University Accreditation Results(Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for University)

Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2019
Accreditation Status: Accredited（Accreditation Period: April 1.2020 – March 31.2027）

Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Results
for the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University
Overview
The Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University (hereinafterreferred to as the “Graduate School”), has established the Major in Management,
Graduate School of Management, for the purpose of “responding to the demand for
managerial talents in Japan and Asian society by nurturing business leaders andmanagerial talents capable of implementing business ‘creation’ and ‘innovation’ whoadhere to practical and rich professional ethical standards, and contributing to thepractical study of business creation and innovation models unique to Japan and Asia.”
In order to achieve this purpose, the Graduate School aims to produce business leaderscapable of implementing creation and innovation who provide dynamism to Asia andJapan through implementing the educational philosophy of providing a place fordeveloping skills, creating personal networks, and developing a personal mission(Kokorozashi: a personal mission that unifies the passions and skills of a professional
to create positive change in society), and to become Asia’s No.1 business school.
Aiming to achieve this purpose and philosophy, the Graduate School is currently
working on enhancing educational and research activity based on the 2022 Vision
formulated in AY2017.
The Executive Committee, the university’s decision-making body, isresponsible for the promotion of internal quality assurance. Under the supervision ofvarious committees, Faculty Groups (FGs) and Offices each consisting of faculty andstaff members with a particular function, which will be described later, consider andimprove class content and methods based on the analysis results of student
questionnaires and basic academic skills tests and improve faculty members’ skills forcarrying out classes, and thereby make swift improvements in their responsible area
on a semester basis. Based on these improvements, the Self-Inspection and Evaluation
Committee summarizes the self-study activities carried out each year, the ManagementCouncil, which is responsible for the promotion of internal quality assurance, sets fortha policy for improvement based on the determination of the president, and FGs,Offices, and other organizations are responsible for actual implementation. In this way,
the PDCA cycle functions on a university-wide level; FGs, Offices, and otherorganizations take action in a flexible manner, and all faculty and staff members work2

together to enhance the quality of education and faculty members. This is a highly
commendable achievement.
With regard to education, the Graduate School focuses on the five items offaculty members, curriculum, students, service, and dissemination of knowledge inorder to contribute to students’ development of skills, creation of personal networks,and development of a personal mission (Kokorozashi), and, aiming to ensure thequality of education, provides the two areas of “Critical and Analytical Skills” and“ Management Philosophy” that develop the qualities required of a business leader inaddition to the standard subject areas of a professional graduate business school, holds
discussions and group work centered around case methods, and implements various
methods for providing effective education, based on its degree award policy (diplomapolicy) and curriculum design and implementation policy (curriculum policy).
Full-time faculty members belong to FGs that are divided according to subject
area, and each FG promotes faculty development (hereinafter referred to as “FD”) andcurriculum development in an organizational effort to enhance the quality of educationand improve faculty. This is a remarkable endeavor. As for student support, a platform
supporting students has put in place in line with the university’s policy, such asproviding capital from a fund to businesses that won a prize in the GLOBIS Venture
Challenge and organizing a “Buddy System” whereby students and graduates assist
international students taking classes in English. These are commendable endeavors.
However, there are some issues that should be addressed. Regarding thecurriculum and learning outcomes, the degree award policy and curriculum design andimplementation policy for the two degrees are almost identical, and the basic ideas oncurriculum implementation are not stated in the curriculum design and implementation
policy. This should be improved.
Going forward, we hope the Graduate School solves these issues throughinternal quality assurance efforts, and accelerates its distinctive initiatives and actively
promotes the visualization of its internal quality assurance system for further
development of its program.
Notable Strengths
Internal Quality Assurance Internal quality assurance is centered around the Executive Committee. Under thesupervision of various committees, Faculty Groups (FGs), each established for a3

specialized field and consisting of full-time faculty members gathered from thewhole campus, and function-specific Offices consider and improve class contentand methods based on the analysis results of student questionnaires and basic
academic skills tests and improve faculty members’ skills for carrying out classes,
and thereby make swift improvements in their responsible area on a semester basis.
Based on these improvements, the Self-Inspection and Evaluation Committee
summarizes the self-study activities carried out each year, the ExecutiveCommittee, which is responsible for the promotion of internal quality assurance,
sets forth a policy for improvement based on the determination of the president,and FGs, Offices, and other organizations are responsible for actualimplementation. In this way, the PDCA cycle functions on a university-wide level;FGs, Offices, and other organizations take action in a flexible manner, and faculty
and staff members as a whole work together to enhance the quality of educationand faculty members. This is a commendable achievement.
Student Support
 In order to produce many entrepreneurs, the Graduate School holds a business plancontest as a way to support students aspiring to start a business, and provides prize
winners the opportunity to actually develop their business, for example, by giving
them the right to receive investment from a fund. The Graduate School is providing
support for nurturing managerial talents capable of creation and innovation in linewith its educational and research objectives.
 With the aim of helping students enrolled in the Full-Time MBA Program(English), the majority of whom are international students, create a personal
network and find employment in Japan, the Graduate School holds employmentrelated workshops and provides a “Buddy System” whereby they form a team withstudents and graduates of the Part-Time MBA Program. The Graduate School
enables students to develop a better understanding of the industry or profession inwhich they wish to seek employment and seek advice on student life in generalthrough exchange with students or graduates from different courses, thereby
providing educational support, living support, and career support in an integrated
manner. This is a commendable endeavor.

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University Management and Finance The Graduate School encourages its staff members to consistently develop theirskills through taking courses in GLOBIS’ Graduate School of Management andoffers staff members a certain amount of aid to cover tuition. Many staff members
have utilized this program to study at the Graduate School of Management andhave thereby developed their qualities as staff members of a business school. It iscommendable that the Graduate School has engaged in training staff members
capable of performing advanced school management-related tasks.
Suggestions for Improvement
Educational Program and Outcome
 Despite the fact that the Graduate School of Management offers two different
degrees (both programs offer degrees that are referred to as MBA degrees when
written in English), the contents of the degree award policy and curriculum designand implementation policy are almost the same for both degrees. Both degree
programs fail to clearly present the basic ideas on curriculum implementation in
the curriculum design and implementation policy. This should be improved.

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