Practical Management Theory Ⅱ 留

36033

Ｇ．Ｒ．ハラダ

2.00単位

1年

2023年度後期

This course is a continuation of Practical Management Theory I (international exchange students enrolling from the second semester may also take the course). The contents will cover theories behind various topics related to Japanese style management. It will be a combination of lectures, student presentations and discussion. The first half will be comprised of lectures and students giving presentations on assigned readings. The second half will invite several business executives, each from different local companies to lecture on aspects of the industry in general as well as on specific issues of management and strategy. A separate visit to each of the companies will also be arranged.　

The objective of this course is to learn about the theories of Japanese style management and compare them with actual practice. The students will have several opportunities to visit local companies and to talk to the executives of each company.　
Since this course requires students to present on various topics and promote discussion among each other, another objective is to improve communication and presentation skills.

A separate reading list and schedule for company visits will be provided at the first meeting. Previous classes have included (but not limited to) the following topics and issues:

1) Introduction to the Traditional Japanese Firm;
2) Regional Differences in Doing Business in Japan;
3) Marketing in Japan;
4) Negotiating with the Japanese;
5) Case Study of the Community Firm;
6) Japanese Business Ethics;
7) Entrepreneurship in Japan;
8) Employment Adjustment in the Recent Economic Downturn;
9) The Shift Towards a Performance-based Japanese Firm;
10) Management Control Systems and Budgeting in the Japanese Firm;
11) Human Resource Management;
12) Possible visit to local company 1 (Wakunaga Pharmaceuticals);
13) Possible visit to local company 2 (Hiroshima Balcom Motors);
14) Possible visit to local company 3 (Chugoku Electric Company);
15) Final discussion on Theory and Practice.　

Practical Management Theory I

Students taking the class will be expected to read the assigned materials each week (2 hours of readings outside of class-homework) for in-class discussions for the scheduled topic.

Text and material will be distributed to the students on the first day of class.

1) R. Christopher, THE JAPANESE MIND (Tuttle, 1983);
2) T. Inagami & D. Whittaker, THE NEW COMMUNITY FIRM (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005);
3) Y. Monden, M. Kosuga, Y. Nagasaka, S. Hiraoka, N. Hoshi, eds., JAPANESE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING TODAY (World Scientific Publishing, 2007);
4) P. Haghirian, ed., J-MANAGEMENT (iUniverse, Inc., 2009);
5) N. Kambayashi, ed., JAPANESE MANAGEMENT IN CHANGE (Springer Publishing, 2014);
6) K. Usui, MARKETING AND CONSUMPTION IN MODERN JAPAN (Routledge Publishing, 2014);
7) I. Takenori, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPAN (Translated by T. Gonzalez) (Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017).

Exams not done during regular exam period.　

Course grades will be evaluated based on: 1) attendance/participation in class discussions (30%); 2) presentations (40%); and, 3) final paper (30%).
Feedback and evaluations on the presentations will be given at the end of each session.

*Any student that misses a third of the classes (5) will be given a "0" for attendance and will not be allowed to submit the final paper.

Japanese students interested in taking this course must have the equivalent of the following English proficiency:
TOEIC 700+;
TOEFL 500+ (paper based).