IGESSIGESS (Institute for Global Economics and Social Sciences)

Though the meaning of Global Human Resources (GHR) varies from company to company and even among the professionals, it usually connote people who have an ability including a foreign language(s) proficiency and experiences to work in the international arena. Students will learn what the GHR is dealt with by companies at the time of recruitment and promotions after they started working.

This class aims to help students to learn why the GHR has been actively discussed in Japan in the past 10 years or so. Based on that, the class will help students, if they so wish, understand what they should do to work beyond the border of a country. However, the class will focus on GHR at Japanese companies.

英語 / English

This class will take up various topics concerning GHR, including topics such as education at schools and universities to cope with globalization, mobility of people between countries and employment of people with different cultural backgrounds. The class will be run in the form of lecture with active participation of students in the discussion. Feedback on assignments submitted by students will be provided in class or through the Learning Management System.
Please note that the teaching approach may vary according to which threat level we are at. The details will be announced through the Learning Management System.

あり / Yes

なし / No

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Week 1：What is GHR?

What GHR is will be broadly discussed in the first session focusing on what is going on in Japan in terms of employment and globalization.

Week 2：The economy moving towards globalization

As a basis of GHR, students will look at the globalization of economy and young people's move across the border of countries. Here students will have a brief look at what is going on in the EU, English speaking countries and other parts of the world.

Week 3：Japanese employment practices (1)

Before getting into the discussion about GHR, it will be briefly reviewed what characterizes the Japanese employment practices to understand the Japanese situation.

Week 4：Japanese employment practices (2)

Students will learn the way of job seeking by university students in Japan. The way that the Japanese companies recruit new school leavers and university graduates is said very different compared with that of other countries.

Week 5：Quick move to GHR in Japan

The Japanese Government has been pushing educational institutions and companies towards globalization in the past 15 years or so. Why and how?

Week 6：Policies of employer organizations and companies, Japanese case

The policies of employer organizations and individual companies on GHR in Japan will be discussed. To the extent that the Japanese employment system is different from other countries, it sees difficult to change it and adapt to what is going on under the name of globalization.

Week 7：Education towards globalization (1)

The lecture will look at the development of GHR at schools including education at ordinary schools, international schools and international baccalaureate schools.

Week 8：Education towards globalization (2)

Students will learn what Japanese universities have been doing for the development of GHR in the past years?

Week 9：International students and their employment (1)

The employment of Japanese students who studied overseas including kikokusei (returned children) will be examined.

Week 10：International students and their employment (2)

The employment of overseas students who are studying in Japan will be examined. In 2019, the Japanese government took a step towards the employment of more non-Japanese people in the face of labour shortage.

Week 11：World race for talent and studying overseas

Universities all over the world are involved in the race for talent and young people are studying and finding a job across the border of a country. Such a trend will be considered.

Week 12：Presentation by students (1)

Students will make a presentation on their future career plan or their essay topics.

Week 13：Presentation by students (2)

Students will make a presentation on their future career plan or their essay topics.

Week 14：Final examination or submission of a final essay.

The final examination will be held or a final essay of 3,000 words will be submitted. Comments will be made about the examination or a final essay.

Students should read in advance handouts and other reading materials provided in class and make clear what they cannot understand and should be ready to ask questions or make comments about them. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

No specific textbook is used, but various handouts and reading materials will be provided in class.

Some reference books will be introduced in the first session.

Assessment will be made based on either a final examination or an essay (70%). Consideration will also be taken into short exams and/or presentations (20%) which may be conducted in class and participation in class discussion (10%).

Reading materials in advance is strongly recommended so that students can better understand the lecture.

Nothing.

Students who may take this subject must attend the first session. If they are not native speakers of English, they must bring the results of English language proficiency tests such as TOEFL, TOEIC, Eigo-kentei Shiken or other similar tests in the first class.
Please note that this is a SCOPE subject. So, in case of the number of applicants becoming more than 15, priority will be given to SCOPE students and some sort of selection may be made for the other students.