Smart Business Career Development D

Academic unit or major

Career development courses

Instructor(s)

Akira Izumi / Joe Yoshimura / Kayoko Yamamoto / Masahiro Aoki / Hiroshi Fujiwara / Takahiro Hamada / Kazuyoshi Sugano

Class Format

Lecture

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

7-8 Thu

Class

D

Course Code

LAC.M511

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2021

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

In this lecture, a variety of lecturers who are active in the front lines of a wide range of business fields such as entrepreneurial experienced people, large-scale company workers, management consultants, lawyers / patent attorneys will give lectures that include the business development, the experiences of overcoming difficulties and building their own career, and the lessons learned from them.

The purpose of the course is for master students to consider the contents of lectures as role models for their own future career building, and to find lessons from them, regardless of whether the technical fields or businesses in which lecturers are engaged are of interest to students.

Therefore, it is desirable to actively ask questions from students to lecturers, rather than passively listening to the lectures, in order to utilize effectively contents of the lectures for each student's career building.

Distribution of lecture materials, submission of reports, and communication related to lectures will be done using the OCWi system.

Course description and aims

Students are able to learn lessons that can be used as role models to build their own career, by listening to the experiences of lecturers who are active in various knowledge-intensive professions,

By touching information on unique careers and professional activities, students can broaden their horizons regarding future careers and concretely imagine the direction of self-development for career building.

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)

Lecturers who are active in the front lines of a wide range of business fields give lectures on business development and career building based on their own practical experience, which cannot be covered by general courses.

Keywords

Career development, Role model, Entrepreneur, Large-scale company worker, Journalist, Foreign-affiliate company worker, Public organization worker,

Competencies

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

Class flow

Lecturers from various professional fields talk about their own careers and experiences as well as the introduction of their professional fields at every class. The class intends to be interactive as much as possible.

Lecturers:
SUGANO Kazuyoshi, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),
HAMADA Takahiro, K-WILL,
YAMAMOTO Kayoko, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Daily Industrial News),
FUJIWARA Hiroshi, BroadBand Tower,
YOSHIMURA Joe, Team Lab,
AOKI Masahiro, Hitachi,
IZUMI Akira, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,

Schedule and contents are subject to change due to lecturers' convenience.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

In each lecture, students are required to submit a report on given assignments. In that report, how deeply they understand and consider the assignments from the perspective of developing their future career will be evaluated.　

Related courses

• LAC.M401 ： Master's Career Design

Prerequisites

Japanese language skill enough to understand contents of lectures is required.

Students can write reports in Japanese or English.

Other

Please refer to the URL below for a list of career development courses offered by the Innovator and Inventor Development
Platform (IIDP), including this course, and lecturers' introductions.
（https://www.titech.ac.jp/student-support/students/career/career-education）