2025 (Current Year) Special graduate degree programs Specially Offered Degree Programs for Graduate Students Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
Introduction to Work Rules II produced by JTUC-RENGO
- Academic unit or major
- Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
- Instructor(s)
- Ryosuke Nishida
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (S2-202(S223), J2-303(J234))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TAL.S504
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Aug 22, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Not only the students majoring natural sciences and engineering, but also all the persons were requested to understand the outlook of work rules for protecting themselves and work circumstances. In this class, under collaborating with RENGO, after reviewing the essence of "Introduction to Work Rules I," students will study basic work rules of Japan. This class doesn't request the applied knowledge of social sciences to credit and participate in.
Course description and aims
1. Students are able to obtain a strong motivation to understand work rules. Similarly they can start to practice improving their own working situations each of the offices and labs.
2. Learning union's practices and work rules, students are able to obtain enhanced and experiential knowledge of work rules.
Keywords
Work Rules, Working Rights, Union, Sociology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class mainly consists of guest speakers' lectures and group works. More detail will be announced in the class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 2 | Think about working. |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 3 | Case study①: Gathring variois voices in the office |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 4 | Group work① |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 5 | Case study② The various styles to work and the wage |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 6 | Case study③： Corresponding to globalization. |
Announcement as necessary |
| Class 7 | Overviewing guest lecture by the chair of RENGO |
Announcement as necessary |
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)
Nothing required because to distribute materials as appropriate.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing required because to distribute materials as appropriate.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Commitment: 30% Quiz: 10% Final report: 60%
Related courses
- LAH.S107 ： Sociology A
- LAH.S207 ： Sociology B
- LAH.S308 ： Sociology C
- LAH.S404 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences4:Sociology
Prerequisites
Nothing required.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
nishida.r.ac[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
12:10-13:10, every Friday. required pre-contact.
Other
•The instructor and any invited speakers will offer explanations and answer questions during the class.
•This is a face-to-face course conducted simultaneously on the Ookayama and Suzukakedai campuses, with lecture rooms connected through a remote communication system. Online participation is not permitted; students are required to attend in person at their respective campus lecture rooms. This course is one of the deemed Entrepreneurship Courses and corresponds to GA1M.