2020 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Career development courses
R&D Activities of Global companies E
- Academic unit or major
- Career development courses
- Instructor(s)
- Shigeyuki Akiba / Yasushi Negishi / Motoya Anma / Masanobu Fujioka / Noritoshi Yoshiyama / Michiyo Ohshima / Katsutoshi Ohtsuki / Sei Keimatsu
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed (S421)
- Class
- E
- Course Code
- LAC.C663
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course invites current managers from foreign affiliates with overseas headquarters, in a variety of industries, to give lectures on corporate business details, R&D initiatives, ways of thinking, and values. Instructors lecture on the qualities and attributes expected of people to participate in value creation.
Whether the student joins a Japanese or a non-Japanese based company, the student will need to be active on the global stage. The nationalities of competing companies span the world. Considering the points mentioned above some relationships between the companies and the universities as well as academic societies are also mentioned.
By understanding early about the situation of global business environment and the required capabilities of the researchers and the engineers, students will be able to expand their view and be able to have more accurate and deeper understanding when thinking about their future careers.
Course description and aims
Students gain understandings of the circumstances in all sorts of industries, and global companies playing leading roles in these industries. Students also deepen their understandings of the qualities, values, and behavioral patterns sought for globally active employees.
Keywords
Corporate vision, R&D, Global standard, Expected capability and image of a researcher and an engineer
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
・This omnibus-format lectures will be taught by instructors from 7 leading global companies from a variety of industries that employ advanced engineering professionals in Japan such as Corning, 3M, DuPont, P&G, Pfizer, DSM, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Schlumberger, Bosch, Lenovo, and GE Health Care.
・Students are requested to submit feedback card and those cards are used for the evaluation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Regarding company "A",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 2 | Regarding company "B",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 3 | Regarding company "C",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 4 | Regarding company "D",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 5 | Regarding company "E",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 6 | Regarding company "F",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
| Class 7 | Regarding company "G",corporate vision and policy, Business portfolio, R&D activities, images and expectation to the core researcher and engineer and the policy of the human resource management will be covered. | An assignment given by lecturer related to students' knowledge and awareness of items related to the lecture contents |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
No OTC textbook. The lecture materials will be prepared by the lecturer and printed for the student and will be uploaded on the OCW-i.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None.
Evaluation methods and criteria
・Comments on the lecture by feedback card submitted at every class (70%)
・Assignment reports (30%)
Related courses
- Doctor career design
- Master career design
Prerequisites
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
・E-mail ：iidpinfo[at]jim.titech.ac.jp
・Tokyo Tech mail service No :S6-1
Other
There is possibility of the change in a lecture contents and the relations of lecture contents and the class due to the outside lecturers' schedule.