6. HISTORY OF NORTH KOREA Divided in 38th parallel in accordance with UN arrangements. Division took place after World War II in 1945 North-to be administered by Soviet Union South- to be administered by United States Actual history starts in 1948
12. LANGUAGE OF NORTH KOREA KOREAN- spoken by both South and North Descended from Proto-Korean, Old Korean, Middle Korean and Modern Korean After the Korean war, differences in the pronunciation of North and South differs significantly
13. LANGUAGE OF NORTH KOREA 15th century-a national writing system commissioned by Sejong the Great, the system being currently called Hangul Many classify it as ‘isolate’ Few consider it to be ‘Altaic’ language family
27. The company is headquartered in the Tongdaewon district near the capital, Pyongyang.
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29. MANAGEMENT STYLES 3. Individualism in group settings: Individualism in a group setting is a unique feature . Individual aspiration is as important as organizational goals for most Korean employees. 4. Significance of Promotions: Promotion is very important because it becomes a crucial criterion which measures the success or failure of an employee. 5. Leadership: The leadership style is authoritarian and paternalistic. There is no father-son type of relationship between a superior and his subordinates.
30. MANAGEMENT STYLES 6.Group spirit: Group spirit is a means to achieve their individualistic aspirations. Their individual aspirations are too critically important to be sacrificed, and they can be attained by promoting group spirit. 7. Productive labor force: This company has abundant stock of well educated productive and disciplined work force. Quality of labor force is quite high.
31. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Management practices must evolve and change to continue to meet the needs of an organization. Good Management Practices are those practices – or “activities” that will bring results. Following are some practices adopted by this company. Focusing on research and development. Developing human resources. Improving their product quality. Promoting technological innovation among employees. Bringing improvements in their performance evaluation process. Modernization of the Power Plants.