The standardization strategy is a strategy to create new global rules or systems which are necessary for innovations.
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.
✔ Applicable | How instructors' work experience benefits the course |
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All lectures are conducted by adjunct professors and guest lecturers who have abundant practical experience in the field of standardization. |
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 | International standardization of IoT | understand movements of International standardization of IoT. |
Class 7 | Negotiation and fighting techniques for standardization, Standardization as a tool for social innovation | Acquire Negotiation and fighting techniques for international negotiation. Understand the importance of standardization as a tool for social innovation. |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
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.
Innovation usually requires standardization to build new rules and systems globally.
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