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- Academic unit or major
- Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
- Instructor(s)
- Yamada Keisuke Matsuzaki Yuri Kamura Kenshu
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive ()
- Group
- F
- Course number
- TAL.W501
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2019
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2019/3/18
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course aims to cultivate the basis of students' abilities to recognize the role that they should play in a team of different expertise, to present vision by themselves or to share the vision of others, to build consensus with the community of stakeholders, and to make the consensus into a concrete shape by using his/her own expertise and abilities of others.
Student learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
(1) Understand the concept of Leadership/Followership in a team of different expertise.
(2) Propose ideas for solving the social issues.
(3) Explicate the effectiveness of the proposed idea logically.
Keywords
Leadership/Followership, Consensus Building, Social Issues
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Process of this course basically consists of group workshop and discussion among students for understanding the concept of Leadership/Followership and for learning the way of thinking to create new value in the society. Theme of the workshop/discussion depends on the students' intentions and the social situation at the time.
Schedule and policy of the course will be explained in an orientation session held at the beginning of each semester (announced at the ToTAL website and bulletin boards.)
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Presentations about students' research theme. | To try explaining one's research to non-specialists and find what prevents understanding of others about the theme. |
| Class 2 | A book club regarding leadership and teamwork. | To read and summarize materials with a clear goal and communicate the summary to others. |
| Class 3 | Leadership communication lab (1) : communication | To understand the communication techniques especially useful when working in a team. |
| Class 4 | Leadership communication lab (2) : team building and project facilitation | To understand the communication techniques especially useful when working in a team. |
| Class 5 | Career design seminar by reflective thinking and interviewing each other | To learn and practice the concept of active listening and interviewing. Students then apply reflective thoughts on their thinking patterns and research theme from a long perspective to decide their next action. |
| Class 6 | Design thinking workshop | To understand the concept and the way of Design Thinking through lectures and group work among students. |
| Class 7 | Presentation and discussion: each student will give a presentation about the purpose and way of exerting his/her leadership. A presentation must include whether and how their thoughts on it have changed during the course. | To deepen the thoughts of each student on his/her contribution to society using their specialty through cooperating with others. In addition, students will t |
Textbook(s)
Course materials are provided during class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided during class.
Assessment criteria and methods
Students will be assessed on the achievement of the learning outcomes such as the understanding of social problems, proposing the ideas for creating solution, and so on, as well as on the rationality of discussion and contribution to collaboration work.
Related courses
- TAL.W601 ： Practical Group Work for Leadership
- TAL.W611 ： Advanced Group Work for Leadership
- LAH.C401 ： Leadership Workshop
- TAL.W401 ： Introduction to Leadership
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
None
