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==User Rating==
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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' Good Manager (English title) / Chief Kim (literal title)
* '''Revised romanization:''' Kimgwajang
* '''Hangul:''' 김과장
* '''Director:''' [[Lee Jae-Hoon (director)|Lee Jae-Hoon]], [[Choi Yoon-Suk (director)|Choi Yoon-Suk]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Park Jae-Bum - screenwriter|Park Jae-Bum]]
* '''Network:''' [[KBS|KBS2]]
* '''Episodes:''' 20
* '''Release Date:''' January 25 - March 30, 2017
* '''Runtime:''' Weds. & Thurs. 22:00
* '''Language:''' Korean
* '''Country:''' South Korea

==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==
Kim Sung-Ryong ([[Namkoong Min]]) used to manage money for gangs, but by an accidental opportunity, he begins to works as the chief of an accounting department for TQ Company. He struggles to save the decaying TC Company, fighting against corruption and
irrationality in the company.

==Notes==
# Takes over the [[KBS|KBS2]] Wed. & Thur. 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Naked Fireman]]" and followed by "[[Queen of Mystery]]" on April 5, 2017.
# [[Cha Tae-Hyun]] was first offered the lead male role, but declined.
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/first-script-reading-for-kbs2-drama-series-chief-kim First script reading took place] December 15, 2016 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea.
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/first-still-images-of-lee-joon-ho-in-kbs2-drama-series-chief-kim First still images of Lee Joon-Ho] in KBS2 drama series "Chief Kim."

==Cast==
{{CastPictures18
|1picture=File:Chief Kim-Namgung Min.jpg
|1name=Namkoong Min
|1charactername=Kim Sung-Ryong
|2picture=File:Chief Kim-Nam Sang-Mi.jpg
|2name=Nam Sang-Mi
|2charactername=Yoon Ha-Kyung
|3picture=File:Chief Kim-Lee Joon-Ho.jpg
|3name=Lee Joon-Ho (Junho){{!}}Lee Joon-Ho
|3charactername=Seo Yool
|4picture=File:Chief Kim-Jung Hye-Seong.jpg
|4name=Jung Hye-Sung
|4charactername=Hong Ga-Eun
|5picture=File:Chief Kim-Kim Won-Hae.jpg
|5name=Kim Won-Hae
|5charactername=Choo Nam-Ho
|6picture=File:Chief Kim-Kim Gang-Hyun.jpg
|6name=Kim Gang-Hyun
|6charactername=Lee Jae-Joon
|7picture=File:Chief Kim-Jo Hyun-Sik.jpg
|7name=Jo Hyun-Sik
|7charactername=Won Ki-Ok
|8picture=File:Chief Kim-Ryoo Hye-Rin.jpg
|8name=Ryu Hye-Rin (1984){{!}}Ryu Hye-Rin
|8charactername=Bing Hee-Jin
|9picture=File:Chief Kim-Kim Sun-Ho.jpg
|9name=Kim Sun-Ho (1986){{!}}Kim Sun-Ho
|9charactername=Sun Sang-Tae
|10picture=File:Chief Kim-Park Young-Gyu.jpg
|10name=Park Young-Gyu
|10charactername=Park Hyun-Do
|11picture=File:Chief Kim-Lee Il-Hwa.jpg
|11name=Lee Il-Hwa
|11charactername=Jang Yoo-Sun
|12picture=File:Chief Kim-Seo Jung-Yeon.jpg
|12name=Seo Jung-Yeon
|12charactername=Jo Min-Young
|13picture=File:Chief Kim-Jung Suk-Yong.jpg
|13name=Jung Suk-Yong
|13charactername=Ko Man-Geun
|14picture=File:Chief Kim-Kim Min-Sang (1968).jpg
|14name=Kim Min-Sang (1968){{!}}Kim Min-Sang
|14charactername=Lee Gang-Sik
|15picture=File:Chief Kim-Hwang Young-Hee.jpg
|15name=Hwang Young-Hee
|15charactername=Eom Geum-Sim
|16picture=File:Chief Kim-Kim Jae-Hwa.jpg
|16name=Kim Jae-Hwa
|16charactername=Na Hee-Yong
|17picture=File:Chief Kim-Dong Ha.jpg
|17name=Dong Ha
|17charactername=Park Myung-Suk
|18picture=File:Chief Kim-Lim Hwa-Young.jpg
|18name=Lim Hwa-Young
|18charactername=Oh Gwang-Sook
}}
'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Kim Hyung-Kyu]] - Park Myung-Seok
* [[Jung Moon-Sung]] - Han Dong-Hoon
* [[Nam Sung-Joon (1987)|Nam Sung-Joon]] - Lee Seok-Soo
* [[Ha Seung-Ri]] - Min-Ji
* [[Park Joo-Hyung]] - Park Seung-Bae
* [[Kim Joon-Won]] - Kwon In-Ho
* [[Hong Sung-Duk]] - Oh Se-Myung
* [[Lee Hwang-Eui]] - Section Chief Park
* [[Lee Dae-Ro]] - Cha Ki-Woo
* [[Park Ji-Il]] - Choi Ik-Joong
* [[Lim Seung-Dae]] - Park Seung-Dae
* [[Sun Dong-Hyuk]] - Won Nam-Cheol
* [[Geum Kwang-San]] - Morpheus
* [[Kwon Hyuk (actor)|Kwon Hyuk]] - Lee Eun-Seok
* [[Jeon Ik-Ryung]] - Soo-Jin
* [[Jung Myung-Joon (1970)|Jung Myung-Joon]] - Lawyer Jang Seok-Hyun
* [[Hong Seo-Jun]] - Park Hyun-Do's lawyer
* [[Kang Jung-Goo (1983)|Kang Jung-Goo]] - TQ Company employee
* [[Choi Jae-Hwan (1983)|Choi Jae-Hwan]] - union leader of parcel delivery service company
* [[Han Sung-Sik]] - Department Head Im of parcel delivery service company
* [[Keum Dong-Hyun]] - executive of parcel delivery service company
* [[Jo Jae-Wan]] - Kim Sung-Ryong's father
* [[Lee Dong-Yong]] - plant manager
* [[Lee Sung-Wook]] - Sang-Hyuk
* [[Shim Young-Eun]] - Kang Joo-Sun
* [[Choi Young (1973)|Choi Young]] - Detective Oh Kil-Sung
* [[Kang Ro-Chae]] - elevator girl
* [[Kim Mi-Hye (1988)|Kim Mi-Hye]] - reporter
* [[Kim Kang-Hoon (2009)|Kim Kang-Hoon]] - Kim Sung-Ryong (child)
* [[Kim Eung-Soo (1961)|Kim Eung-Soo]] - Bae Duk-Po (cameo)
* [[Lee Si-Un]] - Park Yong-Taek (cameo)
* [[Jung Kyung-Ho (1972)|Jung Kyung-H]] - man threatening Kim Sung-Ryong (cameo)
* [[Lim Yong-Soon (1965)|Lim Yong-Soon]] - representative (ep.19)
* [[Nam Sang-Baek]]
* [[Choi Jae-Sup]]
* [[Lee Yoon-Sang (1966)|Lee Yoon-Sang]]
* [[Lee Sang-Hoon (1982)|Lee Sang-Hoon]]
* [[Heo Sun-Haeng]]
* [[Seo Dong-Suk (1978)|Seo Dong-Suk]]
* [[Song Yo-Seb]]
* [[Kim Byung-Cheol (1979)|Kim Byung-Cheol]]

==Trailers==
{{AsianWikiPlayer3|url=2017Q/Chief_Kim-e20.xml}}

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! rowspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! rowspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | TNmS
! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | AGB
|-
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Nationwide
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Seoul
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Nationwide
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Seoul
|-align=center
| 2017-01-25 || 1 || 6.6% (19th) || 7.1% (19th) || 7.8% (17th) || 7.7% (15th)
|-align=center
| 2017-01-26 || 2 || 6.3% (20th) || 6.5% (18th) || 7.2% (18th) || 7.2% (15th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-01 || 3 || 11.7% (7th) || 13.3% (4th) || 12.8% (5th) || 12.8% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-02 || 4 || 11.5% (7th) || 13.3% (4th) || 13.8% (4th) || 14.1% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-08 || 5 || 13.2% (4th) || 15.5% (4th) || 15.5% (4th) || 15.8% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-09 || 6 || 12.1% (6th) || 12.9% (4th) || 16.7% (4th) || 17.6% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-15 || 7 || 13.1% (4th) || 15.0% (4th) || 16.1% (4th) || 16.3% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-16 || 8 || 13.7% (4th) || 15.6% (4th) || 17.6% (4th) || 17.3% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-22 || 9 || 15.5% (4th) || 16.2% (4th) || 17.8% (3rd) || 18.0% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-02-23 || 10 || 15.2% (4th) || 15.6% (4th) || 17.2% (4th) || 17.3% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-01 || 11 || 15.6% (4th) || 17.0% (3rd) || 18.4% (3rd) || 19.2% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-02 || 12 || 16.3% (4th) || 17.8% (3rd) || 18.4% (3rd) || 18.5% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-08 || 13 || - || - || 16.8% (4th) || 16.8% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-09 || 14 || 14.3% (4th) || 14.9% (4th) || 17.1% (4th) || 16.9% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-15 || 15 || 14.6% (4th) || 16.1% (3rd) || 18.4% (4th) || 19.1% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-16 || 16 || 16.2% (4th) || 18.1% (3rd) || 17.1% (4th) || 17.6% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-22 || 17 || 17.4% (4th) || 19.7% (4th) || 17.4% (4th) || 17.5% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-23 || 18 || 16.0% (4th) || 17.3% (3rd) || 17.0% (4th) || 17.5% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-29 || 19 || 17.0% (4th) || 18.6% (3rd) || 16.9% (4th) || 16.8% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-03-30 || 20 || 18.0% (4th) || 18.7% (3rd) || 17.2% (4th) || 17.8% (3rd)
|-align=center
|}

Source: [http://www.tnms.tv/ TNS Media Korea] & [http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/ AGB Nielson]
* NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.

==Awards==
* [[2017 KBS Drama Awards]] - December 31, 2017
** '''Best Actor''' ([[Namkoong Min]])
** '''Excellent Actor (medium-length drama)''' ([[Lee Joon-Ho (Junho)|Lee Joon-Ho]])
** '''Best Supporting Actress''' ([[Jung Hye-Sung]])
** '''Best Couple Award''' ([[Namkoong Min]] & [[Lee Joon-Ho (Junho)|Lee Joon-Ho]])
* [[2017 (10th) Korea Drama Awards]] - October 2, 2017
** '''Excellent Actress''' ([[Lee Il-Hwa]])
** '''Best Producer''' Lee Jang-Soo
** '''Best OST Award''' DinDin

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==External Links==
* [http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/managerkim/about/program/index.html Official Website]

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 * [[Kang Ro-Chae]] - elevator girl
 * [[Kim Mi-Hye (1988)|Kim Mi-Hye]] - reporter
 * [[Kim Kang-Hoon (2009)|Kim Kang-Hoon]] - Kim Sung-Ryong (child)
 * [[Kim Eung-Soo (1961)|Kim Eung-Soo]] - Bae Duk-Po (cameo)

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