Kelly M. Ashihara
Strategy and International Business - Assistant Professor
Konkuk School of Business, Seoul, Korea
Courses Taught
Strategic Management
This course is intended as capstone management class to provide a broad overview of strategy for juniors and seniors. The objective is to focus on the fundamental and strategic takeaways that you will need to understand in the discussion of strategy. Teamwork and group presentations are designed to enhance your education experience and learning from your peers. This course is based on case study method with group discussions and presentations. For the most part, lectures and textbook readings will provide the theory and key concepts of strategy and policy. Cases are assigned to reinforce problem-solving. The final focuses on allowing you to hone strategic thinking skills and set a strategy for a given company. Students are expected to be prepared and will be given participation points for contributing to class discussion.
International Business
This course is an elective course designed to provide greater insight into international business and issues that affect he macro-economic environment including trade, currency, global political economy as well as issues more related to the corporate strategies as companies consider expandin into international markets. It will draw upon textbook materials and focus on creating interesting class discussion. Teamwork and group presentations are designed to enhance your education experience and learning from your peers. This course consists of lectures, short quizzes, a case study, group discussions and presentations. For the most part, lectures and textbook readings will provide the theory and key concepts of international business and policy. Cases are assigned to reinforce problem-solving. The final focuses on allowing you to hone strategic thinking skills and set a strategy for a given company. Students are expected to be prepared and will be given participation points for contributing to class discussion.
Human Resource Management
This course examines the role of human resources and organizational behavior. Key functions include recruitment, selection, development with implications of legal and global environments and interpretation of ethically unclear situations. Students will first look at job fit and their individual approach to preparing for
the workplace. Negotiation exercises will look at teamwork with
emphasis on ethical decision-making in context and includes a
project related to employment contracts and how company and
legal policy affects benefits, gender issues in a local and global
context. Organizational leadership looks at role of a change agent
in problem intervention. The last case study will cover ethical
decision making from a corporate perspective and financial
implications in terms of scope of responsibility and social
responsibility of industry.
Corporate Communications
The primary objective of this course is to cultivate
communication, persuasion and negotiation skills in English.
There are no prerequisites for this class, however, it is assumed
students have basic business knowledge and are somewhat
comfortable communicating in English.
This course will focus on integrating argument technique with
appropriate communication and negotiation exercises in a
context of current issues and events. To the extent possible, this
will be class where you will be involved in role plays, active
discussions, negotiations to problem solve and teams to analyze
and solve issues.
Teaching Method
I am a believer in teaching by doing – and as a result this class and how much you learn will depend on your engagement and active participation. I have made effort to include you in the learning process and your effort, engagement and attitude will make this class a positive learning environment.