A course in business

2006-2007 (9 Month Academic Year) MBA Student Budgets for Class of 2008
	Single	Married	Married and One Child
Tuition	$39,600	$39,600	$39,600
University Health Services Fee	$1,390	$3,138	$3,908
Blue Cross /Blue Shield (12 months)	$1,216	$2,742	$3,660
Program Support Fee	$3,850	$3,850	$3,850
Room & Utilities (9 months)	$12,150	$14,436	$18,180
Board, Personal, Other (9 months)	$11,634	$15,114	$19,292
TOTAL	$69,840	$78,880	$88,490

Harvard Business School MBA 2-year program - Total cost = US$139,680

Korean business training program - read Japanese manga - Total cost = US$1

Japanese Manga Rule Among Korean Salarymen

SK chairman Chey Tae-won told new staff two years ago, “I think a lot about how to manage my company when I read ‘Shota No Sushi,’” and ordered the SK Research Institute for Supex Management, the SK Group’s think tank, to study the comic.

“An MBA course in the U.S. chose “Kacho shima kosaku” as one of its textbooks to understand what corporate culture is like in Japan,” says a staffer with a big domestic corporation who admits he has stacks of this manga. “Many Korean office workers are reading Japanese manga not just for fun but also to get a variety of expert knowledge.”