Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation forProfessional Graduate Business SchoolKenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2023
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2029）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business
The unique purpose of Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business, or GSB, is to “create
world-class innovative knowledge on an on-going basis by promoting free and openminded intellectual exploration that embodies a vigorous frontier spirit and high ethicalstandards through providing practical online education. Through the creation and transferof knowledge, GSB aims to develop advanced skills, the character traits of professionals
who can succeed as leaders on the international stage, and the ability to think, decide, andact responsibly for themselves.” To achieve its purposes, GSB adopted the medium- tolong-term vision for AY2019-AY2023 that included eight priority areas: (1) Training
business people who can succeed internationally, (2) Reinforcing practice-focusededucation, (3) Improving the quality and quantity of academic faculty members, (4)Raising the student promotion rate, (5) Improving the graduation rate, (6) Upgrading andsystematizing theoretical education, (7) Continuing curriculum development, and (8)Strengthening the faculty. The Graduate School strives to achieve its mission of training
global leaders with a pioneer spirit by formulating and implementing specific strategies
for each of these priority areas.
GSB’s education program offers a structured curriculum consisting of criticalthinking skills, management skills, and comprehensive subjects as three subject groups.
Courses are organized according to year level to ensure progressive learning. A uniquefeature of the curriculum is text-based discussions using the online learning platform
AirCampus® adopted for most courses. Also worth noting is the use of the students’research findings as seminar themes, or “Real Time Online Case Study (RTOCS),” which
are later published in a book series. This is a unique and commendable initiative that helps
to promote student research.
There are several areas of improvement GSB should address, however.
First, the Graduate School needs to work harder to attract more students as
enrollment continues to fall short of the capacity.
Second, the proportion of faculty members over the age of 60 is high relative toother age groups. GSB is advised to redress the age imbalance by drawing up andimplementing a long-term staffing plan. Third, there is a growing gap in the teaching
workload among faculty members that needs to be addressed. Fourth, with respect tofaculty administration, GSB should formulate its internal policies outlining detailedteacher selection and teacher evaluation procedures. The fifth area of improvement
concerns the handling of confidential data related to education and research. The Graduate
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School should develop an information security policy and ensure it is communicated andadhered to by all members of the GSB community.
Finally, with respect to the Third-Party Evaluation Meeting, which assumes therole of the Collaboration Council for Educational Program, GSB should address the factthat a majority of the organization’s members are university faculty and staff members.
GSB is also advised to revise the membership qualification requirements established in
the Third-Party Evaluation Meeting regulations to ensure alignment with the provisionsof the Standard for Establishment of Professional Graduate Schools.
Going forward, the Graduate School is advised to utilize the results of thiscertified evaluation and accreditation for professional graduate business schools andcontinue its self-study efforts for improvement, while assuring and enhancing the qualityof its education program and further developing its unique characteristics.

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