- Lecturer
- Sato Yuriko
- Place
- Intensive
- Credits
- Lecture0 Exercise2 Experiment0
- Code
- 99641
- Syllabus updated
- 2013/4/3
- Lecture notes updated
- 2013/3/21
- Semester
- Spring Semester
Outline of lecture
This course aims to deepen the students understanding of the actual system of Japanese companies and industries through a series of study tours and lectures given by scholars, staffs and the graduates of Tokyo Tech who work for Japanese companies and related organizations.
Participating students are encouraged to ask questions or express their observations to the lecturer(s) or staff(s) during the QA session in each lecture/tour.
They are expected to submit a short report after each visit/lecture and a final report on the Japanese companies and industries at the end of this course.
Purpose of lecture
This course aims to deepen the students understanding of the actual system of Japanese companies and industries through a series of study tours and lectures given by scholars, staffs and the graduates of Tokyo Tech who work for Japanese companies and related organizations.
Plan of lecture
April 10 (Wed.) 12:15-12:40 Briefing on the outline and requirement of the course at W935, 3rd floor of West Bldg. 9.
May 8 (Wed.) 12:15-19:00 Visit to the Tsukuba Space Center of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
12:15 Gather at the bus parked near the West 9 Bldg. on O-okayama campus
15:00 Tsukuba Space Center (Astronaut course tour)
16:30 Explanation and Q & A with a JAXA staff
http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
May 17 (Fri., No class for the preparation for the Suzukake-dai campus festival) 10:20-19:30 Visit to Suzuhiro (Kamaboko company)
10:20 Gather at the bus parked near the West 9 Bldg. on O-okayama campus
13:00 Visit at Keisui Factory
14:50 Experience to make Kamaboko at Kamaboko no Sato (Kamaboko village)
16:30 Explanation and Q & A with Mr. Hiroaki Suzuki, the CEO of Suzuhiro (Tokyo Tech graduate)
http://www.kamaboko.com/english/
June 5 (Wed.) 13:20-14:50 Special Lecture by Assoc. Prof. Makoto Nagaishi, MBA course of Chukyo University on 窶廚urrent Issues in Cross-Cultural Management: Focusing on the Cases of Japanese Companies窶 at E1001, 10th floor of West Bldg. 8. on O-okayama campus
June 26 (Wed.) Visit to BRIDGESTONE Kodaira technical center
12:15 Gather at the bus parked near the West 9 Bldg. on O-okayama campus
14:00 Explanation on the outline of the company
Tour in the factory and the museum on rubber and tire
17:00-17:30 Q & A with the staff
http://www.bridgestone.co.jp/
July 10 (Wed.) 13:20-14:50 Special Lecture by Ms. Tomoko Hasegawa, the Deputy Director of Public Relations Bureau of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation), at E1001, 10th floor of West Bldg. 8. on O-okayama campus
http://www.keidanren.or.jp/index.html
Textbook and reference
There is no specific textbook in this course.
Related and/or prerequisite courses
YSEP students have priority in participation. The selection of the other course participants will be done in the course briefing held in the first Wednesday of each semester.The following students have priority in participation:
1. The international students who have not yet participated in the SJCI or Factory Study Tours.
2. The international students who can attend all the tours & lectures and submit all the required reports.
Evaluation
1. Class attendance and notice of your absence: Attendance is expected at all visits and lectures. If you will be absent from the visit/lecture, you are requested to inform it to the TA with the reason at least one week prior the visit/lecture at the following e-mail address: ysep.sjci @gmail.com
2. Short reports after the visit/lecture:
Students are expected to write a short report after each visit/lecture. The length of report should be from 80 to 150 words in English and be submitted to the TA within two weeks after each visit/lecture at the following e-mail address:
ysep.sjci @gmail.com
3. Substitute report in case of your absence from the visit/tour
If you would like to earn the attendance points for the tours/lectures from which you are absent, you are requested to submit a substitute report to the TA in more than 400 words in English regarding the company/organization/lecture topic within two weeks of the visit/lecture.
If you are absent without the prior notice or due reason, your points will be halved even if you submit the substitute report.
4. Final report:
1) Topic:窶狼he strength and weakness of the Japanese companies and industries窶
2) Length: from 500 to 800 words in English.
3) Deadline: July 24th midnight (Late submission will decrease your report points. Please keep the deadline.)
4) Style: Please write your name, country and student number at the upper right corner of the first page of your report.
5) Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. If such an act is found, you will obtain no points for your report.
6) Submission: Please submit the report or send it to the TA by e-mail as an attached file. When you send your report by e-mail, TA will send you the confirmation of its receipt. If you don't receive the confirmation within a week, you are requested to contact TA and the teacher since the report might be missing. You can bring your report to the teacher窶冱 office (#206 of West 1 Bldg.) in that case.
