INVESTORS IN MSK

The company is famous for innovations and modern

technologies. This can be associated with higher

demands on employees. How do you educate them?

It is with regard to constant innovation that our demands

on employees lie mainly in the ability and willingness to

learn new things. In addition to the training necessary

to perform the work, we offer a wide range of training

options, which are based on the employee‘s agreement

with his superior and take into account the company‘s

needs and the employee‘s ideas about his further

professional development. Recently, the number and

popularity of online training programmes, for which

we mainly use the LinkedIn Learning platform, has

significantly increased. Training to strengthen the

competencies of managers at all levels also plays an

important role.

Which language do you use for communication

within the company? Do you offer Korean lessons to

employees?

English is used for communication between Korean and

Czech colleagues, in all reports and documents and

in communication with foreign branches or suppliers.

When visiting us, however, you will hear mainly Czech—

our mother tongue is, of course, spoken on production

lines (by the way, Czech citizens make up 96% of our

employees). The management of the company is also

Czech, including the heads of production, quality and

administration subdivisions.

We offer Korean lessons, although learning this language,

including the new script, is not easy at all. The number

of participants will always be significantly reduced

after a few lessons, but we also have employees who

have participated in advanced courses. The situation is

exactly the same for Czech courses for Koreans.

Do Koreans inspire you personally? How are they

different from us Czechs in professional

and personal life?

In a relatively short time, Korea has become one of the

leaders in many areas—whether it is IT technology or

the already mentioned electric and hydrogen mobility.

In addition to hard work and a really great emphasis

on education, I see above all the personal willingness

to tirelessly look for new ways and try things that

seem unrealistic or too complicated at first glance.

Our cultures have different priorities—most of us have

a family, which matters most, while for Koreans it will

be their job—but we do not differ much in personal

life and, for example, we can easily agree on joint

extracurricular activities, whether that’s sport or any

form of entertainment.

Mr Michník, thank you for the interview.

text: redakce

foto: Hyundai

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