Case Writing
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“Case writing” refers to original case development projects that are underway at business schools around the globe. Numerous case centers can be found worldwide. Business schools that are not devel...
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Case Writing
“Case writing” refers to original case development projects that are underway at business schools around the globe. Numerous case centers can be found worldwide. Business schools that are not devel...
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Why the Japanese MBA Situation is “Different”
When speaking with professors who have been involved with MBA program implementation overseas, one learns that something is “different” with MBA programs in Japan. “Different” here is not intended ...
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Fostering the Development of Candidates to Become Key Company Leaders Who Can Create a Strong Organization
Here's a fact not widely known in Japan: at business schools in Western countries, leadership development programs are just as popular as MBA-degree programs. “Leadership development” is different ...
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An Invitation to Dark Side Management Studies
Numerous management concepts are discussed in an MBA program, including enterprise value, the 3Cs model (company, customers, competitors), the Five Forces model (5F: competitive rivalry, supplier p...
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Why is the MBA Necessary?
While one often hears discussions of whether an MBA is necessary, it is a fact that the number of people seeking an MBA has risen nearly ten-fold in the past 20 years. Why are so many people strivi...
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Are Markets Just? (Business School Version)
“Some values cannot be purchased with money. In that case, what can money buy?” This was part of an advertisement at one time, and the present column is the Business School Version of that. Last ye...
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Why Don’t MBA Programs Offer “Correct” Answers?
MBA professors like to ask extreme or “outlandish” questions. A couple of examples: “Let’s say you are the protagonist in this case, and just after being assigned to your post, your subordinates co...
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What is a “Business School”?
If you plan to attend a business school to get an MBA in managerial science, it is certainly necessary to have a good understanding of just what “managerial science” entails, especially because the...
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What is a “Business School”?
Although many people think that a Business School is a graduate school where managerial science is taught and MBAs are granted, in fact, a business school provides education to a much broader subse...
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The Domain of Business Schools
Overseas, the anniversary of the advent of business school education is approaching the 100-year mark. Meanwhile, in Japan, the diffusion of business schools only began in earnest starting in the f...
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“How Business Schools Lost Their Way” (MBA-related books and journals, etc.)
An article by Warren G. Bennis and James O’Toole, “How Business Schools Lost Their Way,” was published in 2005 in an issue of the Diamond Harvard Business Review, a publication for practicing busin...
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An Awakening Regarding the Healthcare MBA
I am happy to announce here that the “Healthcare MBA,” which we started planning last year, has now been officially approved by the business school committee, and will start being offered in the ac...
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