Samsung Executive Meeting Held at Inryeok Gaebalwon... Signal for Organizational Culture Improvement

Samsung Human Resources Development Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] The background behind Samsung's executive meeting being held at the Human Resources Development Center immediately after Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's Europe trip is drawing attention.

On the 20th, Samsung announced that it held an executive meeting at the Samsung Human Resources Development Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, presided over by Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee and President Kyung Kye-hyun. Along with Vice Chairman Han and President Kyung, 25 executives from Samsung's electronics affiliates attended, including Choi Yoon-ho, President of Samsung SDI; Hwang Sung-woo, President of Samsung SDS; Choi Ju-sun, President of Samsung Display; and Jang Deok-hyun, President of Samsung Electro-Mechanics. The meeting lasted over eight hours in a 'marathon session.'

The Human Resources Development Center, where the meeting was held, was established in 1982 by Samsung's founder, Chairman Lee Byung-chul, to practice the management philosophy of 'Talent First.' It is known as the 'Mecca of Samsung Talent Development,' a place to share Samsung's history and management philosophy and to nurture the next generation of global business leaders. Notably, this meeting took place right after Vice Chairman Lee returned from his Europe trip, where he emphasized 'securing outstanding talent' and 'flexible organizational culture,' drawing significant attention.

Holding the executive meeting at the Human Resources Development Center itself is interpreted as sending a strong message that 'outstanding talent' is key to leaping to the top tier and that the organizational culture must be innovated anew. A business community insider interpreted the 'HRD Center executive meeting' as meaning ▲reflecting on Samsung's history of turning the impossible into possible ▲changing and challenging with the spirit of founding ▲and reborn as a true 'top-tier company.'

In fact, it is known that at this meeting, Samsung executives deeply discussed ways to build an organizational culture capable of responding to rapidly changing times and securing outstanding talent. Especially, since Vice Chairman Lee emphasized a 'flexible (organizational) culture that can adapt to change,' there is growing expectation that Samsung will move forward to create a more creative organizational culture.

Samsung is actively embracing change, having prepared a 'future-oriented personnel system' last year, focusing on personnel systems and organizational culture improvements to lead new changes, and has been fully implementing it since this year. Vice Chairman Han, who presided over this meeting, is also reported to have urged the executives to leave no gaps in securing outstanding talent.

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