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Global Leadership Practice
- Academic unit or major
- Entrepreneurship courses
- Instructor(s)
- Eri Ota / Yuri Matsuzaki / Rie Murakami
- Class Format
- Exercise (Blended)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ENT.L457(LAW.X425)
- Number of credits
- 020
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is organized in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology. Students will actively participate in experiential learning activities related to self-evaluation, case studies, organization observation and analysis, site and innovation visits, and a final team project.
The goal of this course is to develop individual and team leadership skills within a multi-cultural learning environment.
Course description and aims
1)To be able to build leadership skills through self-realization/evaluation related to strength, values and appropriate skills.
2)To be able to write reflectively on topics related to leadership, college experience and professional goals.
3)To be able to collaborate within the multicultural/multidisciplinary environment.
4)To be able to identify and solve challenges in a multicultural environment.
5)To be able to develop a vision for career development.
Keywords
Global, Leadership, Multicultural Awareness and Curiosity, Cultural Competence, Group Work, Collaboration, Self-Development
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is composed of lectures and discussion about leadership/multiculturalism/value and ethics/problem-solving, etc, case study on group work, sharing of self-evaluation, and final team report presentation.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 6/11 (Tue) 08:00-09:40 On-line What is Leadership? Communities of Influence -Fostering Psychological Safety -Gaining Self-Awareness -Multi-cultural perceptions of leaders -Write reflectively | will be informed in due course |
| Class 2 | 6/11 (Tue) 10:00-11:40 On-line Who Am I? Values Card Sort -Gaining Self-Awareness | |
| Class 3 | 6/14(Fri) 08:00-09:40 On-line Student Leadership Practices Inventory Debrief -Gaining Self-Awareness Unbiasing | Making the unconscious, conscious Putting Bias into Perspective -Unconscious / Conscious and Cultural Bias | |
| Class 4 | 6/14(Fri) 10:00-11:40 On-line The Culture Map - Communicating / Silence - Feedback - Decisions - Power / Authority - Conflict - Perceptions of Time and more! Personal Cultural Profile and Team Culture Maps -Collaborating with Others in a Multicultural Environment | |
| Class 5 | 6/18 (Tue) 10:45-12:25 in-class The Secret to Cohesive Teams Use What You Have -Building a Cohesive, Effective and High-Performing Team | |
| Class 6 | 6/18 (Tue) 13:30-15:10 in-class Overcoming Common Challenges within Multicultural Teams Strategies for Multicultural Collaboration Team Health Monitoring -Collaborating with Others in a Multicultural Environment (14:35-15:25：Group work for Final Presentation） | |
| Class 7 | 6/21 (Fri) 10:45-12:25 in-class Guest Speaker: “Collaboration in a Multi-Culture Organization” Dr. Minh Nguyen, Google Japan | |
| Class 8 | 6/21 (Fri) 13:30-15:10 in-class Constructing multi-cultural leadership systems that seek to innovate, change, grow and improve future organizations -Creating an innovative multicultural system of leadership (14:35-15:25：Group work for Final Presentation） | |
| Class 9 | 6/25(Tue）10:45-12:25/ 13:45-15:25 Group work, Group meeting | |
| Class 10 | 6/28 (Fri) 10:45-12:25 in class Team Presentation Final presentation Team Presentations Post-surveys |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader 3rd Edition, James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Reference books, course materials, etc.
The Culture Map (INTL ED): Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures Paperback – International Edition, January 5, 2016 by Erin Meyer
Evaluation methods and criteria
Pre-work 10%
Class Participation 40%
In-Class Assignments/Simulations: 20%
Final Team Report 20%
Team Presentation 10%
Related courses
- ENT.L458(LAW.X421) ： Global Leadership Training Study Abroad
Prerequisites
Students who wish to enroll/participate in this course should have English proficiency (TOEIC score 750 or above, TOEFL-iBT score 80 or above), so that he/she will be able to understand the lectures and actively participate in discussions.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Study Abroad Information Center/Promotion Office for Global Human Resource Development：ghrd.info[at]jim.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
By Appointment
Other
Classes on 6/11 (Tue), 14(Fri) will be held on-line, and classes 18(Tue), 21(Fri), 27(Tue), 28(Fri) will be held in class. ZOOMURL will inform you individually to the registered students.
On-line course Orientation will be conducted on 5/14 (Tue) 8:00-9:40 prior to the course starts.
If you did not attend the Orientation and would like to join the course, please contact the instructor by ６/６ (Thu).