Chapter 25 South KoreaSelecting and Developing Senior Leaders at Company A

Huh-Jung Hahn, Joonghak Lee, and Sewon Kim

DOI: 10.4324/9781003307099-30

Case Synopsis

Company A1 is one of the largest for-profit organizations in South Korea. The company has been successful in many sectors. However, recent radical changes in technology and business culture and environments have continuously threatened Company A’s competitiveness and profitability. One main problem that had emerged was that an increasing number of newly promoted senior leaders were found to have non-satisfactory performances, and almost half of them were terminated following a recent annual personnel review process. This issue was primarily attributed to Company A’s leadership not ...

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