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Doing Business in Korea

3 credits, 15 weeks, synchronous Zoom class
PAMS Business 4IR Course
Cost for guest students: $100

This distinctly topical course teaches you the essential legal and cultural requirements of conducting business in the Republic of Korea. The course focuses on equipping its students with a clear awareness of Korean business culture using numerous situational, real-world and hypothetical examples. The aim is to reduce the increasingly common and costly misunderstandings between Korean and foreign businesspeople, driven by the growing foreign investment and continuing rapid industrial growth of South Korea. Graduates can expect a functional competitive advantage compared to their peers when they engage in business with Korean partners.

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The course focuses on:
  • The legal and cultural requirements of doing business in Korea
  • Korean and global etiquette
  • Strategies to avoid misconduct in real-world situations
  • How to interpret and understand office manners in Korea
  • Korean office language
Course Requirements:
  • Fluent English language ability
  • 2nd-year students or later
  • An interest in the entertainment industry
Class start date: Tuesday, September 5th 2023
Tuesday and Thursday classes:
  • Vietnam/Indonesia: 1430-1600
  • China/Malaysia: 1530-1700
  • Korea: 1630-1800

Doing Business in Korea is lectured by Professor Kyung-Chull Park. Professor Park graduated from Yonsei University in Korea and earned an e-MBA from the University of Pittsburgh (USA). He worked for Samsung Electronics from 1988 to 2020, where he was in charge of overseas business dispatches to Miami, Panama, Brazil and Philippines. Professor Park currently lecturers for Woosong University in South Korea, and PAMS.

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