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During summer vacation, KUBS students go abroad to work as interns through the international internship program. These students travel to countries in the US, Europe, China and South East Asia and carry out projects proposed by corporations. In the process, they acquire credits and develop a global perspective and keen insight. Seung-hwan Jung (Business Administration class of 2003) who is doing his internship at OECD through the KUBS internship program sent us a report on his activities.
= Live work experience at an international organization =
Ever since I was admitted to KUBS, I was interested in the role of companies in our society. I became more interested in this subject because many professors, including the Dean, were actively researching and involved in this area. For a very long time, I dreamt of an internship at OECD and gaining work experience in this field because I believed there were many corporate governance related-issues that needed to be resolved in order for a market economy to properly function in Korea.
At the OECD, I am currently working on the Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable which will commence in the Philippines in September. Specifically, I am responsible for writing the draft of the welcoming remarks, doing the final review of the OECD publication which will be disclosed at the conference and internally reporting conference-related matters. I am also supporting the establishment of an online database related to corporate governance in Asia.
If there are other students who wish to work at non-profit international organizations or NGOs, I would advise them to take many non-business related courses. In preparing for this internship, the 'Business & a Diverse Society' class I took at USC (University of Southern California) was the most helpful. Unlike other business classes, businesses were not seen from the management’s perspective but viewed as part of society from a sociological perspective.
Many experts at the OECD have a degree in economics. I think it would help to take economics classes.
Living in France, I was able to look back on Korea’s ‘Bbali-Bbali’ (hurry-hurry) culture. After living here for a month, I learned that from a long-term perspective it is more productive and better for one’s mental health not to rush things and to take the time to finish one’s job.
With graduation nearing, I could become nervous. But I hope to learn more and experience more things at the OECD because now is the time for me to discover what I want to do for the rest of my life.
= Live work experience at an international organization =
Ever since I was admitted to KUBS, I was interested in the role of companies in our society. I became more interested in this subject because many professors, including the Dean, were actively researching and involved in this area. For a very long time, I dreamt of an internship at OECD and gaining work experience in this field because I believed there were many corporate governance related-issues that needed to be resolved in order for a market economy to properly function in Korea.
At the OECD, I am currently working on the Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable which will commence in the Philippines in September. Specifically, I am responsible for writing the draft of the welcoming remarks, doing the final review of the OECD publication which will be disclosed at the conference and internally reporting conference-related matters. I am also supporting the establishment of an online database related to corporate governance in Asia.
If there are other students who wish to work at non-profit international organizations or NGOs, I would advise them to take many non-business related courses. In preparing for this internship, the 'Business & a Diverse Society' class I took at USC (University of Southern California) was the most helpful. Unlike other business classes, businesses were not seen from the management’s perspective but viewed as part of society from a sociological perspective.
Many experts at the OECD have a degree in economics. I think it would help to take economics classes.
Living in France, I was able to look back on Korea’s ‘Bbali-Bbali’ (hurry-hurry) culture. After living here for a month, I learned that from a long-term perspective it is more productive and better for one’s mental health not to rush things and to take the time to finish one’s job.
With graduation nearing, I could become nervous. But I hope to learn more and experience more things at the OECD because now is the time for me to discover what I want to do for the rest of my life.