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2018　Business Strategy and Organization

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Instructor(s)
Senoo Dai 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue3-4(W931)  Fri3-4(W931)  
Group
-
Course number
IEE.D301
Credits
2
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2018/4/6
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The course focuses on the basic frameworks of business strategy and organization. Students can analyze real cases using these frameworks. And also, students can revise the frameworks using the findings from analysis. Interaction between theory and practice is important to co-evolution. In the strategy theory part, we will discuss domain, resource based view, and competitive strategies. In the organization theory part, we will discuss motivation, leadership, and organizational structure.
Through lectures and group work, the course enables students get knowledge about business strategy and organization.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to explain the concept of business strategy and organization and acquire the ability to use several frameworks.

Keywords

Business strategy , Business organizaition.

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

In addition to lectures, interactive lecture styles (such as exercise, case discussion, etc.) will be used.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Orientation Imagine the real examples of strategy and organization.
Class 2 Introduction ob business strategy Explain the definition of strategy.
Class 3 Corporate strategy: Domain Understand the domain stragety.
Class 4 Corporate strategy: Resource based view Understand the ｒesource based view.
Class 5 Competitive strategy: Industry analysis Be able to do industry analysis using framework.
Class 6 Competitive strategy: Building competitive advantage Understand the competitive advantage.
Class 7 R&D strategy Understand the R&D strategy
Class 8 M&A strategy Understand the M&A strategy.
Class 9 Introduction of business organization Explain the definition of organization.
Class 10 Organizational structure Understand the demensions of organizational structure.
Class 11 Organization design Distinguish the type of organization.
Class 12 Motivation Understand the motivation.theories.
Class 13 Leadership Understand the leadership theories.
Class 14 Human resource management Understand the human resource management theories.
Class 15 Summarization of the course Have overall picture of the course.

Textbook(s)

Sakakibara(2002), Keieigaku nyumon, Nihon keizai shimbunsha.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

All materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

Students’ course scores are based on final report (80%) and exercise problems (40%).

Related courses

  • IEE.D302 ： Corporate Finance
  • IEE.D203 ： Marketing
  • IEE.B330 ： Behavioral Economics and Management
  • IEE.D201 ： Introduction to Management

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

IEE.D201 ： Introduction to Management

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