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MAN300FB-A5522(経営学 / Management 300)
Business Management in Japan

Yongdo KIM

Class code etc
Faculty/Graduate school GBP (Global Business Program)
Attached documents
Year 2022
Class code A5522
Previous Class code
Previous Class title
Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 火2/Tue.2
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 各学部・研究科等の時間割等で確認
Grade 2~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers
Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
SDGs CP
Urban Design CP
Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
Carbon Neutral CP
Chiyoda Campus Consortium
Category 専門教育科目/Business Administration Courses
専門科目/Intermediate/Advanced Courses of Business Administration

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Outline and objectives

The following topics will be covered:
1.Arguments on business management in Japan by Japanese and foreign scholars,
2.Comparative analysis of business management between Japanese and American companies,
3.Interfirm relationship in Japan and international comparison of interfirm relationships,
4.The main bank system in Japan.
The objective of this course is to understand business management in Japan more deeply on the international perspective.

Goal

You will learn logical thinking and basic knowledge on business management in Japan and enhance the presentation skills.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

This course is strongly related to the "DP1-1", "DP2-1", "DP2-2", "DP3" and "DP4" diploma policies and fairly related to the "DP5" policy.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

Every week class consists of lecture, discussion on business management in Japan, Q&A, and presentation of case of Japanese companies.
Comments on reaction sheets and discussion sheets to be submitted will be made in discussion time of every class.

Class procedure:
1. The first half of every class will consist of lecture.
2. Presentation, discussion, and Q&A will be practiced in the second half of every class.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[オンライン/online]:Introduction

Overview of arguments on business management in Japan

2[対面/face to face]:Misunderstanding about business management in Japan

Lecture on misunderstanding about business management in Japan and discussion on some topics of Japanese business system

3[対面/face to face]:Argument on business management in Japan by Japanese scholar(1)

Representative argument that stresses the specialty of business management in Japan by Japanese scholar

4[対面/face to face]:Argument on business management in Japan by Japanese scholar(2)

Representative argument that emphasizes the generality of business management in Japan by Japanese scholar

5[対面/face to face]:Argument on business management in Japan by foreign scholar(1)

Representative argument that stresses the specialty of business management in Japan by foreign scholar

6[対面/face to face]:Argument on business management in Japan by foreign scholar(2)

Representative argument that emphasizes the generality of business management in Japan by foreign scholar

7[対面/face to face]:Overview of business management in post-war Japan

Characteristics of Japanese business system in the firms and between the firms

8[対面/face to face]:Comparative analysis of business management between Japan and the U.S.(1)

Do “the three sacred treasures” of industrial relations exist only in Japan?

9[対面/face to face]:Comparative analysis of business management between Japan and the U.S.(2)

Commonalities between Japanese firms and US firms

10[対面/face to face]:Interfirm relationship in the Japanese automobile industry(1)

The characteristics of interfirm relationship in Japanese automobile industry

11[対面/face to face]:Interfirm relationship in the Japanese automobile industry(2)

Comparative analysis of interfirm relationship between Japanese and US automobile industry

12[対面/face to face]:Interfirm relationship in Japan's steel industry

The case of transactions in steel products for automobiles in Japan's high economic growth period

13[対面/face to face]:Interfirm relationship in Japanese semiconductor industry

The case of co-development between Japanese semiconductor companies and their customers

14[対面/face to face]:The main bank system in Japan

Its characteristics and recent changes of main bank system

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Please submit discussion sheet or reaction sheet by two days before of every week class. At least, it will need two hours every week.

Please read previously assigned references before the class of every week. It will need two hours every week.

Textbooks

No prescribed textbooks.

References

Yongdo Kim(2015).The Dynamics of Inter-firm Relationships: Markets and Organization in Japan.Edward Elgar Publishing
James C. Abegglen (2006). 21st-century Japanese management: New systems, lasting values, Palgrave Macmillan
James C. Abegglen (1960). The Japanese factory, The Free Press.
Hiroshi Hazama (1997). The history of labour management in Japan, Macmilan
Kazuo Koike(1996). The economics of work in Japan, LTCB International Library Foundation
William G. Ouchi (1981). Theory Z: how American business can meet the Japanese challenge, Addison-Wesley
William Lazonick(2009).Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy, Upjohn Institute
Sanford M. Jacoby (1985). Employing bureaucracy: managers, unions, and the transformation of work in American industry, 1900-1945, Columbia University Press
Masahiko Aoki and Hugh Patrick, eds. (1995).The Japanese main bank system: its relevance for developing and transforming economies,Oxford University Press

Grading criteria

Term paper(40%)
Discussion sheets and reaction sheets(30%)
Presentation(30%)

Changes following student comments

Discussion time will be increased.

Prerequisites

None