Seoul man
Subtitle: a memoir of cars, culture, crisis, and unexpected hilarity inside a Korean corporate titan
By: Frank Ahrens
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780062405241; 9780062405258
Subjects: International business enterprises; Hyŏndae Chonghap Sangsa (Korea); Corporate culture; Automobile industry and trade
Description: "Heartbreaking and hilarious, Seoul Man is Frank Ahrens' story of the three years he spent in Korea as the highest ranking non-Korean executive at Hyundai, shedding light on a business culture very few Western journalists have been able to experience"--
Table of contents: title: Almost, not quite; title: Three midlife crises; title: At work: alien planet; title: At home: alternate universe; title: Detroit: showtime; title: The Korean codes; title: Reading the air; title: Constant competition; title: Admiral Yi: Korea's greatest Japan fighter; title: Sejong the Great: give-and-take with China; title: The dangerous cousins Kim; title: "This doesn't rattle"; title: The chairman arrives; title: Seoul surprises; title: Almost, not quite English; title: Car of the year; title: Bye, bye, baby; title: Not here, not now; title: Sang moo waygookin; title: The 2013 model; title: Genesis and Sonata; title: Jakarta is no Seoul; title: Escape plan; title: The judgment of Genesis; title: Finding home; title: Epilogue.