Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Results forProfessional Graduate Business School

Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: PrivateLocation: Tokyo, JapanAccreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2015
Accreditation Status: Accredited（Accreditation Period: April.01.2016 – March.31.2021）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Results
for the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University
The graduate program in the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University(hereafter, the Program), defines its academic objectives as “responding to the needs toeducate management professionals in Japanese and Asian societies, aims to cultivate
practical business leaders and management professionals who follow a well-roundedcode of professional ethics who will ‘create and innovate’ businesses. The purpose is tocontribute to practical research in the creation of businesses and models of business
innovation unique to Japan and Asia.” This purpose includes perspectives concerning thetraining of business-people, the fostering of talents with global vision and professional
ethics, and is considered to set up a distinct purpose based on the mission of aprofessional graduate school of management.
The Program was founded by a private company in 2006 and transformed to aschool corporation in 2008. This is the second Certified Evaluation and Accreditation
review by Japan University Accreditation Association (hereafter, JUAA). In the firstaccreditation review in 2010, the Program was judged to satisfy the standard. In 2013, it
reported its responses and improvements based on the items pointed out in the firstaccreditation review.
In order to accomplish the purpose mentioned above, the Program hasestablished four subprograms: the part-time MBA program in Japanese (at the Tokyo,Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, and Fukuoka campuses), the part-time MBA program in English(at the Tokyo campus), the full-time MBA program in English (at the Tokyo campus), andthe online MBA program in Japanese. Thus, the Program offers various learning
opportunities for students of diverse profiles.
The curriculum design policy is formulated on the basis of cultivating theabilities required of business leaders who can execute strategies within a drasticallychanging business environment. The management of corporations and otherorganizations requires student mastery of professional knowledge (strategies,organization, marketing, finance, and accounting), as well as the ability to think, analyze,
and communicate. Therefore, for both Japanese (including online) and English programs,
the learning area has been divided into five parts: organizational behavior and humanresource management, marketing and strategy, accounting and finance, critical andanalytical skills, and management philosophy. The Program emphasizes development of“kokorozashi” or personal mission of business leader who has a strong awareness of theircalling and maintains a superior ethical viewpoint. Installing “management philosophy”
and preparing courses to support this area aligns with the distinct purpose of the Program.
In regards to educational methods, the Program offers identical, synchronizedclasses (based on the same syllabus) on multiple campuses in order to flexibly respond to
the working conditions of busy adult students. Therefore, a student who has difficultyattending a class on a particular campus due to work engagements can take the same classon another campus. In addition, the Program has made various efforts to provide a highquality online MBA program (which was started in 2015) that is not inferior to theprogram offered in the classroom by introducing a sophisticated interactive learningsystem.
Eighty-one full-time faculty members (as of October, 2015) and administrative
staff serve students on each campus.
Furthermore, the Program has established a business plan contest called“GLOBIS Venture Challenge” as a support for students. Students propose business plansthat the faculty, venture capitalists, and venture company executives evaluate, and theprize winners are awarded the option to receive funding. This is a unique support thathelps entrepreneurs in their career formation.
As evidenced by the features outlined above, the Program has developed unique3activities that defy the stereotype of existing national and private professional graduate
schools of management. It is expected that these unique efforts will further develop theProgram’s particular purpose. Yet, many modifications are required to improve thequality of education in the future. The following points are to be regarded as advice formaintaining and improving the quality of education in the program and should be used forthe formulation of the midterm and long-term vision.
First, while the part-time MBA programs in both Japanese and English and theonline MBA program require 36 credits and the standard term of study is two years (fiveyears maximum), the full-time MBA program in English requires 48 credits and thestandard term is one year (two years maximum), and the MBA programs (both part-timeand full-time) in English do not require students to take the GLOBIS Management
Assessment Program (GMAP) that is required for completion of all other programs.
Although the same degree (Master of Business Administration (Professional)) is granted
for all programs, the number of required credits and other requirements vary acrossprograms. This must be improved.
Second, most full-time faculty members in the Program have regularappointments with private company or the other and concentrate their efforts in teachingclasses. Therefore, when faculty meetings take place, only limited numbers of faculty
members are in attendance. Therefore, full-time faculty members’ substantial educational
commitment and their contributions to administration are not sufficient. To improve thissituation, the Program needs an additional system to ensure not only the quality ofuniversity administration but also the quality of education and research. Furthermore, inorder to improve the educational activities that bridge theory and practice, re-examinationof faculty organization, including employment of academic faculty, should be considered.
Finally, as the Program continuously makes efforts for improvement and reform,
it is expected that it will continue to develop its unique features, and make furtherprogress.