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- Intensive Week 5: Applied Business Project
- Intensive Week 5: Applied Business Project Teams from the Full-Time MBA Class of 2019 presented their final Applied Business Projects to the SKK Graduate School of Business faculty and consulting clients on May 18 to wrap up the four-months of research and analysis that they put into their respective projects. The Applied Business Projects class is a capstone course that provides students with consulting experience on actual business issues faced by client firms. To culminate the event, the top three winning teams were awarded with prizes as they shared their greatest lessons learned from the experience: 1st Place: CSV Benefit Model for Water Security (UNESCO-iWSSM) By: Saule Aitkulova, Min Soo Kim, Seoho Scott Rhee, Jihun Yue “At first the project seemed impossible to pull off but with consistent communication and teamwork we were able to find stable ground and work up from there. In the end, projects are all about building trust and relationships so that we can rely on each other for the best results.” 2nd Place: The Best Experiential Retailing Model (De'Longhi Korea) By: Iksoo Hwang, Jung Soo Amelia Lim, Sang Wook Lim “The team ensured that the voices of our client and advising professor were heard every step of the way. Knowing that time was limited, we maximized it with frequent meetings. For internal meetings, we were motivated to come every day at 9AM sharp because of enthusiasm.” 3rd Place: Investment Strategy in Healthcare (MStone Partners) By: Eamon Rowland Byrne, Kyoungdong Kim, John Nguyen, Anissa Fitri Indira Rifani “ABP, to me, was one the most important projects in the MBA program. It gave us the opportunity to engage with the real world of business, thus we were able to experience how it felt to be out of our comfort zone. It was indeed challenging and took us some time to get used to the client, but at some point we were able to figure out ways to overcome the hurdles. The main lesson from ABP was to enhance our communication skills and also to improve critical thinking towards certain problems."
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- 작성일 2018-05-28
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- 'Law for Global Business' by Prof. Eric L. Richards
- [Intensive Week 3: Law for Global Business] Professor Eric L. Richards, visiting faculty from the Kelley School of Business, immerses SKK GSB students with legal jargon and lawyer speak in a week-long intensive course on Law for Global Business. This course provides the groundwork for students to make strategic business decisions while keeping laws imposed by the international legal environment in mind. Awareness of legal issues and methods of dispute resolution will allow students to navigate through the legal system more effectively by anticipating issues and knowing which questions to ask when creating contracts and agreements with business partners. While a week of studying law seems insufficient, the energy that Professor Richards exudes during his class lectures – and quizzes – is more than enough to motivate students to keep updating themselves on the topic as a global leader long after the course is over.
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- 작성일 2018-05-11
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- Advice from predecessors-Professional MBA 2017
- Deputy Director Kim Sung-Hyun (Alumnus of SKK GSB Professional MBA 2017) Q1: A brief introduction of yourself? A: Hello. I am Sunghyun Kim who graduated from SKK GSB Professional MBA course at Sungkyunkwan University in 2017. Prior to entering MBA School, I was responsible for personnel management for Amore Pacific and LS Nico Bronze Smelting for approximately 12 years. After graduating from SKK GSB Professional MBA, I have served as a human resources manager at a local global clothing export company that handles global clothing brands such as Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, American Eagle, and Levi's. Q2: What made you decide to pursue MBA Degree? A: I have worked in the field of personnel management for about 12 years prior to acquisition of my MBA degree. Having had a long career in a particular field, he became a professional senior manager in that area, but he often felt he lacked the knowledge to fully understand the business as a whole. I decided to go to college because my MBA is the most suitable course for getting professional knowledge of the overall business. Q3: Why did you choose SKK GSB Professional MBA amongst various MBA programs at home and abroad? A: Firstly, I was introduced SKK GSB Professional MBA course at Sungkyunkwan University by my Chief of Personnel (CHO) at that time that it is an international MBA program. I felt confident that it was a program that CHO recommended. It was also attractive that it was the only night MBA program offered in 100% English of all the courses in the ROK. Having advanced-level English skills was very important for my future career management since I was working at a foreign company. Lastly, I liked the fact that it is an MBA course that comprises a number of foreign business executives and employees. It is not that difficult for employees of large/ midsize domestic enterprises to get involved in various educational and industrial events. However, opportunities to interact with employees at multinational and foreign companies are more of a rarity. SKK GSB Professional MBA was a perfect course that had English classes and dual degree tracks overseas, enabling myself to mingle with a variety of multinational corporate executives including Coca-Cola, Boeing, ING Life, Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank. Q4: What is the most significant change after SKK GSB Professional MBA program? A: First of all, the way I view business management has been greatly widened. While I considered mainly human resources related issues before the MBA program, I now closely scrutinize the company performances, corporate brand growth details, accounting issues, and market conditions collectively in addition to personnel management situations. This is indeed very helpful to me, especially since it enables me to see the big picture during business discussions with the management leadership. My department employees often tell me that I have changed. In consultation with other departments, such as accounting, sales, and strategy, they were impressed by the way I use the terminology and macroeconomic approaches learnt from MBA program to anticipate future developments. I gained a profound knowledge in various business fields thanks to SKK GSB's practice-oriented, well-segmented MBA curriculum. I had been trained by MBA education provided by my company before I joined SKK GSB, yet I felt what I wanted to learn was insatiable, even though it comprised lectures given by prominent Korean professors. I was in doubt of the effectiveness of MBA program even after the decision to join SKK GSB. However, the SKK GSB Professional MBA program has wiped out the concerns of mine with professional contents with rich business practices. With specialized MBA courses in accordance to categories, I was able to gain a wide range of professional knowledge. For instance, in the human resources field alone, a variety of courses are provided – from organizational and personnel management to leadership and corporate ethics. The Finance classes were also in-depth courses on swaps, options, gifts, derivatives, and so on. Q5: What was the most helpful curriculum from the SKK GSB Professional MBA? A: Firstly, the finance subjects were the main catalysts for the most noticeable changes. Since the company where I was in charge was dealing with a global metal mining, smelting, and trading business, call options, foot options, gifts, and hedge related issues were often mentioned. Even for employees of a human resources department it is paramount to understand the whole company issues, but since the finance field is difficult to comprehend, it often resulted in leaving an uncomfortable feeling with Finance. Yet, I haven't had to face such difficulties ever since I took Finance classes at MBA program. I was especially satisfied with the Financial Risk Management class given by the Dean Lee at SKK GSB. The lecture was very impressive in that it helped us to gain a thorough understanding from the financial perspective of the causes and developments in the real world of financial events, such as Lehman Brothers and the Kiko crisis. HR related classes are not always the most useful for its managers. For instance, after completing courses in marketing communications and branding management, and used the knowledge I gained to promote recruitment for talented individuals. I have over a decade of experience in human resources management, but I have learnt to organize and verify my scattered knowledge via HR modules. I used to write notes at work and in class to write down what I wanted to remind myself of. Q6.What do you think can be gained other than the regular curriculum through MBA programs? A: First of all, the English ability. SKK GSB Professional MBA program is offered in 100 % English classes and therefore has many opportunities to give out English presentations. I also attended English conversation classes and got professional English composition correction services from my school, which resulted in developing the habit of speaking, writing and even thinking in English as a result. By the time I graduated, my English was a lot improved, and I could easily speak in English with less hesitation. The company I work for now has many overseas manufacturing bases and a high share of communication with foreign business partners. Passing the English interview for my re-employment of this company, the English skills I learnt in my MBA program played a major role. I also got a big assistance in getting the human networks I needed. The SKK GSB Professional MBA program is rather small in a size of around 60 people, and this resulted in having people within each cohort familiarized with each other, creating a strong bond. Particularly, it was more than nice to have a multinational corporate network, which is difficult to obtain prior to joining into this program. Q7. Lastly, could you give me some advice for those who are considering going to MBA schools? A: I would like to tell you to start first, and then give a thought about it. Alike any other choices in life, it's much better to use obtained experiences to fit the reasons you chose after a challenge, rather than trying to think about them too much before starting. Similar to the case of mine, there are three main reasons for considering joining Professional MBA. Q8. Did it help you regarding employment, re-employment, starting a business, and raising your salary after graduation? A: In my case, after I graduated from MBA program, I have successfully had myself employed to the current company, and my salary has been increased significantly over the years. I am very satisfied that I got to see quantum progress not only in my personal capability but also in my career.
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- 작성일 2018-05-08
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- Marketing lecture: 'Developing Innovation' by Prof. Eric Shih
- [Full-Time MBA Lecture: Marketing] Vice Dean Eric Chuan-Fong Shih introduces “state-of-the-art management techniques to identify markets, develop new product ideas, measure customer benefits, design profitable new products, and forecast the initial demand and ultimate penetration of new products” in the Developing Innovation course this module period. In line with SKK GSB’s goal of “advancing business knowledge in a multicultural learning environment”, this course is offered to both regular Full-Time MBA students and EDHEC exchange students. Professor Shih, whose primary interests are on technological innovations and marketing, leads discussions on strategic issues where marketing overlaps with other business functions such as R&D, design engineering and manufacturing. New products and services are thought to be exciting breakthrough ideas that shape industries. In the same vein, this course appeals to students as one of the most exciting subjects which may shape their future careers particularly in brand or product management.
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- 작성일 2018-05-08
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- 2018 GSB Night, a night to be remembered
- 2018 GSB Night On Friday, April 27, our GSB family had their 5th annual GSB Night Copper Room. Most of the students of PMBA, EMBA, FMBA, together with this year’s EDHEC students participated in the event. The cozy atmosphere of the restaurant brought everybody together as they could play many arcade games in a group throughout the evening. The wonderful night closed with a special dance performance that was well choreographed by some of our One GSB students. It was certainly a night to remember for all of us!
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- 작성일 2018-05-04
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- MMS(GETT)-Student feedbacks on Academic Module 'Korea Inc.' Corporation Tour
- Students who took Korea Inc. module went to Corporation Tours. By taking part in the program, students can deepen their understandings of Korean industry and its dynamics. Please find feedback of students after the tour of Prominent Korean companies- such as Samsung,CJ, and Kia. Basile I think the Korea Inc. course was one of the most interesting and insightful courses during my stay here, and the trips that were part of it helped us to better understand what we learned in class. The trips were very different; we saw different aspects and industries of Korea which was a good idea. The organization was always very good, especially the organization of the visit itself: with an introduction, the visit, and a Q&A session. We had the opportunity to visit places that we hadn’t thought about or that were not accessible to us, so my thanks to the organizers. Oscar This course was very interesting because it allowed us to better understand Korean history and culture. The study cases were pretty well chosen, and the CJ, Samsung and Kia visits were unusual experiences for us to look into the real workings of companies. To have different professors teach different topics in the same course is also a good idea, because we are exposed to different points of view on the country. I would say I learned the most about Korea from this course, and it is very interesting to compare with the different European business culture. I think that it is one of the main goals of studying for one semester here. Pauline The companies/entities we visited were very diverse so it was really informative. I liked the fact we could interact with an SKK alumnus working for Samsung There was a real effort to make us have a deep understanding and have specific knowledge about Korean businesses. Virgile Gasnier The content was sometimes very difficult for me to understand and to learn when I read the files, but the lecturer made it easy to understand. About the lecture notes, I think they are orderly and clear. Lectures are interesting and original. Indeed, the lecturer would talk a lot with the students to assess our knowledge and use our questions to adapt to the current topic. The slides are very good and are well formulated and easy to understand. The content is interesting; the depth of information is just right. We know enough to understand the concepts at stake, with a lot of details included to go deeper if we wish. All in all, the course provided an appropriate balance between instruction and practice through the visits. I really enjoyed the Kia Motors visit, especially because we could talk to people and visit the production site. Thibaud de Tréglodé I really appreciated the course. I appreciated the discussion and exchanges we had with the professors. For the company visits, the most interesting aspect for me was the interaction with the employees. I really appreciated the Q&A session at Samsung, because we could really understand what it is like to work at Samsung and have an insider’s perspective.
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- 작성일 2018-05-04
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- [Maeil Business News] Professor Chengwei Wang ‘Managerial Economics’
- Maeil Business Newspaper 'Good Professor, Good School' – Prof. Chengwei Wang at SKK GSB Sungkyunkwan University "Why was it that in the movie Titanic, the heroine Rose abandoned her fiancée who is with a stable income and social status and chose the poor street painter Jack?" Is it an English language course? No, it actually is an economics class of the MBA course. It is a part of a lecture ‘Managerial Economics’ of Professor Chengwei Wang who is a professor at SKK GSB, Sungkyunkwan University. Prof. Wang's class is well known for its use of films, literary works, and historical events as examples that easily introduce economic concepts. With the reason why Rose chose the poor Jack, is that students learn about the different types of corporate strategies when faced with a risk, such as the Rysk-loving, Risk-neutral and Risk-averse. Romeo and Juliet's tragedy is a prime example of Averse Selection due to information imbalances. This class also shows economic approaches and analytical methods when an individual or business needs to make an economic decisions. Through this academic module, MBA students gets to learn about best price decisions in market competition, rational decision making methods in uncertain situations, information imbalances and moral hazards, a variety of business theories and strategic decision makings in the field of marketing and accounting. “I will make a decision when I have myself fully engaged in family business management after graduation by utilizing Game Theory I learnt from Professor Chengwei.” Mr. Sukwoo Hong, a Full-Time MBA student commented as the above in his lecture evaluation. Another student at Full-Time MBA, Ms. Esme Fong also said, since Professor Wang's classes explain economic concepts through everyday examples, students with a variety of backgrounds were able to acquire a high level of essential economic knowledge. Professor Chengwei Wang worked at Morgan Stanley after graduating from Qinghwa University and acquired Ph.D. from INSEAD. She has been teaching MBA courses at SKK GSB since 2016 and received Teaching Excellence Award at SKK GSB in 2017. Link to the original article(Korean): https://goo.gl/TXTASJ
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- 작성일 2018-04-25
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- SKK GSB has ranked # 1 MBA program in Korea since 2012
- [Article] SKK GSB has ranked #1 MBA program in Korea since 2012 by Financial Times Global MBA Rankings. SKK GSB added global partnerships with top business schools in overseas. Original article in Maeil Business Newspapaer (Korean)
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- 작성일 2018-04-25
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- MBA interview: "Firstly, set yourself a goal."
- https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2018041762971
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- 작성일 2018-04-19
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