Course title

KIMAP Introduction to Management

Responsible person
Jackson Keith
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Numbering Code

Day・Period, etc. Mon4(対面)

開講区分

単位数

2nd semester

2.0

Timetable Slot
Code3J388

Lesson topic
Management as a strategic role and responsibility in both for-profit and in not-for-profit organisations andinstitutions. Various styles and paradigms of management will be considered, including General Management,International Management, Cross-cultural Management, and Human Resource Management. In addition, leadership as a
strategic opportunity for management will be highlighted and discussed: e.g., in response to case studies that will
be discussed and (in some cases) role-played in class.

Lesson target
The instructor has designed this Introduction To Management course on the assumption that students studying on theKIMAP programme can learn most effectively when they engage in active and collaborative learning. On this basis, anoverarching learning goal for this course is: By working actively and collaboratively through this course, students
should develop a critical understanding of management practice across organisation-types, business sectors andgeographical regions.

Syllabus and plan
Defining 'management': strategic roles and responsibilities; Scanning the business environment: uncertainty andrisk; Strategic management: coordination and control; Organisational management: differentiation and integration;
Organisational leadership: diversity and conflict; Management and / or leadership: emerging business challenges andopportunities; Developing a strategic management 'mindset’

Evaluation method
During the course: In-class quiz (15%); Participation in class discussions (15%); Group presentation in class(30%). At the end of the course: Final Report (team) (40%)

Evaluation baselinen/aNotice (include info. on related class)
Please note that this iteration of the "Introduction to Management" course will be delivered in hybrid mode: i.e.,
as a combination of face-to-face and on-line delivery. This is because of personal and professional commitmentsthat the instructor currently has outside of Japan. The instructor will explain and confirm arrangements in thefirst class, which will be conducted face-to-face.

Review and preparation
Students will be given home study reading texts in preparation for each class along with preview materials for eachclass.
Office hour・Contact information
Students are welcome to arrange an appointment directly with the instructor via Email. The instructor's preferred
Email address is: kj2@soas.ac.uk

Message for student
The instructor’s preferred approach towards working with KIMAP students is interactive. Correspondingly, students
who engage actively with this course should become more able to:
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the roles and responsibilities exercised by management practitioners inorganisations generally, and specifically in geographical locations and markets across Asia;
Formulate - and justify - strategic decisions that management practitioners might make in order to render theirorganisations more competitive in domestic and international markets for business;
Apply tools and techniques relevant towards developing a career in management and business leadership, including
the creation and management of micro-enterprises designed strategically to compete domestically andinternationally.
Improvemenets in Teaching

Text
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Reference Material
Students will be given home study reading texts in preparation for each class. Case studies that have been
researched, co-authored and publsihed by the instructor will be provided free of cost along with other freely
Classroom Language
EnglishKeywords
Management; roles; responsibilities; risk; opportunity; strategy; leadership