Professor Sook Eung Kim

• Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School of Distance Learning Business Administration for the Elderly Program Professor
• Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School of Distance Learning Business Administration for the Elderly/Elderly Education Professional Program Professors
• Korean Association of Industrial Business Administration Board Member

Program Summary

The Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School of Distance Learning Business Administration for the Elderly Program is a formal Master’s Degree program that seeks to cultivate experts who will lead this industry in the 21st century and raise its quality by providing distance learning that transcends time and space constraints through digitizing every education resource with regards to the latest professional knowledge and IT in this field. As private sector participation in this industry increases to satisfy the demands of a rapidly rising aging population, we aim to guide business administration for the elderly in the right direction by offering practical education that leads to high-quality and satisfactory service for the elderly and products and services that meet the desires of the aging population, thereby helping them attain a healthy and happy senior life. We also aim to cultivate experts who will contribute to a wide range of businesses for the elderly through scholarly and comprehensive research in gerontology, business administration, family science, psychology, housing studies, pharmacology, food and nutrition, medical science, nursing science, and physical education, among others.

Foster experts in business administration for the elderly who represent the 21st

Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School of Distance Learning Business Administration program

scholarly research

close association with experts in the field

research and professional institution research activities

business start-ups targeting the elderly population

development of professionals

Program Objectives

Contribute to advancing business administration for the elderly

As professional education•research institutions for business administration for the elderly are lacking, we will contribute to their advancement through in-depth study of the characteristics of the elderly and related businesses.

Foster experts in business administration for the elderly

we contribute to the fostering of talent who will lead businesses for the elderly, which will be a growth industry in the 21st century.

Improve the quality of senior life

By advancing business administration for the elderly, we seek to reduce the national expenditure for senior social benefits, while improving the quality of senior life by ensuring that diverse relevant services and products are offered.

• Diverse needs of the elderly population, as it rapidly expands and its purchasing power increases, are satisfied.
• Business competencies that translate analysis and research on elderly consumers’ diverse needs and their characteristics into firms’ activities are established.
• Experts capable of long-term analysis of businesses for the elderly, and with insight into the demands of the elderly population, are fostered.
• Business competencies that can chart the direction of businesses for the elderly, in line with our family culture and values, are established.

Expected Roles

Once you graduate from the Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School of Distance Learning Business Administration for the Elderly Program, you will be able to find employment in various areas of the industry such as elderly related businesses, institutions or academia. Furthermore, we ensure that our graduates have the core competencies necessary for starting businesses in this industry and are striving to establish close relationships between the industry and academia.