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Outline |
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Management is an activity to smoothly accomplish collaboration between corporate capital (money) and labor (human). Business management theory is a discipline to think about the way of management activities, and it is composed of two lines of theory of the firm and management theory. Theory of the firm has a main interest in the relationship between corporations and stakeholders. It is also related to the way how to discipline managers or various matters for corporations to grow while compromising society. Theory of the firm focuses on management philosophy and ethics, the roles and conditions of management, the roles of corporations in society and regulations on their behavior. On the other hand, management theory is concerned with organizations that the executives manage. Management theory focuses on how to make strategies, assign work to members, and evoke work motivation of members.
This lecture will focus on the fundamental concepts dealt with theory of the firm about the management activities. Especially, the lecture will examine the characteristics of Japanese corporations and the issues that contemporary corporations should deal with. In addition, this lecture will prompt understanding of everyone using VTR, etc. at the appropriate time.
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Objectives |
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Corporations that management study mainly focuses on have great influence on the lives of society and our individuals. After graduation, many of students will get a job in a profit organization or a non-profit organization and live as a member of the organization. Therefore, this lecture aims at acquiring a basic understanding of what kind of existence, what kind of structure, and how it is operated by corporations having deep relationships with our daily lives will do. Through understanding and acquiring a wide range of concepts and basic knowledge on management study, students will develop the ability to understand and think about the activities of corporations and the problems occurring at the site of corporate management.
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Grading Policy |
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Final Exam(60%)、Short paper(30%)、Class participation(10%)
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Textbook and Reference |
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This class do not use textbooks, but use LMS to distribute handouts.
Reference
Koyama, Y., Demise, N.,& Taniguchi, T. (2018) Introduction to the modern corporation: Beginning with basic questions, Yuhikaku(ISBN: 9784641150621).
Fujita, M. (2015) Introduction to management, Chuokeizai(ISBN: 9784502133916).
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Requirements (Assignments) |
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Please review the handouts to comprehend the objectives of each subjects（30min).
After studying this class, you should review the handouts again to confirm the objectives (60min).
If you have any questions about it, please ask in the next class.
Moreover, it is better that you should be able to think about what is corporate management in order to take advantage of the concepts that you learned in this class (30min).
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Note |
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Schedule |
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| １. Introduction to management and course overview |
| ２. Thinking companies in daily life |
| ３. The functions of the executives |
| ４. Various form of companies |
| ５. The characteristics of the limited liability company |
| ６. Managing human resources in Japan |
| ７. Interorganizational relations in Japan |
| ８. The collapse of the economic bubble and transformation of Japanese management |
| ９. The business case for work style reform in Japanese companies |
| 10. Corporate governance |
| 11. Corporate social responsibility |
| 12. Business ethics |
| 13. Company's social contribution activity |
| 14. Implications |
| 15. Final exam and summary |
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| １． |
Outline |
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Management is an activity to smoothly accomplish collaboration between corporate capital (money) and labor (human). Business management theory is a discipline to think about the way of management activities, and it is composed of two lines of theory of the firm and management theory. Theory of the firm has a main interest in the relationship between corporations and stakeholders. It is also related to the way how to discipline managers or various matters for corporations to grow while compromising society. Theory of the firm focuses on management philosophy and ethics, the roles and conditions of management, the roles of corporations in society and regulations on their behavior. On the other hand, management theory is concerned with organizations that the executives manage. Management theory focuses on how to make strategies, assign work to members, and evoke work motivation of members.
This lecture will focus on the fundamental concepts dealt with theory of the firm about the management activities. Especially, the lecture will examine the characteristics of Japanese corporations and the issues that contemporary corporations should deal with. In addition, this lecture will prompt understanding of everyone using VTR, etc. at the appropriate time.
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| ２． |
Objectives |
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Corporations that management study mainly focuses on have great influence on the lives of society and our individuals. After graduation, many of students will get a job in a profit organization or a non-profit organization and live as a member of the organization. Therefore, this lecture aims at acquiring a basic understanding of what kind of existence, what kind of structure, and how it is operated by corporations having deep relationships with our daily lives will do. Through understanding and acquiring a wide range of concepts and basic knowledge on management study, students will develop the ability to understand and think about the activities of corporations and the problems occurring at the site of corporate management.
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| ３． |
Grading Policy |
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Final Exam(60%)、Short paper(30%)、Class participation(10%)
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| ４． |
Textbook and Reference |
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This class do not use textbooks, but use LMS to distribute handouts.
Reference
Koyama, Y., Demise, N.,& Taniguchi, T. (2018) Introduction to the modern corporation: Beginning with basic questions, Yuhikaku(ISBN: 9784641150621).
Fujita, M. (2015) Introduction to management, Chuokeizai(ISBN: 9784502133916).
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| ５． |
Requirements (Assignments) |
|
Please review the handouts to comprehend the objectives of each subjects（30min).
After studying this class, you should review the handouts again to confirm the objectives (60min).
If you have any questions about it, please ask in the next class.
Moreover, it is better that you should be able to think about what is corporate management in order to take advantage of the concepts that you learned in this class (30min).
|
| ６． |
Note |
|
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| ７． |
Schedule |
|
| １. Introduction to management and course overview |
| ２. Thinking companies in daily life |
| ３. The functions of the executives |
| ４. Various form of companies |
| ５. The characteristics of the limited liability company |
| ６. Managing human resources in Japan |
| ７. Interorganizational relations in Japan |
| ８. The collapse of the economic bubble and transformation of Japanese management |
| ９. The business case for work style reform in Japanese companies |
| 10. Corporate governance |
| 11. Corporate social responsibility |
| 12. Business ethics |
| 13. Company's social contribution activity |
| 14. Implications |
| 15. Final exam and summary |
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