2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Standardization Strategy I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Koji Tanabe / Akira Izumi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 11-12 Tue (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.B533
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The standardization strategy is a strategy to create new global rules or systems which are necessary for innovations.
This course gives an overview of standardization strategies as a business strategy. The standardization is an important strategic tool for market development and competitiveness enlargement. This course provides students for basic concepts of standardization strategy, business strategies with standardization and practices of innovation with standardization.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand basic concepts of standardization and the importance of standardization as a business strategy.
2) Use strategically standardization for market development, competitiveness enlargement and innovation.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
All lecturers are conducted by adjunct professors and guest lecturers who have abundant practical experience in the field of standardization.
Keywords
Standardization, Corporate strategy, Business strategy, Cooperation with technology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Course documents will be delivered 3 days before the class. Every lesson contains not only a lecture but also a 15- to 30- minute Q&A and discussion.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Importance of standardization | Understand the significance of standardization. Explain basic concepts of standardization. |
| Class 2 | Standardization as a business strategy | Understand business strategy with standardization. |
| Class 3 | Steel industry and its standardization strategy | Understand the standardization strategy by industry. Understand the offensive and defensive standardization. |
| Class 4 | Business strategies with standardization | Understand business strategy with standardization. |
| Class 5 | Cross strategy between standardization and intellectual property rights | Understand the relation and cross strategy between standardization and intellectual property rights. |
| Class 6 | International standardization of antibacterial | Understand practical process of standardization. |
| Class 7 | Standardization for enhancing competitiveness | Understand the cooperation strategy with technology and the standardization strategy systematically. |
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)
No textbook
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Activities in class: 70% Report: 30%
Related courses
- TIM.B534 ： Standardization Strategy Ⅱ
- TIM.B517 ： Management of Intellectual Property and Standardization I
- TIM.B518 ： Management of Intellectual Property and Standardization II
Prerequisites
None required.
Other
Innovation usually requires standardization to build new rules and systems globally.
Join our class to get practical methods for business strategy!