Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
for Professional Graduate Business School

Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
Strategic Management Course

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2022
Accreditation Status: accredited（Accreditation Period: April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2028）

Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management Strategic Management Course

Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
Strategic Management Course

The overarching goal of the Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management
Strategic Management Course (Chuo Business School (CBS))is to “produce highly
trained professionals with deep academic knowledge and superior skills by providing
education and research focusing on theory and practice based on academic studies.”
The educational objective of CBS is to train “strategic management leaders (changeleaders)” as defined in its mission statement: “We foster strategic leaders who turnknowledge into action through reflection to change the world.” Furthermore, inAY2018 CBS established NExT10, a ten-year action plan outlining strategies suchas curriculum reform for developing strategic management leaders (change leaders)
and the commitment to becoming a business school exclusively for businesspersons.
Based on the goals and objectives described above, CBS develops strategic
management leaders (change leaders) using the MBA standard curriculum, in which
students study theory and practice in the five areas of “strategies,” “marketing,”“human resource management,” “finance,” and “corporate legal affairs” throughlectures and discussions. The Strategic Management Course also incorporates adistinctive “action and reflection” study cycle, a three-step process in which students(a) identify specific traits and characteristics of the leaders they aspire to become
through kick-off seminar activities held immediately after enrollment and the firstyear mandatory Leadership Core course, (b) put coursework learning into on-the-job
practice (action), and (c) reflect on the results and process of on-the-job practice(reflection) to build knowledge and improve practical skills. The study cycle
concludes with the term-end Reflection Seminar, a group-work activity in which
students share their experiences with peers and faculty members as a step toward
their next action. It is highly commendable that the course follows a sequential
learning model that ensures students achieve constant growth and learning in the roleof a strategic management leader (change leader).
Another notable feature is the use of the Minute Paper as a tool to improveteaching by allowing instructors to promptly incorporate student feedback into theirlessons and materials. Student comments are responded to quickly and effectively,
with instructor feedback given at the start of the next class.
The certified evaluation and accreditation found CBS to be committed to1

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implementing its strategies and on the path to resolving the lingering issue of belowcapacity enrollment, with student enrollment showing signs of recovery. However,the Graduate School should review its course delivery methods, which since AY2022
have consisted generally of online lessons on weekdays and in-person sessions on
Saturdays and Sundays, and establish teaching styles effective and suitable to thesubjects being taught, taking into account student survey results and examining
learning outcomes from various perspectives. The institution should also makesystematic efforts to adopt a mechanism to properly evaluate the education andresearch activities of its full-time teachers, an issue the Graduate School is aware ofas it was raised in the previous JUAA review. Going forward, CBS is expected tofurther develop its unique characteristics and strengthen its education and research
activities.

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