A total of 35 generals, including Army Chief of Staff Gen. Hwang Eui-don, visited an educational facility and an R&D center of LG Electronics during their two-day workshop, which ended Wednesday, to study corporate management and operational strategies focusing on efficiency, creativity, flexibility and practicality.
In the wake of the March sinking of the corvette Cheonan, calls have been mounting for the military to be overhauled as its handling of the tragedy revealed a series of shortcomings that could impede its future advancement.
“The workshop is the first of its kind since the establishment of the armed forces. We are here to adopt the latest business mind and the culture of communication from private enterprise striving to pursue change and innovation,” Hwang told reporters at the company’s facility in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday.
“The generals playing a key role in making military policy decisions will be able to expand their horizons and improve their communication skills. We hope that this will serve as a chance to break the frame of the rigid thinking and apply the corporate creative and practical perspectives to the military management.”
Participating generals paid close attention to lectures delivered by some of the LG executives, seeking useful tips for their military personnel management.
“What is the most crucial in the troop management is the relationship with the soldiers. Today’s lecture on labor-management relations will be of great help,” Major Gen. Yun Sang-don, head of the Army Intelligence School.
Underscoring that an enterprise will perish should it not change, LG executives said that the military could learn the enterprise’s relentless pursuit of change and innovation to survive in fierce market competition.
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