2017 Leadership

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Instructor(s)
Yamamoto Seiichi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon11-12(W931)  
Group
-
Course number
ESD.H407
Credits
2
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3-4Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course provides the way to develop leadership that enables new business creation. The students can learn the essence of leadership, the development process of global leaders, how to generate Ba (shared context) for Human Resource Development, and desirable leadership.

Student learning outcomes

The goal of this course is to understand the essence of leadership and the development process of global leaders in organizational contexts. Students can take the effective actions about leader and human resource development as entrepreneurs.

Keywords

Leadership, Development Process of Leader, Human Resource Development

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Firstly, students learn the definition and essence of leadership.
Secondly, students learn the development process of global leaders.
Thirdly, students learn the way to generate Ba (shared context) for Human Resource Development in organizational contexts.
Fourthly, students learn the models of desirable leaders through case discussions.
At the end of the course, each student gives a presentation and receives comments.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction What is Leadership? Explain the essence of leadership.
Class 2 Development process of global leader (1): The direction of problems and solutions Explain the direction of problems and solutions that related to finding and fostering global leader candidates.
Class 3 Development process of global leader (2): Real examples Understand the real examples of global leader development process.
Class 4 Development process of global leader (3): Workshop Get several findings about development process of global leader through the discussion.
Class 5 Development process of global leader (4): Group Presentation and Q&A Present the findings about development process of global leader to share the idea.
Class 6 Ba for human resource development in organizational context (1): Vision, Philosophy Explain organizations’ Vision and Philosophy.
Class 7 Ba for human resource development in organizational context (2): Organization structure, Roles Explain Organization structure and Roles.
Class 8 Ba for human resource development in organizational context (3):Work process, Tool standardization Explain Work process and Tool standardization.
Class 9 Ba for human resource development in organizational context (4) :Evaluation, Job grade, Rewards Explain Evaluation, Job grade, and Rewards.
Class 10 Desirable leader (1):Case discussion Explain the reality of leadership based on the guest speaker’s experience.
Class 11 Desirable leader (2) :Case discussion Explain the reality of leadership based on the guest speaker’s experience.
Class 12 Desirable leader (3) :Briefing by the lecturer Explain Desirable leader from broader perspective.
Class 13 Presentations and comments (1) Present what I learnt about leadership.
Class 14 Presentations and comments (2) Present what I learnt about leadership.
Class 15 Summarization of the course

Textbook(s)

See above.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Supplementary handouts will be provided in class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Presentation 50%, Term Report 50%
Subject of the Term Report will be announced.

Related courses

  • ESD.H403 : Sales Strategy and Organization
  • ESD.H405 : Product Design and Development
  • ESD.H402 : Social Entrepreneurship
  • ESD.H406 : Marketing Science
  • ESD.H404 : Finance
  • ESD.H408 : Business Law

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None.

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