In order to become leaders in industry after completing the doctoral degree program, students must have a wide-ranging understanding not only of technology, but also of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management.
The purpose of this course is to understand how technology, social environment, policies, laws and regulations, and corporate management affect the business cases discussed. Students are required to find out from business cases what is useful or applicable in building their future careers, even if they are not necessarily related to their specialty or future career paths.
This course is newly offered from Academic Year 2023.
Students who take this course acquire the followings;
1) Understand of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management with case studies as essential knowledge necessary for job-hunting and building their own careers subsequently.
2) Understand how technology, the social environment, policies, rules, and corporate management affect business, based on case studies.
3) Based on 1) and 2) above, develop the ability to consider how they would think and act if they were in corporate management or business, as your own matter.
4) As being leading positions in industry in the future, realize the importance of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management and get a motivation to continue their studies even after completing the course.
✔ Applicable | How instructors' work experience benefits the course |
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Faculty members with abundant practical experience at central government offices, universities, and companies provide practical education by introducing business cases based on their own research and experience. |
corporate strategy, finance, innovation, human capital management
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 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 valueable for students to share will be provided at a later date, with comments from lecturers when necessary.
lecturers;
ITO Sachiko, Professor, Deputy Director, Student Support Center, Head, Student Success Support Section, Tokyo Tech.
IZUMI Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Innovator and Inventor Development Platform(IIDP), Tokyo Tech.
※The order and the content of the classes may be changed.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction and how to understand financial statements (IZUMI Akira) | Students will understand the basics of how to read corporate financial statements and will also be able to grasp the financial aspects of companies that are relevant to their career paths or in which they have an interest. Students will also understand the basic concepts of finance and profit in business. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 2 | Corporate business case study: House Foods Corporation (ITO Sachiko) | Through case studies of R&D in HOUSE FOODS GROUP INC.(discovering a new enzyme, producing onions that do not produce tears, winning the Ig Nobel Prize), students will understand the reality of R&D and commercialization in companies, as well as the role of doctoral researchers in companies. Students will also understand the mechanism by which R&D-driven innovation occurs in companies. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 3 | Semiconductor business (IZUMI Akira) | Students will understand that the semiconductor business is not just about developing advanced technologies, but also about finance to build business models, collaboration with other companies, and natonal economic security is also deeply related to its competitiveness. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 4 | Corporate business case study: Takarazuka Revue Company (ITO Sachiko) | Takarazuka Revue is an entertainment company with extremely high customer satisfaction. By considering systems for achieving high customer satisfaction from the perspective of business strategy, students will be able to acquire the perspective of appealing to users, which is also essential in research. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 5 | Renewable energy business (IZUMI Akira) | Through case studies of such as solar, wind, and geothermal energy, students will understand that the renewable energy business is deeply related not only to technical aspects but also to government rules and how business models are developed. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 6 | Corporate business case study: Keyence Corporation(ITO Sachiko) | KEYENCE CORPORATION is famous as a company with extremely high profit margins. Understand from the perspective of management strategy and human resources management how the system works to consistently achieve high profit margins. Students will also be able to understand the mindset needed to realize high added value. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
Class 7 | Railroad business (IZUMI Akira) | Students will understand the overview of public infrastructure business, business opportunities and risks by taking railroad business, including overseas business, as an example. Among them, students will be able to find what is valuable or applicable to their future career development. |
No textbook. In principle, lecture materials prepared by the lecturers will be uploaded to T2SCHOLA in advance of each class.
All reference books are written in Japanese, so please refer to the syllabus in Japanese.
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.
Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.
For assignment reports, both English and Japanese are acceptable.
Some career development courses are offered in English, so it is recommended that students take appropriate courses in the light of their own language skills.
The corresponding GA for this course is GA1D.
For a list of career development courses offered at IIDP, please refer to the URL below.
(https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student-support/students/life/career-education)