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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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 Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: A Book About Figuring Out Korea. Has Anyone Read It? |
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I can't find it to read it, so I thought I'd try to find an honest opinion about it.
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Learning to Think Korean: A Guide to Living and Working in Korea
by L. Robert Kohls
Catalog: Intercultural Press > Training & Coaching
Paperback, 225 pp.
https://www.interculturalpress.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=75&idproduct=60
Bob Kohls demystifies Korea and Koreans for people who interact with them in business and in everyday life. [H]e explores traditional, evolving, and projected Korean values as the twenty-first century progresses. Additionally, the book presents Korean values, modes of thinking, and behaviors in juxtaposition to their American counterparts, thereby highlighting their often polar differences and fostering more culturally sensitive interaction. Kohls. . . takes up management style, personnel issues, networking and �pull,� negotiating style, persistence, key Korean business relationships, and more. Beyond business interaction, Learning to Think Korean explores Korea�s culture of private life, providing notes on proper etiquette in non-business settings, Korean history, key Korean symbols, significant holidays, and social customs. Looking to the future, Kohls concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges faced by Korea as a nation. |
Here's one review of it from the webage where it is for sale (US$35.00)
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| "Bob Kohls' book, Learning to Think Korean, is ostensibly written for the American businessman who plans to go to Korea and engage in a business relationship with corporations there. My reading of the book leads me to suggest that it is a good 'read' for anyone who would try to understand the disjuncture between our expectations of our Korean neighbors and their behavior, whether in Korea or in the United States. This goes for the American teacher with Korean students in the classroom and for the members of other minority populations in Los Angeles and elsewhere who find it difficult to understand their Korean neighbors. The book should also be read by Koreans in the United States who don't quite understand why others, not of their culture, are upset with them or why other Americans look askance at their behavior. The book is a very useful contribution to cross cultural understanding between Korea and the United States." |
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ceesgetdegrees
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't even bother reading it. There is no place for foreigners in the korean worplace ethos, we are an anomaly and will never really be able to fit in no matter how "native" you are willing to go. |
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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe, but I wonder whether a foreigner can look to Koreans to begin undrstanding them, or does a person have to go to outside sources to begin finding out what he/she has gotten into. |
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