Dealing with Koreans - Business Deal (PDF)

Our impressions of Koreans mostly come from the mass media, but do we know the real Koreans?Why did demonstrators behave in a courteous manner and then get angry in seconds when the WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong?How would they warmly welcome you and appreciate your suggestions on the first day and then completely reverse your previous commitments next day when holding talks in business? When doing business with or working with Koreans, there are much to pay attention to, apart from language barriers.The author tells us everything about his many-year experience in dealing with Koreans, working together and managing Korean employees. Based on firsthand experience, he presents readers with the attitude that "e;everything starts with relationships"e;, the management style emphasizing "e;class and status"e;, and the operation mode of "e;boss first"e; in the business sector of Korea. Supplemented by objective data and historical data, he also expounds Korean culture, national identity and eight structural issues of corporate governance. Korea, like Hong Kong, was hit by the financial turmoil in 1997. Its economic losses were much more serious than those in Hong Kong, but it has recovered faster than Hong Kong. Korean companies have become the research object of business managers and scholars in recent years, and this book will provide a channel of in-depth understanding of Korea for readers interested in the area.