TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Course description and aims

This course provides an overview of the rules of society and business that will significantly affect the students' careers in industry as leaders after completion of the doctoral degree program. Students will learn an overview of various rules such as intellectual property rights, standards, compliance, ethics, risk management, and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), as well as consider and discuss specific cases.

The aim of this course is to make students understand that they need to take the initiative in formulating social and business rules when building their careers in industry, rather than being passively subjected to them. The awareness to develop rules by one's initiative is essential to achieve innovation in the real world in cooperation with those who do not specialize in technology.
Students are expected not only to acquire relevant knowledge, but also to regard the content of the lecture as their own personal issues, and to consider how it will be specifically valuable/applicable to their own future career development.
Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.

This course is classified as a "livestream" with direct teaching by Zoom. Therefore, students are required to attend every lecture in real time. If students are unable to attend regularly due to other activities such as laboratory seminars or other lectures, do not take this course.

This course will be offered in 2Q (B)and 4Q (D). Since the contents are the same, students are advised to select the course according to their own study plan.

Student learning outcomes

By taking this course, students acquire the following
1) Understand there are various rules in society and business which play a major role in utilizing technology, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
2) Understand when pursuing a career in the real world, it is necessary to not only understand the rules in general framework, but also to be actively engaged in their development, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.
3) understand compliance, ethics, crisis management, and SDGs, and find out what will be applicable for their future careers.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

Keywords

Rule-making, laws, standards, compliance, crisis management, intellectual property rights, ethics, SDGs

Competencies that will be developed

Class flow

Classes will be on-line via Zoom. It is important to ensure interactivity between the lecturers and students in the class, so students should participate in real time in principle.

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 discussions, 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 valuable for students to share will be provided at a later date, with comments from the lecturer if necessary.

Lecturers:
　SUGOU Shigeo, Senior Expert, Intellectual Property Division, Intellectual Property, Legal and Licensing Headquarters, AIST Solutions Co. (former Chief Patent Officer, Central Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation)
　NISHIO Taku, General Manager of Fine Chemical Division ,Lion Chemical Co., Ltd.
　IZUMI, Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Career Development Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Tokyo Tech.

※One more lecturer will be assigned. The order of classes may be changed due to the availability of external lecturers, or the content of the classes may be changed.

Course schedule/Required learning

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

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.

Textbook(s)

No textbook. In principle, lecture materials prepared by the lecturers will be uploaded to T2SCHOLA in advance of each class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

All reference books are written in Japanese, so please refer to the syllabus in Japanese.

Assessment criteria and methods

An assignment is given in each class and the students are required to attend it in real time, and write and 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

• ENT.C601(LAC.C601*) ： Doctoral Career Design
• ENT.C663(LAC.C663*) ： Doctoral R&D and Business Strategies of Global Companies

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

A device to connect to Zoom is necessary. (preferably a PC, tablet, or other device with as larger display.) Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom application.
Ensure an Internet environment with a speed of 600 kbps/1.2 Mbps (upload/download) or higher, without worrying about data volume, during lecture time.

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

Other

The corresponding GA for this course is GA1D.

For inquiries regarding Entrepreneurship Courses (for students enrolled in AY2024) ,and Career Development Courses (for students enrolled in or before AY2023), please contact us at: Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) (e-mail: cee.info@jim.titech.ac.jp )