Graduate School of International Management
IT Concentration in MBA Program
The GSIM at IUJ developed an MBA Program in 1988 in collaboration with the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, USA. With the aim of developing global leaders well-prepared for the future, the program is built upon an original curriculum which focuses on the comparative analysis of global issues from a Japan-Asia perspective, while also adhering to the high standards set for a global MBA education. Through this unique approach, the GSIM has established itself as a leading graduate business school in Japan and Asia.
As our MBA program grew, it became clear that we needed a more IT technology-oriented program to meet the growing demand for managers with IT technology and business skills. The IT Concentration at GSIM-MBA Program has been developed in line with such need for producing the Business Leaders with IT background and the curriculum has been enhanced in collaboration with the E-Business Management (EBM) Program which was started in 2001 at GSIM.
Features of the Curriculum
Producing New Leaders with IT and Management skills
Information Technology (IT), despite being around for close to half a century, still is not well understood by business executives or government administrators — often the role of IT is neglected or misunderstood. IT-oriented examples of successes, failures, and lost opportunities abound in all kinds of businesses, from financial services, manufacturing, and sales, to government services, health care, and education. Companies and organizations have traditionally relied on real assets such as factories, sales outlets, branch offices, workers, and cash flows as the main components of their business. The emergence of computers has added a new asset to this traditional business model. While computers and other networking hardware have become part of the real assets, an intangible asset, which is the data and information, has created a very challenging environment for the executive hierarchy to manage. Today, with the spread of globalization, managing IT assets, creating value, and controlling risks while inventing IT strategies and policies are as challenging as the very survival for many companies, organizations, and governments.
The purpose of the IT concentration at the MBA Program is to produce business/government leaders with IT backgrounds, who have professional knowledge both in management and IT and can put them into practice in applications such as strategic utilization of IT for their organizations and for policy formation, and IT policy planning. Graduates of MBA program in the IT concentration will be the next generation of leaders who can play a vital role to between IT professionals/engineers and leaders in business and government. They will be capable of understanding basic trends in the development of IT technologies surrounding the Internet, and capture the potential and understand the limitations of business models from an IT perspective. In the curriculum students will first learn basic courses required for acquiring IT and management skills, then develop their skills in specialized courses for IT applications.
The IT concentration in the IUJ MBA program is intended to produce managers who can contribute to policy development for companies and governments through utilization of IT knowledge and skills. It is not intended to produce IT technical experts or engineers. IT knowledge is an essential skill which future leaders should acquire, the same as traditional management skills such as finance, marketing, etc.
The IUJ MBA program covers very basic issues in IT and other areas in the 1st year of study. It enables those who have little IT and/or management background to acquire IT and management knowledge smoothly. After acquisition of solid essential skills, students study advanced topics in accordance with their future career plans in their 2nd year. Students can obtain comprehensive IT skills, both in management and IT technology through their two years of study at IUJ.
Taking advantage of IUJ’s REP (Research and Education Platform)
Students in the IT concentration will be participating in the PLATFORM seminar titled: “ICT Innovations and their strategic use in Governance, Society and Globalization.» The PLATFORM seminar has started in 2006 within IUJ’s new framework for research and education called “IUJ REP.” IUJ REP is to fully exploit the strengths of IUJ. IUJ’s campus is a global community consisting of people from diverse cultural, ethnic and career backgrounds. IUJ has been strongly supported by various stakeholders including the local community, business community, governments and international organizations. IUJ REP accepts the important policy issues of the world as its own research and education agenda. IUJ REP organizes its research and education projects in a way to enhance practical aspects by taking into account the challenges of various organizations and society in the contemporaneous world. Students in the ICT PLATFORM seminar will develop their research for writing their graduation research report. The research will be formulated on a team basis, consisting of students, faculty members, graduates and industry experts. This PLATFORM seminar explores how ICT and related technologies can be strategically used to solve the challenging problems encountered in governance, society and globalization on the perspectives of private sectors, government and non-profit organizations.
The First-Year Curriculum
The first-year curriculum consists of a series of required courses designed to introduce the student to the analytical disciplines and functional areas. These courses reflect the faculty’s judgment that there is an essential body of conceptual knowledge and decision tools from economics, behavioral science, and quantitative analysis with which every professional manager must be acquainted. The following courses will be offered.
□ Economics
□ Applied Statistics
□ Management Science and Computer Based Modeling
□ Strategic Management
□ Organizational Management
□ Corporate Finance
□ Investments
□ Financial Accounting
□ Managerial Accounting
□ Marketing Management
□ International Business Law
□ Business Communications
In the third term of the first year (Spring), students will participate in the ICT PLATFORM seminar through which they start developing their professional investigation of an original management problem. The project will continue for the second year studies to complete their graduation research report.
The Second-Year Curriculum
During the second year, students will take advanced elective courses in the IT area and relevant courses that best match their objectives. To further complement the MBA curriculum, a number of course offered by the Graduate School of International Relations are open for cross-registration as second-year electives.
Advanced Elective courses in the IT Area and Relevant/Recommended courses
• IT Strategy and Policy Planning
• Web Technologies and Networking
• Database Design and Management Strategies
• Marketing in a Hyper-Connected World
• Operations Strategy
• Project Management
• Mobile Business Strategies
• Operations Management
• Business Models in the Age of Information
• Supply Chain Management
• Innovation and Business Development
• Advanced Networking
• Ubiquitous Solutions
• Legal Aspects of IT Management
• Corporate Governance
• Environmental Economics
• Public Sector Economics
• Development Planning
• Industrial Organization and Public Policy
• Governance Structure and Economic Development
Degree Requirements
|
Year |
Courses | Credits | |
| First Year | Required | Basic Core Courses | 22 |
| Language Core Courses: English Language Courses (may be exempted) |
3 | ||
| Second Year | Required | PLATFORM Seminars (MBA Research Paper) |
3 |
| Advanced Elective Courses | Advanced Elective courses | 20 | |
| Total Credits for Degree | 48 | ||
• Students may cross-register and take specific courses in the Graduate School of International Relations. Credits earned can be transferred to the MBA program and calculated toward graduation as electives.
• Length of study: 2 years (22 months)
• Degree Title: Master of Business Administration
• Concentration: Information Technology
Faculty Members
IUJ campus is a small, tight-knit international community. Our professors enjoy teaching and recognize it as their first responsibility. About 80 % of the full-time faculty has Ph.D., and all with international experience and fluent English. They are all quite active in business research through journal publications and being active with consulting and professional organizations.
Our Visiting professors, from world-renowned universities with extensive business, consulting, and research experiences, contribute to enhancing the teaching environment at the business school. In addition, we also invite prominent business leaders and experienced professionals to teach specialized courses to our students.
Facilities and Campus Life
Library Services
• With extensive database subscriptions and CD-ROMs, the library offers free and easy access on and off campus, anytime to thousands of current journals and newspapers, many in full text. The library also contains 650 magazine and journal titles and over 120,000 volumes of books.
• A professional and knowledgeable staff is always available and the library is open until 12:00 midnight during the school year.
Campus Computing
• 70 computers with a CD/DVD writable drive in two computer classrooms of the Matsushita Library and Information Center (MLIC) and two dormitory’s computer lounges in total. They are available for 24 hours a day. Also, there is a computer room that is especially dedicated for E-Business Management Program. The room has 30 client and server computers in total.
• Very high speed of the campus LAN network based on the gigabits backbone of optical fiber cables.
• Accessible more than 30 online databases.
• The internet connection in individual rooms of the dormitories. (Fixed rate at 2000 yen / Month charged to all dormitory residents) *** During the Intensive English Program (IEP), it will be available on request basis for IEP participants. (Fixed rate at 4000 yen for the whole period of IEP program.)
• The dialup connection for off-campus users (The VPN connection is also going to be provided by the new academic year).
• Free LAN outlets for notebook computer owners provided in the MLIC library and the computer classrooms, also wireless LAN access provided in the MLIC building, the study rooms and the cafeteria.
• A computer account (email address) and an individual network folder to every IUJ student. If you want to have your own home page, space will be given on request basis.
• English version of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed for the PCs in the computer classrooms
• Application software such as Microsoft Office 2003, Internet Explorer 6 installed for the PCs in the computer classrooms
Dormitories
• IUJ boasts private rooms for all our single students, with private baths, a bed and bedding, desk and phones. Other comforts and decorations are supplied by the students.
• IUJ has 200 single student rooms used during the academic year. A further 100 rooms are reserved for summer schools sessions and special Non-Degree groups that come to campus during the academic year.
• Married students can live in our Married Student Apartments, two-room units with a kitchenette and separate bedroom. With only 18 units available, there is usually a waiting list to get in. Applications are accepted in the Spring of each academic year (for the following year) and when/if a unit becomes available. MSA policies do not permit children residents.
• Dormitory Facilities include large lounges for group gatherings, small lounges for study sessions or just relaxing. A Billiard room and large-screen TV are featured in one lounge. A TV with CNN connection and video player are featured in the other main lounge.
• Each of the main dorms has a kitchen shared by its residents. Students are provided with a bit of storage space for dry goods and pots/pans, and share a refrigerator unit. Students are responsible for cleaning the kitchens after their use. The Dorm Kitchens are a wonderful international experience with interesting conversations adding extra spice to the variety of international dishes being prepared by diverse student body.
Eating Facilities
• The Campus Cafeteria (Shokudo) provides three meals a day, Monday through Friday. Ala Carte selections or the daily set menu can be selected, and paid for with pre-paid cards.
School Shop
For your daily needs, IUJ’s Baiten is very convenient. The Baiten offers drinks, snacks, cleaning supplied, school supplied, dry cleaning service, photo development service, postal services, business card printing services and more.
Gymnasium and Sports Facilities
• A full-sized gymnasium, and a work-out room are very popular places in the evenings. Students gather nightly in the gym for that evenings’ sport (basketball, volleyball, soccer, badminton, aerobics, karate) or work out on the universal gym and state-of-the-art LifeStep, LifeCycle or running machine. A variety of balls and nets are provided. Individual equipment, though is supplied by students – such as rackets, badminton shuttles, tennis balls, etc.
• Outside IUJ has 4 tennis courts, two which are lit for night-time tennis. Of course, jogging, biking, hiking, walking, and in-line skating are just a step outside your door
Academic Calendar for 2007/2008
