Business anthropology is the application of theoretical frameworks and research methods from anthropology to understand and solve management challenges. Business anthropology can help managers design and market products in home or overseas markets; adapt to new organizational cultures; communicate effectively across with stakeholders from different cultural backgrounds; and predict and manage conflict in global business situations.
This course will introduce ways of thinking about and researching culture and cultural differences from the anthropology. After an introductory session covering the fundamentals of business anthropology, we will
focus on thinking about how business anthropology can contribute to solving three specific management challenges: product design and marketing; organizational culture; and cultural conflict in global business
projects.
The course is aimed at students who are not familiar with anthropology or qualitative research in the social sciences.
This unit aims to critically examine human resource management issues which are emerging in contemporary workplaces and organizations. It seeks to integrate and build on the previous human resource management units. The issues are examined from a variety of ethical, global andpractical perspectives and competing approaches to the issues are debated. The scope of the issues are described, their influence on human resource policy and practice and their impact on various stakeholders explored through the concepts of the dignity of work and solidarity. The unit addresses the importance of a range of national and international contexts in shaping the link to strategic success in a world of changing values and demands. Each employee brings with them considerable challenges and contemporary issues must be able to consider these within the opportunity to make a difference both to the employee and the profession.
The MBA-IB Corporate Management Course aims to provide students with the opportunity to learn practical and real world issues, and challenges as well as strategies from the macro managerial point of view. Students will learn theories and frameworks, and practice how to apply them to real cases.
Japanese companies, particularly organizations with long histories, are known for having distinct and well-established corporate philosophies. As Japanese firms pursue global business expansion, what role should corporate philosophy play and how can firms communicate their corporate philosophies effectively to diverse internal and external stakeholders outside of Japan? This course will cover the following topics, from both an academic and practitioner’s perspective: 1) What is corporate philosophy? 2) What is the role of corporate philosophy in global business management? 3) How can Japanese firms effectively communicate their corporate philosophies to diverse stakeholders? The course draws on insights from the fields of intercultural management, corporate communications, organizational development, and corporate governance and is recommended for students who wish to deepen their knowledge of the relationship between corporate philosophy and global business expansion.
Using cognitive-behavior psychology and other techniques, the course aims to familiarize the students with both actual coaching skills and intellectual understanding of these skills. The course will deal with both what personal growth means as well as how one can facilitate it. The course includes not only other-coaching but also self-coaching as self-development is essential for promoting growths in others.
This class will strongly focus on differences between HRM in Japan and other countries, discuss and understanding strength and weakness of Japanese unique HRM.
The course is designed for students to acquire theoretical and practical understanding of stress management skills in the workplace. Using cognitive-behavior psychology, tension releasing exercises, hypnotic relaxation and other techniques, the course aims to familiarize students with actual stress reduction skills and the theories behind them.
In today’s global environment characterized by accelerated, change, innovation and interconnections, corporations, businesses and professionals must constantly evolve by gaining and develop new knowledge for continued success. This course will develop your knowledge and understanding of contemporary theories and practices of knowledge management, and how knowledge is acquired, applied, created, shared and disseminated in organizations. In other words, the course will address how knowledge or intellectual capital is created and managed to offer new value to all stakeholders. Specifically, course content tackles the individual, group/team, and organizational/interorganizational dimensions of managing both explicit and tacit knowledge. Classes will be a mixture of lectures, discussions and case studies.
The ability to build and maintain strong relationships based on trust and mutual respect is one of the critical success factors to be an effective leader in today’s complex multinational organizations. At the same time, a leader must drive action and overcome resistance to deliver on expected outcomes. In this course students will learn about leadership based on group exercises, reading materials, and lectures based on the instructor’s experience at top global corporations in the aerospace and mass media industries, and the writings of professors and instructors at leading U.S. universities.
The purpose of this course is to understand and use the theory and processes of negotiation as they are practiced in a variety of settings. The course is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems that are faced by managers and professionals. A basic premise of the course is that while a manager needs analytical skills to discover optimal solutions to problems, a broad array of negotiation skills is needed for analytical skills to be accepted and implemented. Class sessions explore the many ways that individuals think about and practice negotiation and conflict management – with colleagues, employers, employees, clients, outside agencies, and others. Since negotiation and conflict management involve individual abilities and not just intellectual understanding, we also will look closely at personal skills and experiences. You will have a chance to learn more about your own preferences and the consequences of the choices you make. In addition, you will be asked to accept and offer feedback on the negotiation behavior that you demonstrate and observe. My goal as a course instructor for you is to empower you to become more comfortable negotiating—to appreciate the professional and personal enjoyment to be derived from negotiating.
The success of business depends to a large extent on people. This course is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge about how individuals behave at the workplace, how they are motivated and how they interact with each other. Specifically, course contents are composed of three dimensions, namely, individual, group and organization. For each dimension, integration between theory and implication will be considered. Classes will be a mixture of lectures, discussions and case studies and role plays.
This course will cover topics on learning practical management skills for newly appointed managers to promote performance. It will consist of the three key dimensions of management behaviors, 1) How to successfully make the transition from employee to manager, 2) Tips on how to carry out criticism and discipline, and 3) Strategies and behavior styles for mentoring, coaching, problem resolution. Students are expected to discuss and learn how to succeed and flourish as a manager using highly focused model for effective management.
This class gives discussion on Human Resources Management in Japan, focusing on differences between HRM in Japan and other countries in general. It gives discussion on strength and weakness of Japanese HRM as well. It also includes history of Japanese HRM how it is developed, current status and issues, and discussion about the future HRM.