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- [Maeil Business News] Jin Won Song, PMBA Class of 2020
- Q) Could you tell us about yourself briefly? A) I am Jin Won Song, the CEO of Trust One Consulting Group. I graduated from the SKK GSB Professional MBA Program at Sungkyunkwan University in 2020. I worked as a global human resources (HR) manager at a large company while I was studying for my MBA. I am currently the CEO of a career consulting group, offering 1:1 career consulting, labor law consulting, and talent recommendation services.. Q) What are the reasons behind choosing to do the MBA, and why did you choose SKK GSB in particular? A) Before I began the MBA program, as an HR Manager with five years’ experience, I contemplated whether I wanted a stable working life or the new challenge of starting my own business. I enrolled on the MBA course to identify how I would self-brand 'me' and my core abilities, and to acquire the expert knowledge required to operate my own business. From the various MBA programs that I could undertake as I continued my work, there were three reasons why why I chose SKK GSB: its differentiated brand power, carefully selected human networks, and global insights. First of all, SKK GSB has tangible brand power. SKK GSB has been ranked number one in Korea in the UK Financial Times (FT) MBA rankings every year, and it has shown unrivaled results in terms of employment rate, value for money, etc. Sungkyunkwan University boasts the highest employment rate in Korea, and I saw on LinkedIn how the alumni of SKK GSB are actively engaged in important positions. I paid close attention to such aspects since I was working as an HR manager. The second reason was its carefully selected human networks. SKK GSB classes are 100% in English, so they provide a rather challenging learning environment. I imagined that students who enroll on such a program would be seeking a challenge, would be equipped with a global mindset and outstanding linguistic abilities, and would have a strict sense of self-discipline. I witnessed many students being recognized for their outstanding achievements, and many worked overseas, so I wanted to acquire a solid network by interacting and creating synergy with such energetic people. In the end, I even ended up starting a business with the people I met on the MBA program. SKK GSB therefore served as a turning point in my life and career. Lastly, I thought that I could gain global insights. At SKK GSB, students can actively engage in discussions with foreign lecturers (who make up 70% of the faculty), foreign expats in Korea, and key personnel from multinational companies. The students can learn about global management trends, and acquire insights from such an environment. Being able to apply various global case studies I studied in class to actual work was an added bonus. This was all very beneficial to me as I was considering expanding my business overseas. Q) Please share how what you have learned during your MBA course has contributed towards your actual work or career. A) What I learned on the MBA program is twofold: in personal terms it helps me to define my self-branding, and in business terms it helps me to perform soundly. I learned in depth about creative problem-solving skills through the discussions I had with colleagues from various backgrounds. While I was working in the corporate HR team, applying what I’d learned on the MBA program, I identified the characteristics of other departments' business, and learned about labor laws overseas jurisdictions where we operate. I could then apply this to make numerous HR management plans. As a result, I received a positive review and was recognized as key personnel, so I then became involved in more important HR tasks. After starting my own business, as I offer HR management consultation and talent recommendation services, what I learned from the MBA program has been of great help in accurately analyzing and grasping the essence of various issues encountered in a real-life management environment. In this regard, I believe that the MBA course will continue to be of great help for my personal branding in the future as well. Q) What was the biggest challenge you encountered while completing the MBA course? A) While time managemt was a challenge, since I had to work and study simultaneously, I could overcome this because it was a choice I made myself. That is why I see self-motivation and strong will as important factors when choosing to undertake an MBA program. Although it was physically tiring to prepare for classes and complete assignments on weekends, I was able to finish my two years of studies thanks to the consideration of my family, coworkers and friends. I also found consistent exercise helpful. I could thus develop into a more mature person by overcoming such challenging times. Q) Please give a word of advice to prospective applicants who are considering an MBA. A) Finding the 'one best way' by defining one's core abilities and values is becoming increasingly important in managing one's individual career management these days. I believe that an MBA program is the best training place to explore one's career in all directions because it is individuals who choose how to manage their careers these days, not companies. The management environment is changing even faster in the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability to identify hidden needs in markets, and to turn these into results purely based on one's ability and insight will be seen as more valuable than ever both within and outside organizations. By promoting simultaneous cultivation of soft and hard skills, I trust that an MBA program will allow individuals to define their self-branding and to yield solid results inside and outside businesses. Jin wong Song (PMBA 2020, Trustone Consulting , we@trustone-consulting.com) Original Article in Korean: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/view/2021/04/406905/
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- [Maeil Business News] 'Good Professor, Good Lecture'-Professor Moeen Butt's 'Digital Marketing'
- "Overcoming consumer resistance to digital advertising determines success or failure." Professor Moeen Butt's 'Digital Marketing' Today, most marketing occurs on digital channels: search advertisements, social media advertisements, mobile advertisements, and influencer marketing have seen exponential growth over recent years. Companies are increasingly relying on online and mobile sales in the COVID-19 era, and this trend will continue in the post-pandemic age. Digital marketing has therefore become more critical than ever. SKK GSB’s Professor Moeen Nasser Butt delivers a Digital Marketing course in all MBA programs at SKK GSB. This course is important because the knowledge, understanding, and strategic application of digital marketing are essential for all MBA graduates today. Professor Butt teaches MBA students to understand and apply various concepts of digital marketing. His lectures cover a variety of digital marketing methods, from outbound marketing such as search engine marketing, display advertisements, and email marketing, to inbound marketing, including on-site search engine optimization (SEO) and off-site SEO. In particular, social media marketing (e.g., social marketing planning and analysis, influencer marketing, and social selling) is increasingly popular nowadays, so this is studied in greater depth. Students can immediately apply what they learn, and check the results through social media marketing simulations that run concurrently with the lectures. Professor Butt is confident that students who have completed the Digital Marketing course will play an important role in helping companies make more effective business decisions using digital, social, and mobile media. Many students consider the Digital Marketing course very interesting and informative. Sung Hoo Hong (PMBA Class of 2020) said: "I had heard a lot about digital marketing before, but I only had a vague understanding of it. However, through this course, I could get an accurate understanding. In particular, I learned to adjust various variables such as target settings, operation hours, and advertising messages, and to analyze the results such as profits, followers, and influence, all in real-time." This course is also of great help to students who work as marketers. Students can directly compare and analyze various strategies in this course, and become experts by learning relevant theories related to their work. Professor Butt says that digital marketing is becoming a great challenge to companies as its popularity grows. First, given that digital marketing is dynamic, companies must keep abreast of the latest technologies and trends. Second, an increasing number of consumers tend to avoid digital advertisements as they feel those advertisements disrupt their browsing experience. Executing digital advertising while avoiding such interference is the key to increasing return on investment. Lastly, since digital marketing runs via multiple channels, performance measurement and analysis are complex. Notwithstanding the performance evaluation methods provided by digital media, it is not easy to measure the entire 'customer journey' when a single brand invests in multiple channels. Professor Butt emphasizes that "overcoming consumer resistance to digital advertising is the key to determining digital marketing success." Through his classes, students investigate specific targeting, selecting media with high relevance and methods that induce consumer participation without interfering with their search, leading to consumers’ actively embracing digital marketing. As students highly evaluate his class, Professor Butt has received SKK GSB’s Teaching Excellence Award every year since 2020. Original article in Korean: 성균관대 SKK GSB, FT평가 10년연속 국내1위…AI·비즈니스 애널리틱스 과정 신설
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- 작성일 2021-04-28
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- [Maeil Business News] Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB’s MBA, Ranked No.1 in Korea for 10 Consecutive Years
- Sungkyunkwan University’s SKK GSB (Graduate School of Business) has set an all-time record, ranking 1st in Korea for 10 consecutive years, 35th in the world, and 7th in Asia in the UK’s Financial Times (FT) 2021 Global MBA Ranking. This is the result of SKK GSB’s continuous effort in globalization and career development since its establishment in 2004. The rankings reveal further remarkable achievements, such as ranking 5th in the world for job satisfaction thanks to its career development services, 16th for value for money, 17th for international faculty ratio (68%), and 39th for the ratio of international students (58%). All of these factors have contributed towards the school’s increasingly dominant position. SKK GSB's competitiveness is largely supported by its globalized character. Over 70% of faculty and 50% of Full-Time MBA students are international. For example, at SKK GSB, it is typical that a group of students from Korea, India and France, under the guidance of an American professor, work together to analyze financial statements and sales data from global companies, and discuss overseas market strategies with other students from Chile and the Netherlands. In the business world, where international boundaries are becoming less significant, SKK GSB’s global environment is advancing students’ business competence. Mads Gronli (FMBA, Class of 2021), completed his studies this year, and has started working as an analyst at a multinational corporation in his home country, Norway. As he reports, “I was able to gain global business insight in a truly global environment and through a challenging curriculum. This has helped me to improve my competitive edge in employment.” SKK GSB constantly updates its curricula in response to the ever-changing demands of the business market. In 2020, the school launched a new AI MBA and a Business Analytics program, and it offers related classes such as AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Analytics Programming alongside existing curricula. Dean Eric Shih says: “In order for companies to dominate the market in the AI era, it is critical to secure experts who have a deep understanding of fast-changing technologies and businesses. Our focus is on fostering MBA graduates with such abilities.” SKK GSB offers six programs: Full-Time MBA (18 months, daytime classes), Professional MBA (2 years, evenings), Indiana University Kelley–SKK GSB Executive MBA (18 months, weekends), AI MBA (2 years, weekends) Master of Science in Business Analytics (18 months, weekends), Master in Management Studies (2 years, daytime). Original article in Korean: 성균관대 SKK GSB, FT평가 10년연속 국내1위…AI·비즈니스 애널리틱스 과정 신설
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- [Korean Economic Daily] SKK GSB MBA Ranked No.1 in Korea for 10 Consecutive Years
- Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB’s MBA Ranked No.1 in Korea for 10 Consecutive Years, and Aiming to Become a Household Name Internationally Sungkyunkwan University’s SKK GSB (Graduate School of Business) has set an all-time record, ranking first in Korea for 10 consecutive years, and 35th in the world in the UK’s Financial Times (FT) 2021 Global MBA Ranking. The school has risen 19 places over the past year. SKK GSB has continued to achieve outstanding results in the aspects of internationalization and career development every year over the past decade. The rankings reveal further remarkable achievements, such as ranking 5th in the world for job satisfaction because of its career development services, 16th for value for money, 17th for international faculty ratio (68%), and 39th for international students ratio (58%). All of these factors have contributed towards the school’s increasingly dominant position. Fostering business experts to lead the AI era SKK GSB constantly updates its curricula in response to the ever-changing demands of the business market. Dean Eric Shih says: “In order for companies to dominate the market in the AI era, it is critical to secure experts who have a deep understanding of fast-changing technologies and businesses. Our focus is on fostering MBA graduates with such abilities.” SKK GSB launched new AI MBA and Business Analytics programs in 2020, and it offers related courses such as AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Analytics Programming, alongside existing curricula. Alumna So Dam Choi, who joined an e-commerce company in the UK after graduating from the Full-Time MBA this year, says: “I achieved both of my objectives—career transition, and getting a job overseas—thanks to the skills I accumulated at SKK GSB as a global MBA student.” To further facilitate such career transitions, SKK GSB has recently recruited an HR specialist from a multinational corporation to head the Career Development Center in order to provide more systematic and specialized career services. SKK GSB offers six programs: Full-Time MBA (18 months, daytime classes), Professional MBA (2 years, evenings), Indiana University Kelley–SKK GSB Executive MBA (18 months, weekends), AI MBA (2 years, weekends) Master of Science in Business Analytics (18 months, weekends), Master in Management Studies (2 years, daytime). Full-Time MBA More than half of the students enrolled on the Full-Time MBA are international students, and the international faculty ratio is 68%, making SKK GSB’s Full-Time MBA Korea’s leading global MBA program. In response to the sharp increase of demand for data managers, the new Business Analytics track to allow students not only to learn about big data and business analytics, but also to get practical hands-on experience. Moreover, students can specialize in fields such as Global Management and Brand Management to strengthen their expertise and competitiveness in each discipline. Professional MBA The Professional MBA is for professionals who intend to study while working. Classes take place after work two or three times a week, and all classes are run 100% in English. Its innovative and hands-on curriculum allows helps students to analyze business cases from companies around the world and to collaborate with colleagues of various nationalities. During the first year, students complete the compulsory courses in various fields, and during the second year, they can select specialist courses to foster their own field of expertise. Indiana University Kelley School of Business–SKK GSB Executive MBA The IU Kelley–SKK GSB Executive MBA is run jointly by Indiana University Kelley School and SKK GSB. Through this program, students can obtain MBA degrees from both Indiana University and Sungkyunkwan University through weekend classes alone. All classes are run in English, and at least 55% of the classes are taught by IU Kelley faculty. This program is aimed at senior managers with eight or more years’ experience. AI MBA AI MBA is a program for students to develop into MBA graduates with AI and business expertise. Lectures are given by the SKK GSB faculty, as well as computer science, statistics, and mathematics faculty from Sungkyunkwan University, and external data experts. The AI subjects are run in Korean and the MBA subjects are run in English, allowing the students to grow into AI experts with global business capabilities. This program is only run as a corporate contract department. Master of Science in Business Analytics The Business Analytics program nurtures students’ ability to deal systematically with data analytics. It fosters the knowledge and skills required for hands-on jobs, from fundamentals to uses, and it applies these to business contexts. Since various business fields and functions depend on analytics, this program appeals to professionals who wish to advance their competitiveness. Master in Management Studies (MMS) MMS is a two-year daytime program run at three prestigious schools: SKK GSB, EDHEC Business School (France), and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business (US). Graduates can obtain Masters in Management Studies from both SKK GSB and EDHEC. All of SKK GSB’s programs are currently recruiting new students for the second half of 2021.
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- [Korean Economic Daily] Interview with Eric Shih, Dean of SKK GSB
- "Fostering Future-Orientated MBA Students Well-Versed in both AI Technology and Business" Interview with Eric Shih, Dean of SKK GSB Sungkyunkwan University’s Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) recently set an impressive record, ranking 35th in the world in the 2021 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking and 1st in Korea for the 10th consecutive year. SKK GSB began participating in the FT Global MBA Ranking in 2012. Dean Shih had previously visited the UK Financial Times headquarters and coordinated the process from SKK GSB’s side. He also led SKK GSB's efforts to earn AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation and has played a significant role in SKK GSB's growth into a global MBA school since he joined in 2007. Currently, he is the only international Dean among major business schools in Korea. Driving forces behind SKK GSB’s rise: internationalization and career development Dean Shih notes that the driving forces behind SKK GSB's rapid advancement to its current ranking as the 35th best MBA program in the world comes from constantly focusing on internationalization and career development. "SKK GSB has not stopped its efforts to internationalize further and to focus on students’ career development even after being ranked among the world's top 60 MBA schools for the first time in the 2012 FT MBA Ranking. Those efforts have resulted in a significant increase in full-time international faculty members from 50% in 2012 to 67% in 2021, while the number of full-time international students in the MBA program has risen from 22% in 2012 to 58% in 2021. The number of MBA programs, fully run in English, has increased from 2 to 5, and the number of programs running double degree tracks in partnership with prestigious overseas universities has increased from 2 to 4. Despite the challenging economic conditions, SKK GSB has really strengthened its career development program, as evidenced by its strong showing in the career development category in the annual FT MBA Ranking. The average employment rate of SKK GSB students within 3 months of graduation has been 92% for the past 3 years, and promotion following graduation has been ranked in the top 15 globally for 3 consecutive years." Besides Dean Shih, SKK GSB’s Vice Dean and the Director of the Full-time MBA Program are also international, highlighting the school’s global mindset . In addition, 18 countries from around the world are represented among the student body of this year’s full-time MBA program, creating a truly unique international learning environment. It is commonplace at SKK GSB for Korean, Indian, and French students to come together to analyze the financial statements and sales data of global companies and discuss global market strategies with students from Chile and the Netherlands, under the guidance of an American professor. Securing competitive advantage in the job market Dean Shih emphasizes that "SKK GSB's MBA students graduate with a global mindset in combination with international business capabilities, both of which are developed organically throughout the course of the program.” He further adds, ”being able to quickly analyze various global markets, having the ability to collaborate effectively in global organizations, and having a rich understanding of different cultures provide strong competitive advantages in the job market. Since Korea has an outward-oriented economy, working with international markets and foreign companies is essential for success." Producing future-orientated MBA graduates sought after by companies in the AI era How should MBA education change in a post-COVID era that will also be largely influenced by artificial intelligence (AI)? Dean Shih pointed out how the pandemic that occurred amidst the rapid growth of the AI industry has led to a fundamental change in the business structure all around the world. "We see more and more utilization of AI and big data in companies and business areas every day. Analytics is becoming more important as well. We are in urgent need of talent well-versed in both new technology and business. If SKK GSB has been a leader in globalized MBA programs in Korea up until now, we have to become the business school that produces the most future-orientated MBA graduates going forward. AI and big data courses have already been added to all of our programs, and as a result, there is an increasing number of graduates entering related fields.” As evidence of Dean Shih’s remarks, several recent graduates from SKK GSB have pursued careers in AI. Asyl Uraimova (FMBA 2020) , a recent graduate originally from Kyrgyzstan, encountered the field of big data at SKK GSB for the first time and he is now working at a big data analytics company in Korea. Furthermore, SKK GSB established AI MBA and Business Analytics programs last year. Growing from MBA graduate to leader Elon Musk has famously critiqued that MBA graduates “may be good at PowerPoint, but they don’t know how things work”. Dean Shih says that an MBA degree does not automatically make one a leader. He emphasizes that “having the abilities required in the era we live in, realizing the essential competitiveness of companies to lead the present generation, and acting based on an outstanding sense of real-world business are the basic attitudes that MBA students need to have in order to grow into leaders.” With its strong focus on Action Based Learning, SKK GSB allows its students to analyze real business cases, work with data, and conduct projects throughout the entire duration of the MBA program in order to become the business leaders of tomorrow. Origianal article in Korean: https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2021032168851
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- [Maeil Business News] SKK GSB leads the Korean MBA market
- Sungkyunkwan University’s SKK GSB leads the Korean MBA market with customized career development services and lectures 100% in English Sungkyunkwan University’s SKK Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) was ranked 35th in the world (1st in Korea, 7th in Asia) in this year’s Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking, which is the world’s most widely recognized and authoritative one. SKK GSB is the leading successful example of the “Korean MBA Program“ project, which Korea’s Ministry of Education ran from 2006 to 2015 . This project aimed to develop Global MBA programs in Korea in which lectures would be delivered entirely in English by international faculty so that students would not have to travel abroad for world-class business education. Such programs were established in 14 Korean universities, but only SKK GSB’s has consistently been listed in the FT Global MBA Ranking. Other Korean business schools such as KAIST (99th in 2011) and Korea University (86th in 2013) were listed in the rankings only once before they dropped out. In the 2021 rankings, SKK GSB was ranked 35th in the world, 7th in Asia, and 1st in Korea. INSEAD (France/Singapore) topped the list, followed by London Business School and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. This year, Asian business schools featured strongly: 17 of the top 100 MBA schools in the world were Asian, with 12 in the top 50. These included China's CEIBS (6th), the National University of Singapore (15th), Hong Kong National University of Science and Technology (19th), and Hong Kong University (29th). SKK GSB has been the springboard for many students to change their career paths. For example, SKK GSB graduate Seong Chul Shin (FMBA 2017) is currently a member of Amazon headquarters’ finance team. Before entering SKK GSB, he worked for a Korean auto parts company. Mr. Shin explains, “I majored in industrial engineering as an undergraduate, and I was then employed in the auto parts business. I was unsatisfied in my job, so I wanted a change of career. After enrolling at SKK GSB, I acquired a range of useful knowledge. This alongside indirect experience gained through case studies helped me start my new career. I focused on finance at SKK GSB, where I learned a lot about the field and developed my capabilities. This put me in an ideal position to fulfill my role on my projects at Amazon, where I work on financial performance management and forecasting, business feasibility assessment, and financial analysis.” The SKK GSB success recipe: Global perspective & customized career development services SKK GSB is the only Korean business school to have been listed in the FT Global MBA Ranking every year since 2012, and the MBA is now ranked 35th in the world. The cornerstone of this success has been the steadfast work behind the scenes to internationalize thoroughly, and to lead the field in career development services. SKK GSB is a highly globalized school: 68 percent of SKK GSB faculty and 58 percent of the full-time MBA students are from outside Korea. Examples of international faculty include Dean Eric Shih (USA), Vice Dean Raunaq Pungaliya (India), and Full-Time MBA Program Director Aleksios Gotsopoulos (Greece). All SKK GSB courses are taught fully in English. SKK GSB’s career development services tailor their advice to individual students’ needs. Dedicated staff – including the new Director of the Career Development Center, who is an HR expert with over 20 years’ experience in multinational companies – partner with recruitment agencies to conduct a range of systematic and professional career development programs. The placement rate of SKK GSB full-time MBA graduates (within three months of graduation) has risen steadily from 88 percent in 2019 to 91 percent in 2021. SKK GSB’s strengths in globalization and career services were evident in the FT 2021 Global MBA Ranking, in which the school was ranked 17th in the world for international faculty, 5th for career services, 13th for career progress, and 16th for value for money. SKK GSB alumnus Eamon Byrne (FMBA 2019), management consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners in the UK, notes: “I place great value on the exceedingly global nature of SKK GSB. While it is of course great to learn from the Korean perspective of business, it was critically important for me to become internationally competitive upon graduation. This was possible due to the school’s globally focused culture, which stems from having such a diverse range of nationalities of both students and faculty alike.” A customized curriculum for the AI era SKK GSB has transformed in recent years to foster the kind of management talent needed in the AI era. Novel courses focus on AI and machine learning, digital age corporate strategy, digital and social media analytics, business intelligence, data visualization, digital marketing, financial analytics, and business analytics. It is the school’s philosophy that students should be well-rounded and prepared for modern-day business realities. In the words of Dean Eric Shih, ”We see the future of the MBA as fostering graduates who are well-versed in both the art and the science of management – professionals who are comfortable in a creative advertising brainstorming session, and who the next minute become number geeks who can uncover new consumer trends by analyzing mountains of sales data – perfect SKK GSB graduates.” Original full article in Korean: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/view/2021/03/226913/
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- [Maeil Business News] “Green Bonds” remain popular despite low interest rates
- Professor Youngju Nielsen (SKK GSB) has written a column about green bonds on MK News (Maeil Business News). The latest change in Korea to attract my attention is the issuance of ”green bonds” . SK Rent-a-Car announced in early January that they would issue green bonds worth up to 90 billion won. The Ministry of Environment also published a guidebook in December 2020 to encourage revitalization of the green bond market. As we can assume from their name, green bonds are bonds that are related to the environment. Then what exactly is a green bond? A green bond is a type of bond. Bond investors are paid interest by the issuing entity at regular intervals. When a bond matures, its face value is returned, just as the principal is returned [JPB2] . Companies can use the money received from bond investors for corporate activities. However, funds accrued by issuing green bonds should only be invested in assets or business related to environmental protection. Prime examples of such green projects are development of renewable energy, clean transportation, and sustainable water resources. Green bonds cannot simply be issued under the name ‘green bond’. Rather, they are certified by the Climate Bonds Standard Board. There is no problem if regular bonds are used for green projects, so why is there a need for green bonds? An expense is incurred when companies issue bonds, and green bonds must satisfy more conditions, so these inevitably cost more to issue. However, companies can reap more benefits, outweighing the greater issuance cost. Original article in Korean: https://news.mk.co.kr/v2/economy/view.php?year=2021&no=79978
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- SKK GSB Alumni Online Meeting
- The Alumni Association is organizing the 1st online meeting on 6 March, 2021. *Access Info* SKKGSB ALUMNI is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: SKK GSB Alumni 2021 Time: Mar 6, 2021 04:30 PM Seoul (The meeting will be started at 5 PM) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88467755322?pwd=RXdVaUI3Sndjak1wN0JUWmw1OUFuUT09 Meeting ID: 884 6775 5322 Passcode: 412076 One tap mobile +12532158782,,88467755322#,,,,*412076# US (Tacoma) +13017158592,,88467755322#,,,,*412076# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 884 6775 5322 Passcode: 412076 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcHeA8lbIp Hope to see you all there!
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- PMBA Students (Jung Hwan Cha, Seung Moo Lee, Jae Oh Seo, and Minseok Kim) awarded in 2020 MBA Case Competition
- Last December, four of SKK GSB’s Professional MBA students (Jung Hwan Cha, Seung Moo Lee, Jae Oh Seo, and Minseok Kim) participated in the 2020 MBA Case Competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Their topics were “CJ Group’s Post-COVID-19 Global Strategy” and “Response Strategy to the Eco-friendly Trend.” Twenty teams competed, and our students’ plan to expand air cargo business was ranked highly, being given an Excellence Award. Group leader Jung Hwan Cha reports on the competition. This competition was only open to MBA students, and I wanted to make the most out of my two years as an MBA student, so I was keen to participate . I also saw this as a unique opportunity to engage in activities outside school, and to apply what I had learned so far in the classroom to solve challenges that companies face in the real world. We chose CJ Group’s Post-COVID-19 Global Strategy as our topic, and we decided to focus on CJ Logistics’ becoming a global powerhouse in the logistics industry, specifically by expanding its air cargo business. The impact of the COVID-19 crisis is being felt by businesses all around the world, but one sector that has seen major growth is the logistics/cargo industry. CJ Logistics, which currently has the largest market share in Korea, has been expanding globally in recent years. We believe that this sector will grow significantly in the future, partly due to COVID-19, and by quickly expanding its air cargo business, CJ Logistics can catch up with current global market leaders such as FedEx and DHL. It was difficult to find time to work on this project between school and work. We initially met after Tuesday’s class to choose our topic and to set a project timeline, so we chose the team name Tuesday Night Strategy (TNS) to recall our first meeting. When we each completed our allocated tasks, we met on Zoom then in person to discuss and compile our presentation. This project required a lot of research since it was a field with which none of us was familiar. It was therefore important to work together and to respect each other’s opinions. Even though the four of us had not worked together before, we were quickly able to agree on the direction of the project. We were also able to learn about the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy, and how different industries and companies are coping and innovating during this crisis. Building on what we [have learned from this experience, we hope to compete again next year. We also hope that other students from SKK GSB take more interest in future competitions such as this.
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- SKK GSB ranked 35th in the world-2021 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking
- Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) has been ranked 35th in the world, 7th in Asia, and 1st in Korea in the 2021 Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking. The FT Global MBA Ranking is an annual indicator of business schools’ overall status and quality. Unlike other rankings centered on US MBA programs, the FT ranking is global and assesses business schools all around the world. SKK GSB is the only Korean business school in the world’s top 100. SKK GSB’s MBA has been crowned #1 in Korea for ten consecutive years, while it has been among the top 50 worldwide since 2017. Asian business schools fareprominently in these rankings: 12 were included in the top 50, including HKU, CEIBS, NUS, HKUST, and SKK GSB. SKK GSB recieved a particularly high score in the following categories: career services (5th), career progress (13th), and international faculty percentage(17th). Professor Eric Shih, Dean of SKK GSB, notes: "We are proud of this accomplishment. It is a strong signal that SKK GSB is being recognized globally for the value we deliver and the impact we have on our students and alumni’s careers.” SKK GSB launched two new programs last year, the AI MBA and the MS in Business Analytics. These programs bring together advanced topics in AI and big data with business education to help students acquire the knowledge and skills that are essential in Industry 4.0. These courses have attracted tremendous interest, not only from individual applicants, but also from companies. SKK GSB's MBA has also been gaining rapidly in popularity. In particular, the number of applicants for the 100%-English program increased significantly year-on-year. In a world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea has proven to be a relatively safe place to live and study. Many students who were planning to pursue an MBA abroad decided to remain in Korea instead, while the number of foreign students at SKK GSB continued its steady rise.
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