Cho, Hyun / Dream Goal / Thurs34

        

 

        Like most of others do, I have experienced frequent changes on my job preference. Until lately, my dream job was a senator(a member of national assembly), who has both social status and political influence. This goal has lasted until recent change in my family business. Last year, my father launched new manufacturing business, which was far apart from previous distribution related business. Unfamiliar business environment was big challenge for his company and he has been struggling with managing it. As the eldest son of my family, person who is often considered as successor of family business in Korea, I felt a pressure that I should devote myself to father’s firm and assist his management. As time goes by, I decided to make a goal – growing father’s business as a leading and exceptional company in the industry. For this reason, I got to have dream goal, rather than dream job. It is recognized that developing organization is far more difficult and complicated than advancing an individual himself. However, I acknowledged that I should acquire several key qualities in order to be successful manager and attain my dream.

 

         First of all, a managerial mind and thinking is considered as critical factor for becoming a good manager. In order to obtain those characteristics, I believe one should face various and unpredictably changing business circumstances in broader work environment. Working in international enterprises would offer precious experiences and lessons, which later effectively support running my own business. By analyzing the strength of leading international brands and weak point of uncompetitive firms, while working there, I will be able to develop managerial mind, necessarily required for operating business.

 

           Second, prominent manager should acquire proficient foreign language skills. Despite the fact that world is globalized and English language is widely adopted as common language, countless business items and environments remain unexploited, due to scant opportunity and inaccessibility. Language is often found responsible for these phenomena. Better understanding of certain language would provide entrepreneur with larger opportunity to further partnership with locals and commence business in foreign market. This is greatly beneficial since you can effectively take over an advantageous position over your competitors and reduce potential risk that you might face at unfamiliar foreign business condition.

 

           Last but not the least, not only professional knowledge over the business, but also the high sense of responsibility is demanded for winning manager. These days, it is frequently announced that an owner or founder of big enterprises commit corruption or unethical behavior, which depress employees and consumers, causing negative result on company. As a top administer of a firm, manager should always remember his every single behavior is highly influential. While serving my military service and practicing as rowing team member, I learned that responsible behavior and thought induce greater performance, strong bond, and higher possibility to attain self-realization. Those experiences teach me that I should always keep in mind the importance of being responsibe.

         

           As I mentioned on the introduction, my objective is not to have dream job, but to build successful and prospect firm. Establishing prominent business would certainly require much more effort from numerous people and sometimes demand for greater luck. However, I would like to face this challenge, which might turn into desperate situation sometimes. Via constantly developing key traits for prominent manager, I will grow my family business as the most leading and prospect company in the industry.