• Strategy21
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• 통권34호
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• pp.58-92
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• 2014

Even after S. Korea took 5.24 Measure(24 May 2014), N. Korea has not stopped raising provocations such as the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, electronic and cyber attacks. To make matters worse, the communist country lunched long-range missiles(twice) and conducted 3rd nuclear test, escalating tensions which could possibly lead to an all-out war. Korean Government failed to respond properly. However, escalation into an all-out war was deterred by the CFC immediately carrying out its peacetime duty(CODA). The US made a rapid dispatch of its augmentation forces(Aircraft carrier, nuclear-powered submarine, strategic bomber, F-22) to the Korean Peninsula. In recognition of the importance of the Combined Forces Command, since May 2013 the Park Geun-Hye Administration has been pushing ahead with re-postponement of Wartime Operational Control Transfer(which initially meant the disassembling of the CFC as of 1 December 2015) More recently, there has been a series of unusual indicators from the North. Judging from its inventory of 20 nuclear weapons, 1,000 ballistic missiles and biochemical weapons, it is safe to say that N. Korea has gained at least war deterrence against S. Korea. Normally a nation with nuclear weapons shrink its size of conventional forces, but the North is pursuing the opposite, rather increasing them. In addition, there was a change of war plan by N. Korea in 2010, changing 'Conquering the Korean Peninsula' to 'Negotiation after the seizure of the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area(GSMA)' and establishing detailed plans for wartime projects. The change reflects the chain reaction in which requests from pro-north groups within the South will lead to the proclamation of war. Kim, Jeong-Un, leader of N. Korean regime, sent threatening messages using words such as 'exercising a nuclear preemptive strike right' and 'burning of Seoul'. Nam, Jae-June, Director of National Intelligence Service, stated that Kim, Jung-Un is throwing big talks, saying communization of the entire Korean Peninsula will come within the time frame of 3 years. Kim, Gwan-Jin, Defense Minister, shared an alarming message that there is a high possibility that the North will raise local provocations or a full-fledged war whenever while putting much emphasis on defense posture. As for the response concept of the Korean Government, it has been decided that 'ROK·US Combined Local Provocation Counter-Measure' will be adopted to act against local provocations from the North. Major provocation types include ▲ violation of the Northern Limit Line(NLL) with mobilization of military ships ▲ artillery provocations on Northwestern Islands ▲ low altitude airborne intrusion ▲ rear infiltration of SOF ▲ local conflicts within the Military Demarcation Line(MDL) ▲ attacking friendly ships by submarines. Counter-measures currently established by the US involves the support from USFK and USFJ. In order to keep the sworn promise, the US is reinforcing both USFK and USFJ. An all-out war situation will be met by 'CFC OPLAN5027' and 'Tailored Expansion Deterrence Forces' with the CFC playing a central role. The US augmentation forces stands at 690,000 troops, some 160 ships, 2,000 aircraft and this comprise 50% of US total forces, which is estimated to be ninefold of Korean forces. The CFC needs to be in center in handling both local provocations and an all-out war situation. However, the combat power of S. Korean conventional forces is approximately around 80% of that of N. Korea, which has been confirmed from comments made by Kim, Gwan-Jin, Defense Minister, during an interpellation session at the National Assembly. This means that S. Korean forces are not much growing. In particular, asymmetric capabilities of the North is posing a serious threat to the South including WMD, cyber warfare forces, SOF, forces targeting 5 Northwestern Islands, sub-surface and amphibious assault forces. The presence of such threats urgently requires immediate complementary efforts. For complementary efforts, the Korean Government should consider ① reinforcement of Korean forces; putting a stoppage to shrinking military, acquisition of adequate defense budget, building a missile defense and military leadership structure validity review, ② implementation of military tasks against the North; disciplinary measures on the sinking of ROKS Cheon-an/shelling of Yeonpyeong Islands, arrangement of inter-Korean military agreements, drawing lessons from studies on the correlation between aid for N. Korea, execution of inter-Korean Summit and provocations from the North, and ③ bolstering the ROK·US alliance; disregarding wartime operational control transfer plan(disassembling of CFC) and creation of a combined division.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.57-81
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• 2008

Knowledge is an essential strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage and is the key determinant for organizational growth. When knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout the organization, it increases an organization's value by providing the ability to respond to new and unusual situations. The growing importance of knowledge as a critical resource has forced executives to pay attention to their organizational knowledge. Organizations are increasingly undertaking knowledge management initiatives and making significant investments. Knowledge sourcing is considered as the first important step in effective knowledge management. Most firms continue to make an effort to realize the benefits of knowledge management by using various knowledge sources effectively. Appropriate knowledge sourcing strategies enable organizations to create, acquire, and access knowledge in a timely manner by reducing search and transfer costs, which result in better firm performance. In response, the knowledge management literature has devoted substantial attention to the analysis of knowledge sourcing strategies. Many studies have categorized knowledge sourcing strategies into intemal- and external-oriented. Internal-oriented sourcing strategy attempts to increase firm performance by integrating knowledge within the boundary of the firm. On the contrary, external-oriented strategy attempts to bring knowledge in from outside sources via either acquisition or imitation, and then to transfer that knowledge across to the organization. However, the extant literature on knowledge sourcing strategies focuses primarily on large organizations. Although many studies have clearly highlighted major differences between large and small firms and the need to adopt different strategies for different firm sizes, scant attention has been given to analyzing how knowledge sourcing strategies affect firm performance in small firms and what are the differences between small and large firms in the patterns of knowledge sourcing strategies adoption. This study attempts to advance the current literature by examining the impact of knowledge sourcing strategies on small firm performance from a holistic perspective. By drawing on knowledge based theory from organization science and complementarity theory from the economics literature, this paper is motivated by the following questions: (1) what are the adoption patterns of different knowledge sourcing strategies in small firms (i,e., what sourcing strategies should be adopted and which sourcing strategies work well together in small firms)?; and (2) what are the performance implications of these adoption patterns? In order to answer the questions, this study developed three hypotheses. First hypothesis based on knowledge based theory is that internal-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. Second hypothesis developed on the basis of knowledge based theory is that external-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. The third one based on complementarity theory is that pursuing both internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing simultaneously is negatively or less positively associated with small firm performance. As a sampling frame, 700 firms were identified from the Annual Corporation Report in Korea. Survey questionnaires were mailed to owners or executives who were most erudite about the firm s knowledge sourcing strategies and performance. A total of 188 companies replied, yielding a response rate of 26.8%. Due to incomplete data, 12 responses were eliminated, leaving 176 responses for the final analysis. Since all independent variables were measured using continuous variables, supermodularity function was used to test the hypotheses based on the cross partial derivative of payoff function. The results indicated no significant impact of internal-oriented sourcing strategies while positive impact of external-oriented sourcing strategy on small firm performance. This intriguing result could be explained on the basis of various resource and capital constraints of small firms. Small firms typically have restricted financial and human resources. They do not have enough assets to always develop knowledge internally. Another possible explanation is competency traps or core rigidities. Building up a knowledge base based on internal knowledge creates core competences, but at the same time, excessive internal focused knowledge exploration leads to behaviors blind to other knowledge. Interestingly, this study found that Internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing strategies had a substitutive relationship, which was inconsistent with previous studies that suggested complementary relationship between them. This result might be explained using organizational identification theory. Internal organizational members may perceive external knowledge as a threat, and tend to ignore knowledge from external sources because they prefer to maintain their own knowledge, legitimacy, and homogeneous attitudes. Therefore, integrating knowledge from internal and external sources might not be effective, resulting in failure of improvements of firm performance. Another possible explanation is small firms resource and capital constraints and lack of management expertise and absorptive capacity. Although the integration of different knowledge sources is critical, high levels of knowledge sourcing in many areas are quite expensive and so are often unrealistic for small enterprises. This study provides several implications for research as well as practice. First this study extends the existing knowledge by examining the substitutability (and complementarity) of knowledge sourcing strategies. Most prior studies have tended to investigate the independent effects of these strategies on performance without considering their combined impacts. Furthermore, this study tests complementarity based on the productivity approach that has been considered as a definitive test method for complementarity. Second, this study sheds new light on knowledge management research by identifying the relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies and small firm performance. Most current literature has insisted complementary relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies on the basis of data from large firms. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this study identifies substitutive relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies using data from small firms. Third, implications for practice highlight that managers of small firms should focus on knowledge sourcing from external-oriented strategies. Moreover, adoption of both sourcing strategies simultaneousiy impedes small firm performance.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.35-82
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• 2014

이 연구는 사이버농업기술교육 참여자의 학습특성과 효과를 분석하여, 적절한 지원방안을 제언하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위하여 문헌연구와 인터넷 조사를 통하여 수행되었다. 이 연구를 통하여 밝혀진 결과는 다음과 같다. 사이버농업기술교육을 수강하는 학생들은 50대와 40대의 대졸수준의 도시출신으로 농업분야 전공자가 아닌 사람들이 다수로서, 월 200-300만원미만의 소득을 올리고 있고, 주로 남성이 농사지식, 개인적능력개발, 담당업무처리능력 개발 목적으로 주로 참여하고 있고, 사이버교육이나 농업에 대한 선행학습경험이 약간 부족한 수준이었고, 학습양식은 구체적-순차적형, 두 가지 이상 복합형이 많았다. 사이버 농업기술교육에서 전반적으로 만족도나 학업성취는 우수하고, 내용구성이나 현업적응도는 비교적 적절한 수준이며, 운영지원과 영향력, 학습과정은 보통수준이었다. 한과목이하 이수집단보다 두과목이상 이수집단이 영향력 평가가 긍정적이었고, 수료증과정과 공개과정 모두를 이수한 집단이 공개과정만 이수한 집단보다 만족도가 더 높았다. 이상의 연구결과를 통하여 농촌진흥청 사이버 농업기술과정에 대한 지원방안을 특성화 프로그램으로의 확대, 지원인력의 확대, 온라인과 오프라인 모임공간 제공, 교육생지역의 농업기술센터와의 연계를 통한 blended learning system 도입, 학습자들의 이해를 돕기 위한 용어와 사전 제시, 흥미유발과 지원을 도울 사이버 튜터 및 인터넷 전화 활용을 제안하였다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 한국어 음소의 최소대립쌍 출현 양상에 대해 계량언어학적으로 알아보는 것이다. 최소대립쌍은 한 언어에서 음소의 체계를 세우는 데 중요한 역할을 하고, 기능부담량의 측정에도 중요한 척도가 됨에도 불구하고 아직까지 한국어 음소의 최소대립쌍에 대한 전면적인 연구가 이루어지지 않았다. 이를 위해 "우리말샘"의 표제어 325,715개의 발음을 대상으로 초성 위치에서의 자음 최소대립쌍의 개수를 절대수치와 상대수치로 산출하고, 최소대립쌍을 이루는 두 단어의 품사 관계에 대해서 분석했다. "우리말샘"을 연구의 대상으로 삼은 이유는 최소대립쌍 분석은 기본적으로 사전을 통해서 이루어져야 한다고 판단했고, 한국어 사전 중 규모가 가장 크기 때문이다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 최소대립쌍은 총 153가지, 337,135개였다. 개수가 많은 음소 쌍(/ㅅ-ㅈ/, /ㄱ-ㅅ/, /ㄱ-ㅈ/, /ㄱ-ㅂ/, /ㄱ-ㅎ/)은 평음의 비중이 높고, 개수가 적은 음소 쌍(/ㅃ-ㅋ/, /ㄹ-ㅃ/, /ㅉ-ㅋ/, /ㄸ-ㅋ/, /ㅆ-ㅋ/)은 경음의 비중이 높았다. 최소대립쌍 형성에 많은 역할을 담당하는 음소를 개별 음소 단위에서 살펴보면 /ㄱ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅂ, ㅊ/ 순으로 높게 나타났는데, 경구개음의 비율이 높게 나타난 것이 특징적이었다. 삼지적 상관속을 이루는 장애음의 최소 대립쌍 관계에도 조음 위치와 조음 방법에 따라 차이가 나타났다. 최소대립쌍의 절대수치와 상대수치의 상관계수는 0.937로 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 둘째, 최소대립쌍을 이루는 두 단어의 품사는 '명사-명사'의 최소대립쌍이 70.25%로 가장 많았고, 그다음으로 '동사-동사' 쌍이 14.77%로 나타나 이 두 유형이 전체 85% 이상을 차지했다. 초성 최소대립쌍의 품사 일치율은 87.91%로 나타나 최소대립쌍은 의미 형태적으로도 비슷한 범주로 묶일 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 연구의 결과는 한국어 음소와 관련된 기초 자료로서 국어학, 언어 병리학, 언어 교육, 언어 습득, 음성 공학 등의 다양한 응용 분야에서 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.