Professionals and Value Creation I

Academic unit or major

Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership

Instructor(s)

Keisuke Yamada

Class Format

Exercise (Zoom)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive (S6-309B, J3-309A)

Class

-

Course Code

TAL.S502

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2020

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Further to the presentation to be made by the professionals who are creating leading edge of values (innovations) in various fields including enterprises, start ups, NPO/NGO, journalism, government and academic, the professionals and students are going to be encouraged to derive their necessary information and/or answers from the professionals. Students are being expected to find (1) multidimensional perspective and (2) excitement for creating value to the society from the communication with such professionals. Basically, Guest Speakers are being changed in every term. Guest speakers in this term are referred in “Class Flow” below.

Course description and aims

Students are being expected to appreciate the difference about concepts of value between you and others, and to understand the society exist by various kind of concepts of value, not only perspective and way of thinking around you. Purposes of the sessions are not only hearing the experiences made by the professionals, but also understanding the purpose of those professionals’ activities and training how the students make guest speakers say what the students want to hear.

Keywords

diversity, networking, value creation

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Professionals are presenting the leading edge of information about their business, development, vision of their activities, and problems to be overcome to the students and the students, then try to drive answers/necessary information from the guest speakers. Students are being requested to engage in preparation work; to research outline of the organization the professionals are belonging and to clarify aims for having communication with them, in advance.
Guest speakers and outline of their presentation as follows;
1. Maurizio Raffone, CEO and Hideshi Roger Hoshino, Japan Country Head, FineTeq Limited
Theme: Change of society by cash-less
2. Hideyuki Sakamoto, Executive Vice President, Nissan Motor, Inc.
Theme: Production System Innovation in Automobile Industries
3. Kenji Kawato, CEO, and Keita Azechi, Project Manager, Shizen Energy Inc.
Theme: Changing society by expansion of renewable energy

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

1. 35%; contributeon to Advanced Information Sharing
2. 35%; asking questions and presenting opinions proactively to the guest speaker(s)
3. 30%; efforts to try to pull-put information and/or comments, which the student want to hear, from the guest speakers

Related courses

• TAL.W502 ： Fundamental Group Work for Leadership I

Prerequisites

None

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Prof. Keisuke Yamada, Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership(ToTAL) : yamada.k.be[at]m.titech.ac.jp

Other

1. Depend on the guest speakers’ convenience, the venue (either O-okayama or Suzukaked-dai) would be decided. If, however, students can access by remote system from O-okayama or Suzukake-dai.
2.Presenting your idea about Guest Speaker would be welcome.