As the society shifting from the industrial society to the knowledge society, many organizations are facing the existing high-cost structure and inflexibility to respond to the drastic changes in their corresponding markets. In this class, a new organizational structure with high cost-performance and flexibility will be discussed.
Particularly the use of information and communication technology for organizational innovation and organizational restructuring will be studied.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. understand a new organizational structure with high cost-performance and flexibility o respond to the drastic changes in their corresponding markets
2. understand how to use information and communication technology for organizational innovation and organizational restructuring
information and communication technology, organizational strategy, organizational innovation, organizational structure
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Beside regular lectures, two case studies will be presented followed by discussion. Also, a group work and a presentation will be required for students.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Course Introduction | Understand course objective, syllabus, groupwork, grading, etc. |
Class 2 | The historical background and the positioning of ICT | Understand the historical background and the positioning of ICT in business |
Class 3 | The fundamental of strategic use of ICT | Understand the meaning of strategic use of ICT for an organization |
Class 4 | Case 1: A case study in the Courier Industry (the use of ICT for improving the operational efficiency) | Understand the use of ICT for improving the operational efficiency through a case study in the Courier Industry |
Class 5 | Case 2: A case study in the courier industry (the use of ICT for differentiating its service from competing companies’) | Understand the use of ICT for differentiating its service from competing companies' through a case study in the Courier Industry |
Class 6 | The use of ICT to create additional values for customers | Understand how to create additional values for customers by using ICT |
Class 7 | Discussion: lessons learned from two case studies for Japanese organizations | Be able to apply lessons learned from two case studies to Japanese organizations |
Class 8 | Group presentation and discussion | Be able to research in the strategic use of ICT and present the result |
No textbook
All materials for the course will be available through OCWi
Attendance 20%, Groupwork 30%, Report 30%, Participation in discussion 20%
None
This is the prerequisite course to take "Innovation System II".