International Programs

WHY SIM?WHY SIM?So what makes SIM the best international partner?So what makes SIM the best international partner?

1)1) Relationship with our Korean clientsRelationship with our Korean clients

2)2) Professional program management and administrationProfessional program management and administration

3)3) Yonsei’s reputation within Korean societyYonsei’s reputation within Korean society

4)4) Extensive experience in tailoring any courses that fits your Extensive experience in tailoring any courses that fits your needsneeds

5)5) Top-class social science & language courses for international Top-class social science & language courses for international operation (complementary)operation (complementary)

RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR KOREAN CLIENTSRELATIONSHIP WITH OUR KOREAN CLIENTS

RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR KOREAN CLIENTSRELATIONSHIP WITH OUR KOREAN CLIENTS

RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR KOREAN CLIENTS – OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM

Korean Companies

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

• Multiple evaluations

– All teaching faculties’ teaching capability and lectures are evaluated after the end of their subject

– The entire program (subjects, time, program management) to be evaluated after the end of program

– Results shared to program manager, program director and client

• Program Director and Manager assigned per program

– Program Director: academic faculty of Yonsei School of Business with PhD degree and extensive experience

– Program Manager: one manager assigned for each program, facilitating smooth communication between participants, program director and teaching faculty

YONSEI’S REPUTATION

• One of the top three higher educational institutes in South Korea

– Opens a lot of door in Korean society, networking advantage

• First university to have School of Business (1917)

• one of top 100 higher educational institutes in the world (#89, Fortune Global ’07)

• Ranked #96 for SCI Article Publication (International, ‘07)

EXTENSTIVE EXPERIENCE IN PROGRAM CUSTOMIZATION

• SIM = innovator of South Korea’s executive education

– One of few executive education institutions with independent taskforce, management staffs, building and facilities

– 10 years of successful operation: offering numerous open and custom programs

• 260 programs, 118 being custom programs

• 10134 program graduates

• 37861 hrs of lecture

SIM’s 7 STEPS OF CUSTOMIZATION

Listen We review the client company’s current business issues and future directions in order to better understand their education needs.

Analyze Reflecting the company’s educational needs, SIM identifies what would be the best program format and content.

Design YSB faculty and the administration staff form a TFT to design and develop a completely client-oriented program to fulfill the needs of the client company.

Develop SIM keeps close communication with our clients to reflect their feedback in the future program development.

Deliver SIM maximizes learning efficiency through diverse learning and teaching methods.

Evaluate Every class is evaluated for further improvement – and the feedbacks are shared to clients, program managers and academic faculty for further development..

Follow-up

Even after the program, we offer follow-up services to the client company and participants to provide more educational opportunities.

TOP-CLASS SOCIAL SCIENCE & LANGUAGE COURSES ON SOUTH KOREA

• Yonsei Korean Language Institute (KLI)– First to start Korean language education to foreigners– First to open Korean language school in oversea– Innovator of Korean language teaching methodology

• Social knowledge essential for international operation– When entering foreign market, especially that of different cultural background and

consumer behaviors, social/political/historical knowledge on the target region is necessary

• Possible only at yonsei, being a large-size university– Yonsei University (Undergrad) offers more than 50 majors

• Academic faculty fully capable of running English lectures– Underwood International College: all courses offered in English, capable of

offering Korean history/social science courses for non-Koreans– Have invited and shared guest lecturers/seminars with other Yonsei institution’s

programs, including SIM