2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Information and Service Science for Social System II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuyoshi Hidaka / Kunihiko Higa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 11-12 Tue (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.C517
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Outline]
Students will learn about basic topics for researching service science, a promising knowledge system for supporting service systems as a new growth framework conducive to next-generation society and economics. Students are trained to be successful in this new era.
[Goals]
The subfields relevant to service science are branching out as we move further towards a service economy. These subfields include problem solving and innovation for social service systems such as energy, the environment, traffic, medicine, and welfare, growth of the next generation of the information industry, creating new services and businesses for a networked society, R&D strategies for and implementation of services for the manufacturing industry, and increased productivity and quality of the service industry.
Course description and aims
Students are expected to study the following topics.
-Emergence of Service Science
-Nature of Service
-Trend of Digital Economy
-Logic of ICT Transformation
Keywords
service innovation, service science, servitization, digital economy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
lecture, group work, reports
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Course guide Emergence of Service Science | Exercise of the part |
| Class 2 | Natuer of service | Exercise of the part |
| Class 3 | Trend of Digital Economy | Exercise of the part |
| Class 4 | Trend of Digital Economy | Exercise of the part |
| Class 5 | Trend of Digital Economy | Exercise of the part |
| Class 6 | Logic of ICT Transformation | Exercise of the part |
| Class 7 | Logic of ICT Transformation | Exercise of the part |
| Class 8 | Closing, Logic of ICT Transformation | Exercise of the part |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Original Materials
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Service Management: Operations, Strategy, Information Technology, James A. Fitzsimmon, McGraw Hill Higher Education
Handbook of Service Science (Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy), Carl J. Schramm他, Springer-Verlag
サービス・マーケティング原理, クリストファー ラブロック他, 白桃書房
サービス・サイエンスの展開―その基礎、課題から将来展望まで, ベルンド スタウス他, 生産性出版
Kevin Kelly, “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future”, 2016/6/7
DIGITAL ECONOMY REPORT 2019, UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD), https://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=2466
Evaluation methods and criteria
attendance, contribution to the class, and final report
Related courses
- TIM.C516 ： Information and Service Science for Social System I
- TIM.B513 ： Service Innovation I
- TIM.B514 ： Service Innovation II
Prerequisites
Proactive attitude