IV. Business Culture 장행복, ⌜중국 비즈니스 문화⌟, 신성출판사, 2007
http://www.myjapanphone.com/business_culture.html (2011.5.12)
http://www.worldbusinessculture.com (2011.5.12)
1. KoreanBusiness Culture
Korean are famous for having hasty characteristics. They have strong collectivism.
Confucian ethics emphasise the value of collective group harmony, re
culture but tried to make a harmony between their culture and Koreanculture. Furthermore, all employees of Starbucks took coffee out on a street when they were going to work. Their cautious but passionate efforts impact Korean drinking culture. At first, people seemed to be embarrassed. Later, however they became excited with unfamiliar coffee names listed on the menu and thought worth to spend
Even, every employee is evaluated by their work performances. Furthermore, the division of each department is clear so OB doesn’t have to waste time to figure out what is done by which department and responsibility of each department is recognizable which encourage each department to perform its business with the less mistakes. This changed organization culture has helped OB’s performance.
Juck – Food of 건강, 영양, 신비함
It’s like soup but more oriental and healthier
건강 : 소화에 용이
영양 :
동양적 신비함 :
Important features of Korean industry of Juck
1. Food industry
ingredient is important for the business
brand image can make it different with other same product in the market
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culture. First, the vice president of CJ, Son Gyeong-sik, is a person who always supports workers. His leadership style may be compared to iron hand in a velvet glove. This kind of leadership style played a role in making internal cohesion. For example, although he does not order his employees directly, he has the power to make employees work on their own for the purpose of setting an example. Th
The element for maintaining Korean group
Infringement of cultural sovereignty could
shake Korean’s identity
“The reduction of screen quota will make the gloomy future of Korean film business and it will be handed over to American movie industry.”
Like Hong Kong….
The base of home country movie became weak after the screen quota’s reduction
The film business was dep
ex-public officials of MOSF or FSC as a chairman or director and provide them with high salary. In this context, the President Park criticized that Gwanfia results from the cozy relations (between politics, government and the business), exclusive culture of public organizations, and easy-going attitude. The concept of Beopfia and Gunfia in judiciary and military organizations also appears.
business by devoting all energies to safety and innovative operation as well as improving its image to strengthen the phase. Among those three concentrated ones, human resource management is included in knowledge. Fundamentally human resource management or system works through the organization’s culture. To achieve the perfect organization culture, Korean Air has the philosophy which does not s
in 1998, but in 2006 they decided withdrawing. Simply we can say that reason "This is not America". Wal-Mart didn't considered Koreanculture.
1. Store assortment preference
Korean prefer semi-department style store assortment. Wal-Mart sold products by the box, while E-Mart and Lotte built eye-catching displays and hired clerks who hawked their goods with megaphones and hand-clapping.
Business Level Strategy – Value Creation Frontier
In the beginning of Starbucks in Korea Starbucks is differentiation strategy so located that as you can see left graph.
Starbucks Korea found Korean customer’s preferences that drinking coffee at café in long time. So they made stores bigger than other coffee shops.
The early success in Korean market
5 years hav