KONAN
UNIVERSITY KONAN
JAPAN STUDIES 2006
Course
Title:
Business and Management in
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E-mail: nagasaka@konan-u.ac.jp
This course is for the students who are interested in learning more about Japanese business, enterprise and management. Not only generic models but also many case examples are lectured and discussed in this course. The instructor provides lectures to give overviews about Japanese business and management based on selected materials. After several lectures, the students should prepare short resumes including the summary and comments about each topic to make presentations for class discussion. The students will be able to analyze situations of Japanese firms and to make comments on the strategies and operations critically after completing this course.
Lectures,
presentations, class discussions and company visit
Twice
a week, autumn term ,
Materials
for each topic will be handed out at the first class of the topic.
Grading
policy
Class
participation and contribution to discussion
40%
Presentation
in Class
30%
A
written assignment
30%
Your active participation in the discussion in class is considered very important in this course as well as presentation in class. An individual written assignment is required by the end of this course. Your point of view about some critical issue of Japanese business should be demonstrated clearly and concisely.
ATTENDANCE
POLICY
The Year-in-Japan program has also adopted a uniform attendance policy for the afternoon Japan Studies courses. You are allowed only two unexcused absences during the semester without penalty. A third unexcused absence will reduce your grade in the course by 10 points (equivalent to one letter grade in the American system). A fourth unexcused absence will reduce your grade by another 10 points. More than four unexcused absences will result automatically in a failing grade for the course. Legitimate excuses for absence are normally limited to illnesses or accidents that require medical attention. Please consult with Professor Vance in advance if you believe that you have some other legitimate reason for absence. Students must document all legitimate excuses.
Course
Schedule
Class
1
Course Outline and Introduction
Class
2
Japanese Economy Growth: Past and Present
Class
3
Industries in
Class
4
Case
Examples and Class Discussion (1)
Class
5
Overview of Business Management in
Class
6
Participatory Employment Practices in
Class
7
Technology Transfer in
Class
8
Case Examples and Class Discussion (2)
Class
9
Japanese Business Groups
Class
10
Japanese-Owned Car Suppliers in
Class
11
Case Examples and Class Discussion (3)
Class
12
Company Visit
Class
13
Japanese Technological Development
Class
14
Case Examples and Class Discussion (4)
Class
15
Strategic Cost Management in Japanese Firms
Class
16
Case Examples and Class Discussion (5)
Class
17
Company Visit
Class
18
Cost Management of Manufacturing Activities in
Class
19
Case Examples and Class Discussion (6)
Class
20
Equity Markets, Political Markets and Changing Framework of
US-Japanese
Economic Relations
Class
21
Japanese Corporate Governance and Macroeconomic Problems
Class
22
Environmental Issues and Japanese Firms
Class
23
Presentation : Individual Written Assignments
Class
24
Presentation : Individual Written Assignments
Class
25
Presentation : Individual Written Assignments
Class
26
Review and conclusions
*Note:
The schedule of company visit may be changed.
References
[1]
Masao Nakamura, “The Japanese business and economic system
–History and prospects for the 21st century –“,
PALGRAVE,2000
[2]
Yasuhiro Monden, “Japanese Cost Management”,
[3]The
Asahi Shinbun, “