SKKU Teaching Award_Interview with Professor Kim Yong-seok
- bizskk
- Hit201
- 2024-02-08
The SKKU Teaching Award system is an honorable award that selects and rewards teachers and instructors who have led the way in improving the quality of education at our university. Since its first implementation in 2011, a total of 93 people have been selected until last year, and it provides pride and recognition to teachers and instructors with outstanding teaching capabilities. The purpose is to provide honor and promote and spread motivation to provide quality education. We listened to the story of Professor Kim Yong-seok(majoring in management information), the winner of the 2023 SKKU Teaching Award.
Q1. Hello. Professor, congratulations on being selected for the 2023 SKKU Teaching Award. Please share your thoughts.
I am pleased to present such an honorable award. I am also humbled by the fact that there are many fellow professors who teach students with respect and passion. I think of this award as an encouragement to teach students better in the future, and I will think more and work hard to provide good lectures. thank you
Q2. What is the secret to winning the 2023 SKKU Teaching Award this time?
It is difficult for me to say for sure what the secret is. What students often mention is that I teach with passion and that I use a lot of real-life examples to explain things in an easy-to-understand manner. I had a chance to see the reasons for selection when awarding an award. It appears that several factors were taken into consideration, including course evaluation scores, efforts to improve the curriculum (education committee activities and participation in the Education Development Center workshop, etc.), and contributions to expanding global education in business schools (providing international language classes and actively accepting exchange students). This is an activity that everyone is doing, and I think I was lucky.
Q3. Was there an episode that impressed you the most during your class?
About half of the students taking my classes are exchange students, so their nationalities are diverse. I conduct a variety of group activities so that Sungkyunkwan University students have the opportunity to collaborate with students from various countries. On the day of the first group activity, which was full of awkwardness, we asked students to bring a snack to introduce their country to as an icebreaker, and the students loved it. I was happy to see them all smiling and becoming friends so quickly.
Q4. I am curious about what research is currently underway and what research will be conducted in the future.
Among the research currently in progress, I would like to mention research related to crowdfunding. Crowdfunding refers to the act of an entrepreneur with a business item introducing his or her project through an Internet platform and raising business funds from a large number of small investors. Much research is being conducted to understand investor decision-making and the success of crowdfunding campaigns in attracting investment. The research I am conducting is about how the investment decisions of 1) celebrities with many followers on social networks and 2) experts with a lot of relevant investment experience influence the decisions of other investors, and how this impact varies depending on the degree of difficulty in evaluating the quality of business items (experience goods vs. exploration goods). We collected and analyzed a large amount of data from Wadiz, a Korean crowdfunding platform, and are currently finalizing our thesis.
Additionally, we have begun research examining the impact of generative artificial intelligence on team collaboration. Within a company, TFTs or project teams are often formed for business planning, product development, problem solving, etc. At this time, the dominant research results are that teams made up of members with diverse backgrounds and perspectives tend to generate more creative and innovative ideas, but also have difficulty coordinating and integrating opinions. These days, companies are very interested in whether the use of generative artificial intelligence will lead to increased work productivity. Therefore, when generative artificial intelligence is introduced into team work, we would like to investigate through experiments the pros and cons of team diversity and how they interact, and present theoretical and practical implications.
Q5. Lastly, please give a word to business school students.
Many professors often worry and share opinions about how to provide better lectures. There is a saying that YouTubers always say: “Your ‘subscriptions’ and ‘likes’ are a great help in video production.” Likewise, students' interest and affection for their subjects is a great help to instructors and motivates them to prepare better lectures. No matter what course you take, we ask for your active class participation and interest!