The emlyon business school Global HR & Organization Innovation Center (GHOIC) is officially established today at Waldorf Astoria Shanghai. The center aims to build up a global think tank of HR and organizational innovation for a continuous exploration of HR marketing-leading projects and to greatly empower the HR management professionals and entrepreneurs in the HR services field with global vision and innovative capabilities. The distinguished guests of establishment ceremony today include nearly 100 professors and scholars from the emlyon business school, founders or heads of leading HR service brands across the nation, as well as the corporate HR leaders of both global and domestic leading enterprises, who gathered to witness the remarkable historical moment of the center.

▲The reception for the establishment of GHOIC, emlyon business school

Prof. Dr. Chen Junsong , Assistant Dean of emlyon business school Asia, was invited to address the opening of GHOIC and Prof. Dr. Nikos Bozionelos, Director of GHOIC, Professor of International HR Management & Organizational Behaviour, emlyon business school Yicai Foundation shared the future development strategies of GHOIC from the perspectives of mission and vision, future expectations and research directions.

▲ Chen Junsong, Assistant Dean, emlyon business school Asia, addressing the reception

▲ Nikos Bozionelos, Professor of HR Management and Organizational Behaviour, Director of GHOIC, emlyon business school, delivering a speech

Professor Nikos Bozionelos invited on the stage, Anson TANG, Co-Director of GHOIC, emlyon business school, Chen Junsong, emlyon business school Asia, Professor Wenxuan Ding and Associate Professor Sai LAN, to activate the starter and announced the official establishment of the emlyon business school GHOIC.

▲ The launching ceremony of GHOIC, emlyon business school

In addition, "Be an Elite", a public project focusing on workplace co-owned by emlyon business school and Yicai Foundation was also announced launch by Mrs. Peng Jia (Yicai Foundation) on the ceremony.

▲ Secretary General Peng Jia, Yicai Foundation, making a speech

Besides，the advisory board members of GHOIC are composed of corporate leaders from ADP, Beisen, CDP Group, Vastsea, GaiaWoks, Heidrick & Struggles, Career International, Kronos, Talent Spot, Liepin, Mercer, RNG, Randstad, SAP, Taihe, Fesco Adecco, Willis Towers Watson, AON, eRoad, Engma, DDI and senior HR leaders from YumChina, Air Liquide, FOSUN, Coca-Cola.

▲ The awarding ceremony for advisors, GHOIC, emlyon business school

Apart from the launch ceremony, Global HR Science & Technology Trends 2020, the world's first large-scale research report on HR science and technology which is co-authored and published by emlyon business school and HRflag, was published officially as well. Meanwhile, Top 50 HR Technology Companies in China Market which sets a new benchmark and reference index for the HR technology industry was released to introduce the future trends and the disruptive impact of science and technology as relevant to the field of global HR management, aiming to provide cutting-edge insights and direction guidance to better empower successful HR management transformations for global enterprises. Because in the complex and volatile market environment, science and technology is definitely the key for enterprises to build their globally competitive HR management system.

▲ Anson TANG, Co-Director of GHOIC, emlyon business school and Vivian Lee, CEO of HRflag releasing Global HR Science & Technology Trends 2020 and Top 50 HR Technology Companies in China Market respectively.

In the future, GHOIC will go deeper into the fields of organizational development, employer branding, leadership, compensation & benefits, and other areas of the HR strategic research area. To unite the APAC-leading academic experts and senior leaders in the HR industry, and to combine theory with practice and cutting-edge technology, for a multi-dimensional and various means of new eco-system of the future of HR.