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2023　Doctoral R&D and Business Strategies of Global Companies C

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Izumi Akira  Udagawa Atsushi  Ohmura Kazuyuki  Oku Taisuke  Shitanoki Yuki  Negishi Yasushi  Yoshiyama Noritoshi 
Class Format
Lecture    (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed7-8()  
Group
C
Course number
LAC.C663
Credits
1
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2023/9/21
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

This course provides classes by invited lecturers from managers and employees of Japanese subsidiaries of foreign affiliated companies or Japanese companies with international business operations in a variety of industries, on the business activities, approaches to business and R&D, philosophies, values, and business relationships between the overseas and Japanese companies. The lecturers also talk about their own career development to date, including why they chose the company.

The aim of this course is for students to find role models for their own future career development from the content of the classes, regardless of whether the lecturers' fields are related to the student's field of study or interest, and to find out what will be valuable or applicable for their future careers. In particular, the diversity of management in global companies is expected to broaden the career perspectives of students. Therefore, it is important for students to actively ask questions to the lecturers and have the conscious and motivation to utilize the contents of each class for their own future career development, not just to passively listen to the classes.

This course will be offered in 3Q and 4Q respectively. Since the lecturers are basically different from each other, Students are recommended to choose one according to their own study plans.

The name of this course is changed from "R&D Activities of Global Companies," which was offered in AY2021.

Student learning outcomes

By taking this course, students will acquire the following;
1)Understand what kind of role the Japanese subsidiaries of foreign-affiliated companies or Japanese companies with international business operations play in business and R&D, and how they relate to their overseas headquarters or related companies.
2)Understand career paths in global companies and how people working there, including the lecturers, are building their own careers.
3)Find role models as references and lessons, including 1) and 2) above, for students' future career development.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
Managers and employees, who are at the forefront of companies that lead globally in various industries, introduce the philosophy, R&D and business of the company to which they belong based on their own experience, and how to build their own careers.

Keywords

Foreign-affiliated company, Global companies, R&D, Global business, Career development

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Omnibus-style classes will be provided by lecturers from leading global companies from a variety of industries that employ engineering professionals in Japan.

Classes will be on-line via ZOOM. Students are required to participate in real time in principle, in order to make sure interactivity between the lecturers and students in the class.
In classes, PowerPoint presentations will be used, with many examples and charts to facilitate understanding. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the class by joining ZOOM polling and asking questions.
An assignment will be given in each class, and students will be required to write and submit a report. The reports will be reflected in the evaluation and their contents should be something that students can refer back to in the future as they build their own careers.
Feedback on submitted reports that would be helpful for students to share will be provided at a later date, with comments from the lecturer when necessary.

The order of classes may be changed or the content of classes may be altered.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 OKU Taisuke, Procter&Gamble International Operations Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 2 SHITANOKI Yuki, Ph.D., DuPont Japan Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 3 NEGISHI Yasushi, IBM Research - Tokyo Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 4 OHMURA Kazuyuki, GE Healthcare Japan Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 5 YOSHIYAMA Noritoshi, Lenovo Japan Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 6 Szabolcs MALOMSOKY, Ericsson Research Japan Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.
Class 7 UDAGAWA Atsushi Director, Japan Leader, Corporate R&D Operations, 3M Japan Students are able to understand the lecturers' experiences of work and career paths, find out what are applicable to their own future career development as role models, and elaborate their own perspectives on them.

Textbook(s)

None.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Assessment criteria and methods

An assignment is given in each class and the students are required to submit a report on it. The reports submitted by the due date will be evaluated with the same weight for each class on how deeply they consider the assignment and how well they describe the results of their consideration.

Related courses

  • LAC.C601 ： Doctoral Career Design

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

Classes are delivered in English, so students should have English language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.
Students can write their reports in either English or Japanese.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

E-mail ：iidpinfo[at]jim.titech.ac.jp
Tokyo Tech mail service No :S6-1

Other

The corresponding GA for this course is GA1D.

For a list of career development courses offered at Innovator and Inventor Development Platform(IIDP), please refer to the URL below.
(https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student-support/students/life/career-education)

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