Strategy in Knowledge Management(1)

'Global Mando', Strategy is in Knowledge Management

It isn't too much to say that there are no companies which do not emphasize the importance of strategic management in their business. From functional and business strategies to organizational strategies, companies all around the world pay enormous attention to strategies on a daily basis.

It is because they suppose the success of business highly relies upon strategic management. Thus, they argue that companies must come up with and develop proper and timely strategies to achieve competitive advantages. 

This could explain why a huge number of companies seem so obsessed with strategies. In other words, to succeed in business, companies should create powerful strategies by all means. Otherwise, they even can’t guarantee survival in this era of fierce competition.

Knowing strategies definitely makes organizations to think and prepare for the future. All in all, strategic management already takes in the every aspects of corporate operation. The question is how an organization can execute it. 

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(5)

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(5)

Actually, for the brand-new section, an interview with a high-profile figure is of significance to draw public attention. Thus, I contacted Dr. Nonaka via Dr. Odo and he kindly accepted my suggestion.

Even though I couldn’t make the interview due to the unexpected company order, trial itself was quite a big news to me and my company. And 3 months stay in Hawaii, Dr. Nonaka’s last session at JAIMS in particular, definitely helped me a lot in coming up with the idea and made it almost realized.

Without the experience and subsequent network, it would be much tougher to arrange the possible interview with Dr. Nonaka. All above could explain why EWKLP remained important both to me and my organization. From the bottom of my heart, I wish 3 months stay in Hawaii would be of great significance to my work in the future, too.

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(4)

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(4)

In other words, articles of the section will be like the MBA school lecture printed on the newspaper. The member selection process went through several steps and I was chosen as one of the final members of the section. Without EWKLP certificate, it would be highly unlikely that I would work for the department.

 

Regardless of my willingness to join the section, it was a sure thing that Hawaiian experience provided me with another chance to show off what I studied at JAIMS and to devote my company with fresh and intriguing ideas. 

Honestly speaking, after watching that I was sent to the new department, some of my colleagues were envious of me and even asked me how they could get the Fujitsu scholarship.

An attempted interview with Dr. Nonaka deserves to be mentioned as well. While I was working for the corporate business department, an interview with Dr. Nonaka just came to my mind. It is because he has full qualifications for media coverage, as the one of the most influential scholars in the Asian business academy.

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(3)

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(3)

And it is non other than catching up with the most recent trend of advanced MBA education in the world. If not staying in Hawaii, I probably can’t have this persuasive view. Not only for articles, but also for brainstorming and daily conversation at work, the role of EWKLP training means a lot and makes me to intellectually grow as time goes by.

And needless to say, it distinguished me from other Korean journalists who covered similar area with me. After reading my unusual but sophisticated articles, colleagues both at my organization and other companies asked me what’s secret of my excellent coverage. 

Whenever it happens, looking back on good days in Hawaii, I smiled with pride and explained them the tacit knowledge. In doing so, what I learned at JAIMS will be penetrated into the entire Korean media industry and play crucial roles in enhancing the quality of articles and even spreading the importance of knowledge management into all sectors of the Korean society. 

In addition, EWKLP brings me new opportunities, which was not easy or time-taking to get before. After returning to work, out of the blue, I was assigned to a newly-lunched department of my company, 'Corporate Management Section'. The new section covers corporate success or failure stories, global business trend and interviews with academic or corporate gurus in the business field.

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(2)

Enriching Work Experience and Bringing New Opportunity(2)

Now let me explain why I can positively link 3 months stay in Hawaii and my work. More than anything else, I’d like to point out EWKLP definitely widens my horizon on various fields of the global society.

As a journalist, my main job is to provide high-quality articles for subscribers. In this globalized world, the importance of global contents can't be overemphasized. And it means that I have to produce more and more globally insightful contents. In this regard, EWKLP allows me to have worldwide views which, to some extent, I couldn't think of before flying to Hawaii. And it led me to develop fresh and up-to-date ideas when I wrote articles.

My column on MBA education will be a model example. In the column, I overlooked where Korean MBA schools are at this moment. And I emphasized the significance of timely MBA education, insisting "MBA schools should be places where students can learn what the society wants contemporary. MBA curriculums should reflect what the market eagerly demands, to name a few, green growth, NGO(Non-Governmental Organization) management."

Honestly speaking, I got this idea thanks to the experience in Hawaii. Lectures and course works at JAIMS did stress what MBA education should be like. The lesson is that MBA education basically shouldn't be theory-oriented. But it’d better focus on practices and 'Genba', which implies the curriculum would be consist of subjects that can digest various interests from the outside world. This point of view can be supported by students' high remarks on some classes such as professor Kobayashi, professor Kotabe and Mr. Larry Smith.