2021 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences43:Financial/Economic Activities and Corporate Strategy
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Tamami Ota / Atsushi Kamio / Takeshi Okano / Masahiro Nakamura / Junya Imanishi
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.S438
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is designed for students to understand the outline of economy and society, even without preliminary knowledge. The course contains basic knowledge to be familiar with finance and economy, and viewpoints required to consider corporate activities. The lecturer will explain broad pictures and recent trends of topic in each class, as shown below.
Course description and aims
This course aims to develop ability of each student to be more successful in the real world with wide range of knowledge and views regarding economy and society.
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)
Each lecturer will give a class based on specialized knowledge and/or business experience.
Keywords
Economy, Industry, Finance, Investment, DX, Risk-Management, Social- Responsibility
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class1－Class7：Lectures
Study the course materials before each class to enhance the learning outcome.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction, Basics of Corporate Activities | Understand the framework of financial statements |
| Class 2 | Corporate Activities and Economy | Grasp broad picture of industries and economy |
| Class 3 | Finance and Financial Products | Understand the basics of corporate finance and financial products |
| Class 4 | Corporate Analysis and Investment Strategy | Obtain viewpoints to analyze corporates and approach for investment |
| Class 5 | Declining population and Working-style reform | Review society with declining population and Working-style reform |
| Class 6 | Digital Transformation and innovative changes in business | Grasp recent trends of digital transformation and business process improvement |
| Class 7 | Risk Management and Governance | Acquire knowledge of corporate risks and corporate governance |
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)
None specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials will be posted on OCW-i.
There will be no recording of the classes.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Short reports 60% (6 reports, 10 points each) and a final report 40%
If you are absent from a class, regardless of the reason, there will be no make-up assignments.
The classes will not be recorded, so read the course materials posted on OCW-i to find out the content of the class you missed.
Details of the requirements of the reports will be explained in the first class.
Related courses
- LAH.A531 ： Understanding and Analyzing Social Trends
Prerequisites
Prospective students should have interests in finance and economy.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
[Coordinator] Professor Takehiro Inohara, inostaff[at]shs.ens.titech.ac.jp
When inquiring by emails, include the course title in the subject, and your student ID and name in the body of the email.