This course gives an overview of the relation between global business and standardization. The standardization and conformity assessment are important activities for global business. This course provides students for basic concepts of conformity assessment, standardization as rule making in the international community, standardization and infrastructure development, standardization as a tool for social innovation, and negotiation technique for standardization.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand important tools of standardization and conformity assessment for global business.
2) Use strategically standardization and conformity assessment for rule making in the international community, infrastructure development and social innovation.
International standardization, Conformity assessment, Global business, Rule making, Social innovation, Negotiation technique
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 | |
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Class 1 | Significance of conformity assessment | Understand basic concepts of conformity assessment. Explain the Significance of conformity assessment. |
Class 2 | Risk management authentication | Understand authentication as rules for risk assessment. |
Class 3 | Global economy and conformity assessment | Understand conformity assessment as international rules . |
Class 4 | International standardization in the railway business | Understand the importance of standardization for railway business. |
Class 5 | Railway business and conformity assessment | Understand the importance of conformity assessment for infrastructure business. |
Class 6 | Negotiation and fighting techniques for standardization | Acquire Negotiation and fighting techniques for international negotiation. |
Class 7 | International standardization of IOT | understand movements of International standardization of IOT. |
Class 8 | Global business and standardization/conformity assessment | Understand how to use standardization and conformity assessment for global business. |
No textbook
All materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.
Activities in class: 70% Report: 30%
None required. Before taking this course, completing the course TIM.B533 (Standardization Strategy Ⅰ) is desirable.
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