History and Philosophy of Management I

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management

Instructor(s)

Yoshitaka Suzuki

Class Format

Lecture (Zoom)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

11-12 Mon (Zoom)

Class

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Course Code

TIM.A532

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2020

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Kono kamoku wa, keiei no rekishi o manabu koto o tōshite,`“iwayuru bunkei” no shikō-hō' ya `ronshō hōhō' o shiru tame ni mōke rareta monodearu (to, watashi wa rikai shite iru). Keiei no rekishi wa, hōsoku-teki chishiki o tsukatte kekka kara gen'in o setsumei suru dakede wa jūbun ni wa rikaidekinai. Sorezore no kyokumen ni okeru tōjisha no tachiba ni jibun o oki, tōjisha ga shōrai no kyakkan jōken o yosoku shinagara sentaku o okonatta katei o tadoru koto ni yotte hajimete, naze sono yōna sentaku ga nasa reta ka ga rikai deki, sono sentaku ga kekka ni dono yōna eikyō o oyoboshi taka o shiru koto ga dekiru nodearu. Kōshita koto o jibun no kankaku ya keiken karade wa naku, kagaku to shite, sunawachi tōjisha no mokuteki ya dōki o inga kankei ni kumikonde iku koto ni yotte, rikai suru koto ga hitsuyōdearu. Hon kōgide wa, keiei no rekishi ni okeru jūyōna kyokumen o toriage, sokode nasa reta ishi kettei o, rekishi ni sayō shi tari, rekishi ni seiyaku sa re tari suru `rinen' ga hatasu yakuwari kara manabu. Maikai, arakajime haifu suru jugyō yōshi o yonde kite kudasai.
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This subject is designed to help you learn "the so-called" humanities "thinking method" and "argument method" through studying the history of management (I understand).
The history of management cannot be fully understood simply by explaining the cause from the results using legal knowledge. Only by placing yourself in the position of the parties in each phase and following the process by which the parties make choices while anticipating future objective conditions can you understand why such choices were made and what the choices are in the outcome. It is possible to know what kind of influence it had. It is necessary to understand these things not from one's own senses and experiences, but as science, that is, by incorporating the purposes and motives of the parties into the causal relationship.
In this lecture, we will take up important aspects of management history and learn the decisions made there from the role played by the "idea" that affects or is constrained by history.
Please read the lesson abstract distributed in advance each time.

Course description and aims

Students will learn how to study management from history.

Keywords

history, philosophy, decision making

Competencies

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

Class flow

Students will read lecture materials and discuss issues.

Course schedule/Objectives

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)

Document for discussion would be delivered in the previous lecture.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

"MBA no tame no Nihon keieishi" by Yoshitaka Suzuki (Yuhikaku 2007) in Japanese
"Social Enterprise ron" by Yoshitaka Suzuki (Yuhikaku 2014) in Japanese

Evaluation methods and criteria

Report: Write after reading reference literature.
Evaluation is based on the report, but also draws on the in-class Q&A and debate.

Related courses

• TIM.D514 ： Lectures by Business Leaders I
• TIM.D515 ： Lectures by Business Leaders II

Prerequisites

This is the prerequisite course to take "History and Philosophy of Management II".

Students are required to have the ability to read articles in Japanese.