이순신 장군의 전략적 리더십

Abstract

General Lee, Soon Shin tried himself to save his country, ChoSun(朝鮮), and died in the naval battle in NoRyang (露梁海戰). The only thing he bestowed from his country was the government position. During the war against Japan(倭), he suffered from the absolute shortage of food and weapons, especially swords, spears, warship, etc. But he prepared for the war with the spirit of loyalty and love of the people, the philosophy based on principles, and the entrepreneurial spirit. The leadership of the general could be explained as strategic leadership. The strategy means the decision making in a long-term view. Moreover, the strategy could be basically explained as following; to make decision resulted from an accurate analysis of the internal and external factors. For example, internally, the general analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of his own troops. For strengths, he found that the warships of his navy were larger than those of Japanese, and his troops prepared cannons well. On the contrary, it was the weakness that the navy of Chosun was poor at swordsmanship. Therefore, his navy should be poor at the face-to-face battle and had better fight against Japanese at some distance. Next, he analyzed external strengths and weaknesses. The strengths what he found was that the navy of Chosun could take advantage of the landmarks such as terrains, waterways, etc. However, Japanese army already held the dominant position on the land so that it was difficult to battle; he found this weakness. The analyses mentioned above made the general and his navy win all the naval battles, which had no record of defeat. To sum up, the victories of the general and his navy were resulted from the strategic leadership of the general. KeyWords:general Lee, Soon-Shin, strategy, strategic leadership, philosophy, organizational culture, organizational ability, organizational environment.