(Syllabus) IKS 216: INUSTRIAL RELATIONS OF KOREA – KOREAN INDUSTRY IN A RAPIDLY GLOBALIZING AND DIGITALIZING WORLD (Fall 2014) 2:00-4:45 PM , Thursdays Professor: Hiwhoa Moon Room 524, International Studies Hall GSIS, Korea University Tel: 02-3290-2418 (office) 010-5238-4255 (Mobile) E-mail:hmoon21@korea.ac.kr; hmoon2101@gmail.com Office Hour: 2-4 PM Tuesdays COURSE OBJECTIVE AND OUTLINE Korea’s impressive industrial growth over the past few decades provided many strategic and useful insights to many global business firms and governments. Presently, major Korean industries enjoy at least 1st-5th place in the global markets of ship-building, electronics, automobile, steel, and petrochemicals, measured in production and exports. Further, in the global markets for key products such as semiconductors, smart phones, and automobiles, Korea’s recent advances in the respective market shares have been impressive. This course will review the trend of the structural transformation of the Korean industries over the past decades, followed by the analysis of those factors, including major government policies and business strategies, which made this successful structural transformation possible. Here, each of the key policy tools which the government mobilized in expanding, upgrading, and successfully transforming Korean industries, shall also be examined. The future of global manufacturing industry, in particular following the 2008 global economic crisis and along the accelerating speed of IT technology, must be quite different from that of the past. Therefore, this course will analyze and identify the new challenges and corresponding new strategies for global economies and leading industrial firms. Finally, micro-level analysis of specific industries over a few key Korean industries including the information technology and auto, shall be conducted. In this analysis, global competitiveness, technological trend, major challenges and issues, and their perspectives shall be focused. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATIONS This course will be carried out in two parts: one, lectures by the professor; and two, presentations and discussions on assigned subjects for team projects toward the end of the semester. Some knowledge in principles of economics and/or international economics will be helpful. Yet, they are not compulsory. The text and other reading materials shall be introduced in the beginning and during the course. There will be group projects by student teams toward the end of the semester, a mid-term, and the final exam. The final grade of the course will be based on the following formula. Mid-Term Exam Final Exam Term Paper and Presentation Class Discussions and Attendance 25 Percent 40 percent 25 percent 10 percent COURSE SCHEDULE Part 1: INDUSTRIAL STRATEGIES AND POLICIES OF KOREA 1ST – 3RD Week: Evolution and Structural Transformation of The Korean Industries Readings: Moon, Hiwhoa, “Long-Term Development Strategy, Policies, and Results,” The Korean Economy and Its Structure, 2009, (unpublished Memoir) Krueger, Anne O., “Korean Industry and Trade over Fifty Years,” The Korean Economy 1945-1995, (edited) by Cha, Dong-Se, Kim Kwang Suk, and Perkins, Dwight H., 1997, Korea Development Institute The World Bank, “The Legacy of Korea’s Industrial Policy,” (Chapter 2) and “Trade Liberalization,” (Chapter 3) in Korea – Managing the Industrial Transition (volume 1), 1987, Washington, D.C. 4th Week: Science and Technology in Industrial Development: Government Policies, Corporate Strategies, and Market Responses Reading: Kim, Linsu and Seong, So-mi, “Science and Technology: Public Policy and Private Strategy,” The Korean Economy 1945-95, lbid.. 5th Week: Restructuring of The Korean Industries following the 1997 Financial Crisis Reading: Hiwhoa Moon, Korea’s Economic Development, The Financial Crisis and The Subsequent Structural Reform, September 2001, New York PART TWO; NEW SOURCES FOR KOREA’S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH 6th Week: The Green Growth and Korea’s Industrial Strategy Readings: Hiwhoa Moon, “The Green Growth and Korea’s Strategy,” a power point presentation, April 2012 7th week: Mid-Term Exam 8th – 9th week: New Sources for Korea’s Industrial Growth: Service, National Brand, and Design Readings: McKinsey & Company (ed.), “A McKinsey Report on Korean Economy: South Korea: Finding Its Place on the World Stage” April, 2010, Seoul PART THREE; NEW TREND AND NEW STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 10 – 11th Week: Competitiveness, innovation, and new environment Readings: McKinsey Global Institute, “Manufacturing the Future: New Era of Global Growth and Innovation,” November 2012, PPT prepared by Hiwhoa Moon PART FOUR; MICRO-ANALYSIS OF KOREA’S LEADING INDUSTRIES 12 – 13th week : Analysis of Micro-Industries: Auto and Electronics Industries Readings: KIET Major Manufacturing Industries: Recent Trends and Prospects, June 2010 KIET, Korea’s Auto Industry, a power point presentation, 2010 Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, Korean Automobile Industry, annual report 2013. Ministry of Industry, Resources, and Energy, Korea’s Digital Electronics Industry – Vision and Strategy for 2015, a translated version from the original, 2006 14th – 15th week: Group Project: Team Presentations by Students 16th week: Final Examination