2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Introduction to Management
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Yosuke Kimura / Kyoko Nagata / Mariko Yasu / Heru Prasetyo Eko
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon (W9-311) / 1-2 Thu (W9-311)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.D201
- Number of credits
- 110
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 13, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the basics of business administration (management strategy, marketing, accounting) and corporate economics. First, the instructor explains basic knowledge of business management. The second instructor explains the elements of business development, including the concept of platform-driven business. The third instructor provides an overview of corporate financing options and helps students develop their understanding of the roles of disclosure and corporate governance.
Course description and aims
Students will develop the critical skills that individual should have in order to work effectively in business organizations and to lead teams and organizations successfully. Also, students will have better understanding of the connection between the courses in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics and the reality of corporate management. research.
Keywords
Business Administration, Corporation, Corporate Strategy, Capital Budgeting, Marketing, Accounting, Firm Value, Corporate Governance
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is taught by three instructors. The first five sessions will be taught by Kimura with a focus on general topics of business management. Eko will teach Sessions 6 to 9 which focus on business development, especially digital platform and a case study about Uber Technology. Sessions 10 to 14 will be taught by Yasu, covering corporate financing options and the roles of disclosure and corporate governance.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance: Firm value and decision-making |
Students can understand management as “decision-making that affects firm value” and explain the basic concepts. |
| Class 2 | Organization and incentives |
Students can explain the problems arising from conflicting interests and information asymmetry within organizations. |
| Class 3 | Strategy: Competitve advantage and value creation |
Students can explain the basic frameworks of competitive strategy (e.g., differentiation, cost leadership, and barriers to entry). |
| Class 4 | Designing decision-making processes |
Students can explain decision-making under uncertainty (exploration vs. exploitation; prediction vs. optimization). |
| Class 5 | Group work |
Students can structure appropriate KPIs and policy/initiative proposals for a given case. |
| Class 6 | Introduction to business plan |
Students learn the introduction of a business plan and lean process based on the literature provided before the class. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. |
| Class 7 | Business canvass |
ビジネスモデル・ジェネレーション ビジネスモデル設計書 (アレックス・オスターワルダー (著), イヴ・ピニュール (著), 小山龍介 (翻訳). |
| Class 8 | Digital platform and strategies |
The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power. Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer. Chapter 1. |
| Class 9 | Case Study: POKEMON GO! |
Students are expected to download and read case material via the WEB system. A case study will be prepared in advance for students to read. |
| Class 10 | Firms and Capital Markets: Mapping the Financial System |
Provides an overview of the role of the financial system and organises the range of corporate financing options. |
| Class 11 | Corporate Financing - Bonds: Debt Logic and Trade-offs |
Understand core features of debt financing and compare bonds with bank borrowing. |
| Class 12 | Corporate Financing - Equity: Growth Capital and Dilution |
Learn equity financing and the trade-offs between funding growth opportunities and control considerations. |
| Class 13 | Information Disclosure: A Common Language for Evaluation |
Develop an intuitive view of firm value and learn how disclosure relates to uncertainty and the cost of capital. |
| Class 14 | Corporate Governance: Mechanisms that Support Value Creation |
Organises key governance mechanisms and their implications for firm value. |
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)
"Introduction to business management learned from experience (3rd edition)" Yuhikaku PUBLISHING
Takahashi, Tanzawa, Hanaeda, and Miura, "Gendai Keiei Newmon" (text book in Japanese), Yuhikaku Books
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Class materials will be available in advance at T2SCHOLA.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The instructors complete evaluations for their respective sections, calculating the total points weighted for class time to reach the evaluation.
Related courses
- IEE.D202 ： Basic Accounting
- IEE.D203 ： Marketing
- IEE.D302 ： Corporate Finance
- IEE.D301 ： Business Starategy and Organization
- IEE.C301 ： Management Information Systems
Prerequisites
None