Yonsei University

The international human resource manager is faced with a diverse, complex and dynamic environment. Differences from nationally-oriented human resource management (HRM) can be seen in the complexities that result from managing employees of various national origins working in different countries. People who work in internationally operating companies, operate in different cultural and institutional environments compared to where a firms headquarter is located. Hence, locally aligned HR approaches are often needed for a firm to be successful abroad. This course discusses these topics in an international HRM context by explicitly considering the context of the Korean Business Environment. It focuses on the cultural context and the organizational context of International HRM in Korea, as well as on staffing, recruitment, and selection in an international and Korean context.

This course is about Nanomedicine and its practical applications. Topics include Future medicine-nanomedicine, Nanomedicine, Nanomedicine in diagnostics, Nanomedicine in drug delivery, Nanomedicine in medical device, and Safety issues in nanomedicne.

Assessment: Reports (10%), Mid-term (40%), Final (50%)

Prerequisite: Nanobiotechnology

This course provides the basic knowledge on the vocabulary and the grammar of Korean Language. Students learn Korean alphabet, words, and basic grammars, and engage in a variety of activities in speaking, listening, writing, and reading to improve their communication skills in Korean. 

In this course, we attempt to understand humans and their surroundings specifically the culture and the society. The concepts in this course help students to change their usual perceptions of cultural situations newly through the "reading the culture" method. Furthermore, this course aims to provide exposure to different kinds of research methods and traits of anthropology, and by applying these observations, it helps students to learn how to perceive various aspects of modern society and how the contexts of these relate to each other.

This course provides students with an analytical framework and empirics to think about a wide variety of issues in international finance: the current account and balance of payments accounting; inter-temporal trade; the determination of exchange rates; monetary and fiscal policy under fixed and flexible exchange rates; a number of major puzzles in international finance. When time permits, this course also covers a number of relevant current issues: sovereign default, international financial crisis, and monetary unions.

Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Mathematics for Economists. Please note that you must have working knowledge of calculus and statistics, because this class mainly deals with mathematical economic models.

This class provides an overview of various legal issues surrounding corporations. Aspects of legal issues in business management are examined. Actual cases and related video clips may be used to stimulate class discussions. Due to the market failure that the world economy is experiencing now, governments around the world are tightening their grips on corporations through numerous regulatory schemes. The course discusses regulatory issues which restrict or promote today’s corporate activities and analyzes and discusses cases in relation to current viewpoints. Because this class covers a wide range of legal issues, student participation is strongly encouraged, and class participation contributes to as much as 40% of the total grade.  

One of the most important questions in studying international politics is how to promote cooperation under anarchy. This course studies different perspectives of international relations including realism, neorealism, liberalism, neoliberal institutionalism, constructivism, and strategic perspective and discusses global and regional governance for peace and stability of the East Asian region. Issues reviewed during include the North Korean nuclear issues, nuclear proliferation, the rise of China and the US-China hegemonic competition, South Korea`s foreign and security policies, Korea-Japan relations, Korea-Russia relations, and Korea`s national security and its middle power role in the region. Assessments: Class attendance, quiz, class participation (15%); group paper, presentation and Q&A participation (35%); final exam (50%).

Course may be offered in English or Korean as the language of instruction.

This course covers the techniques for interpreting and analyzing financial and accounting data for management control purposes. It is designed to deliver relevant methodologies and skills, including cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, budgeting, and control over overhead costs. It provides a basic understanding of accounting information needed by management in the control of operations. The course seeks the following learning goals: Fundamental knowledge of the discipline, Creative thinking and problem-solving skills, and Business ethics. The goal is to define costs and understand different classifications of costs; to understand the costing methods for manufacturing businesses; to understand cost-volume-profit relations and apply CVP-related concepts for managerial analysis; to understand different kinds of managerial accounting decisions and exercise the necessary skills and knowledge for good decisions; and to understand performance management and measurement.

Prerequisite: BIZ1101-Financial Accounting