| 授業名 | MBA Essentials |
|---|---|
| Course Title | MBA Essentials |
| 担当教員 Instructor Name | 内古閑 宏(Hiroshi Uchikoga) |
| 授業形態 Class Type | 講義 Regular course |
| 授業形式 Class Format | On Campus |
| 単位 Credits | 2 |
| 言語 Language | EN |
| 科目区分 Course Category | 基礎科目100系 / Basic |
| 学位 Degree | MBA |
| 開講情報 Terms / Location | 2026 GSM Nagoya Spring |
| コード Couse Code | GLP122_G26N |
授業の概要 Course Overview
Mission Statementとの関係性 / Connection to our Mission Statement
This course perfectly aligns with NUCB's Mission Statement as it guides to nurturing leaders with Frontier spirits who can bridge cultural differences. It will provide students insights to confront situations where they require leadership, innovative actions and informed management decisions.
授業の目的(意義) / Importance of this course
Management Essentials is a course that touches the core pillars of management — leading teams, managing organizations and developing innovative services.
学修到達目標 / Achievement Goal
The key components of this curriculum will be:
- Leadership Styles
- Strategy for Growth
- Managing Organizations
- Launching New Products and Services
- Group Think Process and Cognitive Biases
- Corporate Mission and Business Ethics
- Leadership Styles
- Strategy for Growth
- Managing Organizations
- Launching New Products and Services
- Group Think Process and Cognitive Biases
- Corporate Mission and Business Ethics
本授業の該当ラーニングゴール Learning Goals
*本学の教育ミッションを具現化する形で設定されています。
LG1 Critical Thinking
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
LG5 Executive Leadership (EMBA)
LG6 Innovative Leadership (MBA)
LG7 Global Perspective (GLP)
LG2 Diversity Awareness
LG3 Ethical Decision Making
LG4 Effective Communication
LG5 Executive Leadership (EMBA)
LG6 Innovative Leadership (MBA)
LG7 Global Perspective (GLP)
受講後得られる具体的スキルや知識 Learning Outcomes
Through the case discussions, the class will co-create new knowledge that will equip the participants to manage people, products, and projects with a new mindset.
You will be able to;
- understand the importance of developing your learning and management skills
- understand main ideas and controversies shaping management and leadership
- reflect on business ethics while questioning corporate mission to ensure alignment with modern values
- have a clearer idea of the complexities of organizational contexts
- fine-tune your team skills
- feel more comfortable about making public speaking
In the world where environment and structures are dynamically transforming, we must listen to the quote which Peter Drucker gave us as a warning; "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence - it is to act with yesterday's logic."
You will be able to;
- understand the importance of developing your learning and management skills
- understand main ideas and controversies shaping management and leadership
- reflect on business ethics while questioning corporate mission to ensure alignment with modern values
- have a clearer idea of the complexities of organizational contexts
- fine-tune your team skills
- feel more comfortable about making public speaking
In the world where environment and structures are dynamically transforming, we must listen to the quote which Peter Drucker gave us as a warning; "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence - it is to act with yesterday's logic."
SDGsとの関連性 Relevance to Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 4 質の高い教育をみんなに(Quality Education)
教育手法 Teaching Method
| 教育手法 Teaching Method | % of Course Time | |
|---|---|---|
| インプット型 Traditional | 0 % | |
| 参加者中心型 Participant-Centered Learning | ケースメソッド Case Method | 100 % |
| フィールドメソッド Field Method | 0 % | 合計 Total | 100 % |
事前学修と事後学修の内容、レポート、課題に対するフィードバック方法 Pre- and Post-Course Learning, Report, Feedback methods
Case Analysis Reports
- Preparation reports will consist 30% of the final grade.
Class contribution will include;
- class attendance
- quality comments (and not the quantity)
- In-Class Reports
- Performance in Group Presentations during class and Pitch Session on the final day
- Preparation reports will consist 30% of the final grade.
Class contribution will include;
- class attendance
- quality comments (and not the quantity)
- In-Class Reports
- Performance in Group Presentations during class and Pitch Session on the final day
授業スケジュール Course Schedule
第1日(Day1)
April 18Session#1
Session Focus - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
In 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen (""bullet"") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the demands on Tessei continued to grow. Given previous leaders' failed attempts to fix Tessei's problems with increased managerial monitoring and controls, Yabe seeks a creative approach to overcome the motivation, capability, and coordination challenges facing his organization. The case presents students with an opportunity to think through how a well-crafted transparency strategy can act as a powerful leadership tool.
Session#2
Session Focus - Managing Entrepreneurial Organization
A middle-level division manager must decide whether he should support an investment request for a third attempt at launching a new product developed by a struggling business unit. Describes the long, difficult process by which the unit has developed the product--a computer privacy screen--after years of problems and continuing losses, and its absolute faith in the project. Also presents the division manager's concerns about the need for discipline and control, setting up a tension that is focused on the launch decision.
●使用するケース
Session #1: Trouble at Tessei (HBS)Article: Operational Transparency by Ryan W. Buell (HBR)
Session #2: 3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship (HBS)
第2日(Day2)
April 19Session#3
Session Focus - Leadership Style
Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and persuasion in the context of his coaching career.
Successful college basketball coach Bob Knight was fired from his long-time role as basketball coach at Indiana University and hired in the same role at Texas Tech. Considers these events in the context of his long career and provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and persuasion in his leadership role as coach and educator.
Session#4
Session Focus - Leadership Style Part 2
The case follows the story of Brazilian business leader, Ricardo Semler, who took the family marine-pump business, Semco, to multi-national, multi-sector success. To do so, Ricardo Semler dramatically changed his own leadership style by relinquishing control and working less hard, and subsequently transformed the culture at Semco via a radical process of workplace democratisation. Finally, he applied the same leadership principles successfully to other industries: hotels, education, and banking.
Day2(Closing) - Leadership and Searching Inside Yourself
●使用するケース
Session #3: Coach K: A Matter of the Heart / Coach Knight: The Will to Win (HBS)Session #4: Ricardo Semler: A Revolutionary Model of Leadership (INSEAD)
Reading: Zen for Strategy (Darden)
第3日(Day3)
April 25Day3(Opening) - Leadership and Searching Inside Yourself (Experiential Learning Session)
Session#5
Session Focus - Decision Making and Collective Problem Solving
The night before the launch of the Challenger shuttle, officials from Morton Thiokol (Solid Rocket Booster manufacturer) and NASA participated in a teleconference to discuss whether to postpone the shuttle launch due to predicted low temperatures at Kennedy Space Center. This case provides background on the history of NASA's shuttle program, engineering firm Thiokol and Thiokol SRB, and O-ring expert Roger Boisjoly, who was adamant that the shuttle not be launched.
Session #6
Session Focus: Decision-Making and Cognitive Biases
During 1941, Japan faced numerous turning points in which they had to decide whether to go into war with the United States. Japan’s Commander in Chief of the Combined Naval Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, who knew the devastating difference in military power between the two nations, was opposed to confronting the United States until the very last minute when planning for the Pearl Harbour attack. This case provides background on the history of the Japanese government, the Emperor, Naval and military men leading to a catastrophic decision for their motherland.
●使用するケース
Session #5: Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (A)(B) (HBS)Session #6: 1941 Japan: Decision-Making at Turning Points that Shaped History (A)(B) (NUCB)
第4日(Day4)
April 26Session #7
Session Focus - Leadership and Organizational Behavior
On November 26, 2008, heavily armed terrorists launched a series of attacks throughout the western-Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). One of the locations attacked was the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, which was occupied by the terrorists for over three days, resulting in the deaths of 34 people and 28 people injured. However, the Taj received praise in the aftermath of the attacks for the selfless actions of the staff in placing the safety of the hotel's guests before their own and working to save the lives of its guests. This case seeks to address how leaders develop a customer-centric organization.
Session#8
MBA Essentials Pitch Session
●使用するケース
Session #7: Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership - Multimedia Case(HBS)Session #8 No case preparation required.
成績評価方法 Evaluation Criteria
*成績は下記該当項目を基に決定されます。
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
Class contribution will include;
- class attendance
- quality comments (and not the quantity)
- In-Class Reports
- Performance in Group Presentations during class and Pitch Session on the final day
*クラス貢献度合計はコールドコールと授業内での挙手発言の合算値です。
| 講師用内規準拠 Method of Assessment | Weights |
|---|---|
| コールドコール Cold Call | 10 % |
| 授業内での挙手発言 Class Contribution | 60 % |
| クラス貢献度合計 Class Contribution Total | 70 % |
| 予習レポート Preparation Report | 30 % |
| 小テスト Quizzes / Tests | 0 % |
| シミュレーション成績 Simulation | 0 % |
| ケース試験 Case Exam | 0 % |
| 最終レポート Final Report | 0 % |
| 期末試験 Final Exam | 0 % |
| 参加者による相互評価 Peer Assessment | 0 % |
| 合計 Total | 100 % |
評価の留意事項 Notes on Evaluation Criteria
Please note that Preparation Reports consist 30% of the total grade. It will be evaluated independent to the class contribution status.Class contribution will include;
- class attendance
- quality comments (and not the quantity)
- In-Class Reports
- Performance in Group Presentations during class and Pitch Session on the final day
教科書 Textbook
- Reed Hastings / Erin Meyer「No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention」Penguin Press(2020)978-1984881885
- Arthur C. Brooks/Oprah Winfrey「Build the Life You Want」Portfolio/Penguin(2023)978-0-593-71625-0
- Amy C. Edmondson「the fearless organization」Wiley(2019)978-1-394-37335
参考文献・資料 Additional Readings and Resource
Chade-Meng-Tan / Search Inside Yourself / Harper One(2014)978006211693-2
Dale Carnegie / How to Win Friends & Influence People Penguin / Press Pocket Books 1981 978-1-394-37335
Dale Carnegie / How to Win Friends & Influence People Penguin / Press Pocket Books 1981 978-1-394-37335
授業調査に対するコメント Comment on Course Evaluation
Below are the comments from 2025's class. (Course evaluation point average=4.87)
★The professor is truly amazing and his dedication is amazing and serves as a great role model. I learned a lot during his classes. And I am glad that my life at NUCB began with his classes.
★The professor's ability to let everyone speak in class increases students' morale and diverse insights.
★Cases were selected with wisdom, and supplementary materials are demonstrated in classes
★While my first class at NUCB, it honestly feels like the best possible way to get into NUCB and the case discussion culture and life. The professor is able to adequately discuss the process of how discussions should flow and a lot of concepts discussed are foundational for other courses in the future.
★Classmates and the professor creating a culture where everyone participates confidently in the course and discussions without any bias. Uchikoga sensei helps the students to be free, relaxed, and confident when in the class, he never makes it boring for us, I like that about him.
★Very disciplined class, everyone got the chance to speak, professor motivated the students to speak by sharing tips and ways. The presentations done was a good way to engage and break the fear in talking.
★The cases and the pitch session - a balance of critical thinking triggers and group practicals. The facilitation and moderation by Prof Hiroshi was also great, urging each person to clarify and make their point concrete and clear.
★The professor is truly amazing and his dedication is amazing and serves as a great role model. I learned a lot during his classes. And I am glad that my life at NUCB began with his classes.
★The professor's ability to let everyone speak in class increases students' morale and diverse insights.
★Cases were selected with wisdom, and supplementary materials are demonstrated in classes
★While my first class at NUCB, it honestly feels like the best possible way to get into NUCB and the case discussion culture and life. The professor is able to adequately discuss the process of how discussions should flow and a lot of concepts discussed are foundational for other courses in the future.
★Classmates and the professor creating a culture where everyone participates confidently in the course and discussions without any bias. Uchikoga sensei helps the students to be free, relaxed, and confident when in the class, he never makes it boring for us, I like that about him.
★Very disciplined class, everyone got the chance to speak, professor motivated the students to speak by sharing tips and ways. The presentations done was a good way to engage and break the fear in talking.
★The cases and the pitch session - a balance of critical thinking triggers and group practicals. The facilitation and moderation by Prof Hiroshi was also great, urging each person to clarify and make their point concrete and clear.
担当教員のプロフィール About the Instructor
1998年慶應義塾大学理工学部修士課程修了。(株)東芝入社、世界初のノートパソコンを設計したハードウェア設計部に所属。1994年ハーバード・ビジネス・スクール経営大学院修士課程修了(MBA)後、東芝本社パソコン商品企画部にて新型ノートパソコンの企画、インターネット・サービスの立ち上げ、ネット接続型次世代DVD規格の策定に従事。1997年ソフトバンク(株)入社、企業投資室にてスカパーの立ち上げ、インターネット企業投資を実施。ソフトバンクと米国ジオシティーズの合弁会社、ジオシティーズ・ジャパン(株)の設立、事業立上げを指揮。2000年ヴィジョネア(株)を創業、DVDとインターネットの連動技術で事業構築、特許権利化後にライセンスビジネスにピボットし現在に至る。2012年米国シリコンバレーに移り住みYouTuber向けアプリ開発のVeamInc.設立・創業、現在に至る。帰国後アフリカにおける世銀のプロジェクト、ブロックチェーンのビジネス・プロデュースに関与。
Education
Masters Degree in Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
After joining Toshiba's Computer Division in 1988 where he was involved in designing the world's first notebook PC, Hiroshi Uchikoga went to Harvard Business School MBA program. After graduation, he returned to Toshiba Headquarters Product Planning division in 1994, where he engaged in; planning advanced notebook PCs, launching Toshiba's first internet service, and standardizing a new generation video disc format.
When he met Mr. Son of Softbank, Hiroshi decided to work as a manager in the investment division, then led the joint venture between GeoCities (US) and Softbank. In 2000, Hiroshi founded Visionare Corporation, a software development company in Japan which eventually pivoted to a license company after acquiring eight patents, and he moved to Sunnyvale, California in 2012 to start up Veam Inc. - both of which are currently working on a path to successful exits. Returning to Japan in 2017, he acted as Business Producer at World Bank's project in Africa and blockchain related businesses.
Refereed Articles
- (2025) Transition of dynastic control: An empirical analysis of Japanese listed firms. Journal of Business Succession 14