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MAN570F2(経営学 / Management 500)
Japanese Production Management & Supply Chain Management

Takuya HASEGAWA

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Faculty/Graduate school Global MBA Program
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Year 2021
Class code W7104
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Term 秋学期前半/Fall(1st half)
Day/Period 土3/Sat.3, 土4/Sat.4
Class Type 専門講義
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name
Grade 1・2
Credit(s) 2
Notes Global MBA
Class taught by instructors with practical experience
Category Applied Courses

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Outline and objectives

Since the Meiji Restoration (1868) and the end of World War II (1945), Japan has achieved great success and economic prosperity. Some of the glorious cases are included in textbooks, while some of the disappointing cases may or may not be included. This course is intended for students who wish to learn about the gap between ideals and reality through disappointing cases in Japanese management and apply them to their future business creation.
1) Identify the gap between ideal and reality
2) Select and analyze a specific case
3) Identify and counter irrational behavior

Goal

Acquire basic knowledge of behavioral economics and evolutionary economics, and understand and explain the current status and problems of innovation. Be able to formulate original hypotheses and original countermeasures to dispel stagnation in the real world.

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

Will be able to gain“DP1”,“DP3”and“DP5”.

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. )

Introductions and discussions with 2 guest lectures and 3 group presentations. Students are obliged to submit a "final essay". Students have to maximize the information density because it is only 6 pages in a power point format.

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

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

※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:Introduction (1)

Self-introduction of the instructor and students

2:Lecture (1)

“Japanese management” by Peter Drucker, Business creation and business operation

3:Group presentation (1)

"Drucker's paper: Difference between 1971 and 2020"

4:Lecture (2)

Innovation science, Structural inertia, Gaussian distribution, The PayPal mafia

5:Guest lecture (1)

"Leadership and management" (Hiroshi Tamura, CPS of GT-R & Z, Nissan Motor, Japan)

6:Guest lecture (2)

"Leadership and management" (Hiroshi Tamura, CPS of GT-R & Z, Nissan Motor, Japan)

7:Lecture (3)

Guest lecture review (short group presentation), Oslo manual, Where strategic planners live?

8:Lecture (4)

Definitions of business, Future projection

9:Lecture (5)

Nazokake, Bystander effect

10:Guest lecture (3)

"Japanese way of business management in overseas" (Yoshiya Horigome, CEO at PT. MPMAuto, Indonesia)

11:Lecture (6)

Long delay, Philosophers

12:Lecture (7)

Disruptive Innovation: The Road to Distributed Power (Case study by lecturer)

13:Group presentation (3)

"Confront the stagnation"

14:Group presentation (4)

"Confront the stagnation"

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

Please read before the course starts.
1) Drucker, P.F. (1971). What we can learn from Japanese management. Harvard Business Review (March/April 1971), pp. 110-22. (https://hbr.org/1971/03/what-we-can-learn-from-japanese-management)
2) Thiel, P. A., & Masters, B. (2014). Zero to one: Notes on startups, or how to build the future. Broadway Business.
Anticipated weekly hours:
1. Preperation for each class 120min
2. Review for each class 120min
that may include:
3. Pre-reading of 1)&2) 180min
4. Preperation for group presentation 60min each
5. Preperation for final essay 180min

Textbooks

No textbook will be used. Handouts will be provided by the lecturer.

References

1934 The Theory of Economic Development 2nd Ed.: Joseph Schumpeter
1970 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 2nd Ed.: Thomas Kuhn
1997 The Innovator's Dilemma: Clayton Christensen
2000 UBIQUITY: Mark Buchanan
2008 Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely
2010 HBR's 10 Must Reads The Essentials: Harvard Business School Press
2014 Zero to One: Peter Thiel

Grading criteria

Class contribution (40%)
Group discussion and presentation (40%)
Final essay (20%)
- 5% Template (organized?)
- 5% Unique (new?)
- 5% Reasoning (deep?)
- 5% Conclusion (specific?)

Changes following student comments

Final essay:
1.Cover page (1 page)
2.Executive Summary (1 page)
3.My Unique Findings (3 pages)
4.Conclusion (1 page)
- Identify the gap
- Identify the reasoning that led to the gap and the blind spots on which it is based
- Countermeasures are not mandatory

Equipment student needs to prepare

Notebook computer with a 15-pin VGA connector (VGA-HDMI adapter if necessary)

Others

The lecturer has over 30 years of experience in advanced technology and market development with more than 100 team members and 500 suppliers + partners.
In 2012-15, he served as the head of development for Nissan's last FCEV research prototype.