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Led by Hitotsubashi ICS MBA faculty specialized in topics of highest relevance to the business leaders of today, all sessions are conducted in English, in a face-to-face format.

NIKKEI Business School, in collaboration with Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy (Hitotsubashi ICS), presents the “Global Challenge MBA Basic”.

The program features eight sessions on timely business themes: human resource management, innovation, data analysis, and competitive strategy among others, to impart foundational elements of the MBA curriculum at Hitotsubashi ICS. Through session interactions and discussions, all held in English, participants develop knowledge and thinking skills required for business decision-making.

The Global Challenge MBA Basic offers an opportunity not only to interact directly with Hitotsubashi ICS faculty, but also to learn theories, apply them in an English language environment, and share your opinions in interactive classroom discussions.

Current and future business leaders in global companies or global business gain knowledge and experience that will be useful in the “gemba” - the real-world business setting.

※　Hitotsubashi ICS was established in 2000 as Japan's first global, English-language MBA program. More than twenty years later, the school has produced hundreds of global business leaders. Hitotsubashi ICS and is the sole member in Japan of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), an alliance of 32 of the world's leading business schools.

Hitotsubashi ICS will issue a certificate of completion to those who have attended at least 6 sessions.

Features of The Course

1A carefully curated selection of 8 topics of top relevance in business education

Participants will explore issues and solutions through eight sessions on, for example, human resource management, leadership, data analysis, innovation, and competitive strategy. Participants will explore foundational elements of MBA education at Hitotsubashi ICS.
2All sessions and discussions are run in English, as in the global business world

As in the MBA program at Hitotsubashi ICS, all sessions, including discussions, take place in English. Listening attentively to speakers, actively expressing your own views, and considering the opinions of others are important skills for anyone active in global business. Most of all, the Global Challenge MBA Basic values participants’ drive to learn and engage, over English proficiency.
3Experience the MBA learning environment with Hitotsubashi ICS faculty, in-person in the classroom

Hitotsubashi ICS faculty members have extensive experience in working with global companies and teaching at major business schools around the world. To complement the theory-based sessions, in-class discussions, session wrap-ups, and Q&A segments will enrich your learning experience.

The Global Challenge MBA Basic is for You If:

＊You want to understand current challenges in global business and how to tackle them

＊You aspire to leadership in a global company or business sector

＊You want to become more effective and influential in business discussions in your workplace

＊You are considering to apply to an MBA program in English

Message from Dean, Hitotsubashi ICS

Emi Osono, Ph.D. Dean, Professor Hitotsubashi Business School ICS

The Global MBA Basic Course 2024 is offered in English, in face-to-face, participatory sessions that provide a training ground for aspiring global business leaders. The topics for each session are drawn from the Hitotsubashi ICS MBA program and are selected from two areas: the fundamentals of business and the issues required in a global business environment. The former includes competitive strategy, innovation, service management, human resource management, and data analysis, while the latter includes consumer behavior, conflict resolution, and leadership.

A distinctive feature of Hitotsubashi ICS education is that learners are actively involved in learning, and participatory discussions take place in the classroom. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on real-world business, and students work on analyzing issues and data provided by companies. At the same time, the program emphasizes the development of each student's authentic leadership, and during the first year of the MBA, leadership development opportunities are structured into the program, including one-on-one meetings with an experienced coach. We regret that we cannot share all of this with you in the eight sessions of the Global MBA Basic Course 2024, but we encourage you to attend all eight sessions as much as possible.

In the VUCA world, global leaders are expected to look outside, actively learn and network, and create solutions that consider the unique characteristics of each industry, company, and region. In implementing them, they will also need leadership that does not depend on the structure of the corporate organization when working with external partners.

We look forward to your active engagement.

Emi Osono, Ph.D. Dean, Professor Hitotsubashi Business School ICS

Emi Osono, Ph.D.
Dean, Professor
Hitotsubashi Business School ICS

Testimonials from Participants

The sessions were given in English, so it was a good way to improve my English skills. The topics covered were certainly global and stimulating, as well as the faculty members, and the other participants.
The sessions by the lecturers were excellent, and the active exchange of opinions among the participants was very meaningful. I felt that the essence of MBA program lies in such interaction with others.
There were many opportunities for Q&A and discussion, and we were able to deepen our understanding through mutual exchange. It was a luxurious time with unique faculty members on the stage each time.
Hearing the positive comments of so many people who wanted to study business administration was an encouragement to me, and I felt a strong desire to continue learning while doing practical work. The company I’m working for is a small- to medium-sized company, and I strongly felt that we, including myself, have not yet achieved the MBA way of thinking. I hope to share what I have learned and will keep learning, the MBA approach (new style to our company) and internally what I have learned, and will continue to learn, the MBA approach (a new style). More than anything, I was glad that there are so many people in Japan who want to learn, and that I could feel their positive attitude.

Program

the 1st session

Oct.22(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Human Resource Management

Goals of session
- Understand the basic principles and functions of HRM.
- Learn how to motivate people and improve work engagement.
Summary

A healthy organization is one that applies the talents and competencies of its people wisely. HRM plays a critical role in assuring that firms not only attract and select the best talent, but also motivate, reward and retain them. The session will guide you through the core functions of HRM, including recruitment, selection, compensation, and motivation. We will discuss how to effectively manage your human resources in an increasingly global and diverse environment.

ONO, Hiroshi

Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Hiroshi Ono received his BE in mechanical engineering from Waseda University and his MA and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. He was later awarded Docent (equivalent to a second doctoral degree) in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He writes and speaks extensively on the relationships among motivation, happiness, and productivity in the workplace. He has a special interest in the interplay between demographic change and labor market dynamics in Japan. His latest research focuses on enhancing the quality of work, integrating digital technology in the workplace, and increasing labor productivity.
the 2nd session

Oct.29(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Leadership

Goals of session
- Deepen understanding of what leadership is, including its principles and manifestations.
- Explore and discuss how leadership should be exercised to achieve corporate purposes.
Summary

Leadership is an essential element when people come together to accomplish anything. The quality of leadership can significantly impact a company's performance. The study of leadership in management has a long history, with various leadership styles being proposed over the years. This session will provide an overview of different leadership styles to deepen your understanding of leadership. We will focus on authentic leadership and reflect on your potential as a leader. Additionally, we will explore and discuss effective leadership practices to achieve corporate purposes.

AKUTSU, Satoshi

Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Satoshi (Toshi) Akutsu received his BA and MA from Hitotsubashi University, and his MS and PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Hitotsubashi University, he was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization at the Haas School. During the 2007-2008 academic year, he spent a year at UC Berkeley where he was affiliated with both the Haas School and the Department of Psychology (the Culture and Cognition Laboratory and IPSR) at UC Berkeley. He is a vice chairperson of Japan Marketing Academy.
He advocates “Purpose-driven leadership and branding for employee’s health and motivation” as a management approach through corporate branding for the firm’s sustainable growth.
the 3rd session

Nov.5(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Consumer Behavior

Goals of session
- To understand consumer response to sustainable product offers (e.g. "eco-products").
- To gain perspective on how firms can engage consumers with sustainability.
Summary

The session will combine discussion of basic theories of consumer behavior, research findings and firm practices. It will focus on understanding and predicting consumer behavior based on principles of economics and psyhocology.

OKADA, Erica

Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Erica Mina Okada received her bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University, MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College, and PhD from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her industry experience includes investment banking at Merrill Lynch and project finance at GE Capital. She has held faculty positions at the University of Washington, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Professor Okada’s current research interests include environmentally sustainable behavior, global/local processing and judgment, exercise and health-related decision making, and Japan-US comparative consumer behavior.
the 4th session

Nov.12(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Transforming Conflict

Goals of session
- Get to know another participant surprisingly well in a short time
- Introduce and Experience a Model for getting to the root of cross-cultural conflict
Summary

How can we address cross-cultural conflict early before it escalates? This session provides a simple model and skills that have been proven to work with over 85% success, in millions of mediations annually around the world. This is an interactive session in which you will get a chance to experience the model and skills yourself, and meet new friends in the process!

ROBINSON, Patricia

Specially Appointed Professor
Hitotsubashi University Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Author of 実践ダイバーシティマネジメント: 多様なチームを率いるツールとスキル ("Diversity Management: Skills & Tools for Leading Diverse Teams", published by Nikkei Shimbun Press), Patricia "Tish" Robinson’s research and teaching focus on conflict intervention and managerial coaching.
Tish received her MBA and Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her BA from Pomona College.Tish has taught at Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, NYU Stern School, Keio EMBA Program and in Yale’s Global Network of Advanced Management. Her interest in conflict resolution stems from two decades’ worth of corporate training and consulting in many companies. Tish is a certified mediator with over 300 hours of mediator training and an MA in Conflict Facilitation.
the 5th session

Nov.19(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Business Analytics

Goals of session
- Understand what kind of information can be obtained through data analytics.
- Understand the process of creating new values through data analytics.
Summary

The rise of data analytics has been a game changer for the world of business. Why is data analytics so important? Why can business gain insight into the behavior of customers and markets that might be unseen without data? In this session, we will discuss the following main topics through a series of examples: 1) What kind of information is obtained through data analytics and how it compensates intuition and experience. 2) Difference between AI approach and Statistics approach and when and how they should be used. 3) Whether we really need data scientists now that generative AI's write programs on requests. 4) Data analytics works and yields great results only when integrated into a coherent business strategy. We refocus on the strategic aspects of data analytics in business.

OUE, Shingo

Associate Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Shingo Oue received his BA in Business (Operations Research) and MA in Business from Hitotsubashi University, and MS in Statistics and PhD in Statistics from Carnegie-Mellon University. He became an Assistant Professor at Hitotsubashi University’s Faculty of Commerce in 1995, and Associate Professor in 1999. He joined ICS as an Associate Professor in 2000.
Professor Oue’s research concentrates on data science and consumer behaviors.
the 6th session

Nov.26(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Strategic Leadership and Innovation

Goals of session
- To learn about different types of innovation strategies
- To understand the essential skills of a strategic leader
Summary

Why is innovation important in today’s world? How can strategic leaders facilitate
innovations and create value? In this session, participants will learn: (1) fundamental
elements of innovation strategies, and (2) essential skills of a strategic leader for value creation. The session will feature real-world examples of successful innovation practices as well as recent theories. Then we will discuss key takeaways and practical applications of the content.

LEE, Jinju

Assistant Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Jinju Lee received her PhD in Strategic Management and International Business at Seoul National University. She researches the intersection of strategy and organizational theory and focuses on how firms create and appropriate value by cooperating with competitors. Specifically, she studies alliance portfolio configuration, collaboration strategies in cultural industries, and R&D co-opetition in high-tech industries.
the 7th session

Dec.3(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Service Management

Goals of session
- Undestanding and utilizing different pairs of lenses (or management logic) on value creation and value capture
- Seizing opportunities and challenges in developing business in the post-digital x post-pandemic world
Summary

Today, driven by emergence of digital technologies and amplified by hyper-connectivity of global markets, anything and everything seems to become something as a service e.g., Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), and now Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS). By introducing you to Service Management, an emerging field of management science which was originally developed out of the research on the services industries but has later evolved into the study on the logic (or lens, if you will) of value creation and value capture across industries, this session attempts to help business leaders to see ongoing fundamental shift in management logic and to seize opportunities and challenges involved in leading business in the post-digital x post-pandemic world.

FUJIKAWA, Yoshinori

Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Yoshinori (Yoshi) Fujikawa received his BA in Economics and MA in Commerce from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan; MBA from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts; and PhD in Marketing from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.
Yoshi led the school’s MBA Program as the faculty director for 15 years (2006-2020) and helped bring the program to the “#1 in Japan” rank (QS Global MBA Ranking 2019 and 2022). He also served as Associate Vice President for International Affairs at Hitotsubashi University (2018-2020).
the 8th session

Dec.10(Tue) 7:00pm-9:00pm

Competitive Strategy

Goals of session
- Understand fundamental logic underlying competitive strategy and competitive advantage
Summary

This session is about strategy for a firm within a competitive environment. No firm can afford to ignore the need to compete. The essence of strategy is being different. Getting there is not easy. Strategic decisions involve an inherently complex and creative process. This session brings fundamental logic, a set of concepts, and perspectives to this inherently complex and creative process.

KUSUNOKI, Ken

Specially Appointed Professor
HitotsubashiUniversity Business School
School of International Corporate Strategy

Ken Kusunoki received his BA and MA from Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of Commerce. He has been a faculty member at Hitotsubashi University since 1992 and joined the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy in 2000.
Professor Kusunoki specializes in strategy. He has conducted consulting and executive seminars for many leading Japanese and global companies.

For Human Resources and Training Managers

To develop global business professionals

What skills are critical for developing and expanding business both in Japan and abroad?

*To identify the key issues to be addressed

*To acquire the ability to think through issues in order to tackle and solve them

*To engage actively in discussions, and to lead them too

In 2024, sessions will run in a face-to-face format for the first time in five years.
Take this opportunity to learn directly from Hitotsubashi ICS MBA faculty and experience active in-class discussions in English. This program will develop global business skills in the young talent charged with growing your business.

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Outline

Title	Hitotsubashi ICS × NIKKEI Business School presents Global Challenge MBA Basic
Organizer	Hitotsubashi ICS, NIKKEI business school
Duration & time	Oct.22-Dec.10(Tue), 2024 7:00pm-9:00pm
Applications deadline	8 sessions bulk application: 　Oct.20(Sun) single session application: 1st session：Oct.20(Sun)　2nd-8th session：1 week before the session date
Venue	NIKKEI Seminar Room 1-3-7 Otemachi, Chiyodaku, Tokyo
Capacity	80
Fee	8 sessions　JPY70,400　(with tax)　JPY64,000　(without tax) single session JPY10,890　(with tax)　JPY9,900　(without tax)
Notes	・Hitotsubashi ICS will issue a certificate of completion to those who have attended at least 6 sessions. ・This course will be held in-person in the classroom. There will be no session recording and streaming service available. ・All emails and inquiries from the secretariat will be conducted in Japanese.

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