2019 Standardization Strategy Ⅰ

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Instructor(s)
Tanabe Koji  Izumi Akira 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Sat5-6(田町CIC913)  
Group
-
Course number
TIM.B533
Credits
1
Academic year
2019
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2019/9/19
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course gives an overview of standardization strategies as a business strategy. The standardization is an important strategic tool for market development and competitiveness enlargement. This course provides students for basic concepts of standardization strategy, business strategies with standardization and practices of innovation with standardization.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand basic concepts of standardization and the importance of standardization as a business strategy.
2) Use strategically standardization for market development, competitiveness enlargement and innovation.

Keywords

Standardization, Corporate strategy, Business strategy, Cooperation with technology

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Course documents will be delivered 3 days before the class. Every lesson contains not only a lecture but also a 15- to 30- minute Q&A and discussion.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Importance of standardization Understand the significance of standardization. Explain basic concepts of standardization.
Class 2 Standardization as a business strategy Understand business strategy with standardization.
Class 3 Steel industry and its standardization strategy Understand the standardization strategy by industry. Understand the offensive and defensive standardization.
Class 4 Standardization strategies in storage industry Understand business strategy with standardization.
Class 5 Cross strategy between standardization and intellectual property rights Understand the relation and cross strategy between standardization and intellectual property rights.
Class 6 How monetize standardization? Understand the monetization of standardization.
Class 7 International standardization of antibacterial Understand practical process of standardization.
Class 8 Standardization for enhancing competitiveness Understand the cooperation strategy with technology. Understand systematically the standardization strategy.

Textbook(s)

No textbook

Reference books, course materials, etc.

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

Assessment criteria and methods

Activities in class: 70% Report: 30%

Related courses

  • TIM.B534 : Standardization Strategy Ⅱ
  • TIM.B517 : Management of Intellectual Property and Standardization I
  • TIM.B518 : Management of Intellectual Property and Standardization II

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

None required.

Other

Join our class to get practical methods for business strategy!

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