do this well, you will make a profit. Profit, therefore, is the OUTCOME of business, not the purpose.
Is this an important distinction? We believe it is. Because it focuses the attention of the business on the critical drivers of profitability, rather than just the outcome.

• 2019-10-15 | 15:30 - 18:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite you to an event where we bring together sustainability and environmental voices to discuss practical and innovative solutions to tackle the growing plastic pollution crisis. Join us and take part in a seminar with different stakeholders from the supply chain, where speakers will share their views on the plastic circular economy and how businesses can reduce their plastic consumption, find a more sustainable alternative of bio-based materials and create a more circular economy throughout the supply chain.

• 2019-10-15 | 08:30 - 10:55
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to this half-day LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop, participants will be taken through a series of builds where they will be encouraged to challenge what (they think) they know about sales and leadership.

• 2019-09-25 | 09:00 - 13:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to welcome you to a session were Ph.D. Eveline Goodman and Ms. Mira Lioleva will challenge your idea of talent development utilizing the methods of neuroscience and the "Action Control" scientific model to enhance your brains from intention to action.

• 2019-09-25 | 15:00 - 17:30
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

According to the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking (GSER) published by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network, Shanghai is among the top 10 start up Economies. Within this dynamic and innovative environment, there is a small community of foreign entrepreneurs that have decided to start their own company in Shanghai. Why did they make this step? Which difficulties and opportunities have they encountered? Why Shanghai?
The European Chamber is pleased to invite you to our SME Forum meeting, where all these topics and more will be discussed by foreign entrepreneurs and insiders of the start-up world.

• 2019-09-24 - 2019-09-24 | 09:00 - 12:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

 Curriculum Introduction
What’s the correlation between the manager’s style and employees’ development level?
How to stimulate team momentum from the manager’s perspective?
How to select the most suitable leadership style?
How does a manager transition individual success to team success?

• 2019-09-24 - 2019-09-25 | 09:00 - 17:00
• Westgate Plaza

More than ever, executives and managers have to understand how their decisions affect costs and how understanding costs and managing them properly is the way to success in an organization. This one day training “Budget Management and cost control” teaches the basics of financial reports, but above all the fundamentals of management accounting which is considered as the tool to enhance executives and managers ability to take adequate decision in an ever-changing environment.

• 2019-09-18 | 09:00 - 17:00
• European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is one of the world's leading international arbitration institutions. With English law continuing to be a predominant choice of law for many international contracts, the LCIA has seen a record number of arbitration cases referred to the LCIA under the LCIA Rules in the past years.

In the Far East, the Shanghai International Arbitration Court (SHIAC 上海国际仲裁中心) (formerly known as the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Commission) is strategically poised as an arbitration centre located in mainland China to service both Chinese parties and an increasing number of foreign parties in the resolution of commercial disputes.

Different markets and regulatory regimes give rise to different needs and requirements for arbitration users. Through the past decades, the LCIA and SHIAC have both shown a tailored approach to address these market demands while striving to achieve the common goal of offering efficient, impartial and effective dispute resolution services at an international standard.

• 2019-09-16 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Houston Meeting Room, ATLAS Workplace, 3F, Shanghai | Agile International Plaza, , 寰图办公空间，休斯顿会议室 ，雅居乐国际广场三楼

The European Union and Vietnam signed a Trade Agreement and an Investment Protection Agreement on 30th June 2019, paving the way for tariff reductions on 99% of goods between the 28-member block and Vietnam. The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), will help increase the competitiveness of Vietnam and will boost the country's exports to the European market.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite you to a seminar where the European Chamber of Commerce Vietnam, JLL Vietnam, DEEP C Industrial Zones and D'Andrea & Partners Vietnam will give you an overview of how companies can benefit from the EVFTA and how complementing Chinese operations with production in Vietnam can benefit your business.

• 2019-09-16 | 09:25 - 12:00
• JLL Office

Course Description 课程描述
PPT正参与着我们的商业活动，或是述职报告，或是产品展示，或是教学。大家都希望自己做的幻灯片脱颖而出，受到观众的夸赞。什么风格的幻灯片才能适合我们的述职报告呢？职场人士制作幻灯片时也存在一些问题，例如制作幻灯片浪费大量时间造成工作上失去主次，幻灯片的内容没有条理性造成很难看懂等。这些问题我们在课上都会帮助大家分析并提供解决方案。
Today PPT is participating in our business activities, job reports, product presentations, and teachings. Everyone wants to make their own PowerPoint presentation stand out and be approved by the audience. So which slide style is suitable for our report? We will meet some problems in the process of making PowerPoint slides, such as the waste of time in the production of slides, the loss of priority in the work, the lack of organization in the content of the slides, and the difficulty of understanding. This course will help you analyze relative situations and provide solutions to the questions above.

• 2019-09-12 | 09:00 - 17:00
• CCI FRANCE CHINE Shanghai Office 2/F, Mayfair Tower, 83 Fu Min Road, Shanghai 200040, P.R.C.