開講学期
Course Start
2012年度 前期
授業区分
Regular or Intensive
週間授業
対象学科
Department
All Divisions
対象学年
Year
MC Freshmen
必修・選択
Mandatory or Elective
Optional subject
授業方法
Lecture or Seminar
Lectures and Discussions
授業科目名
Course Title
経営科学 (English class)
単位数
Number of Credits
2
担当教員
Lecturer
Prof. Toshitsugu Takai
教員室番号
Office
A138 or Career Support Center
連絡先(Tel)
Telephone
5132
連絡先(E-mail)
E-mail
t-takai@mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp
オフィスアワー
Office Hour
12:55-14:25, Wednesday
授業のねらい
Learning Objectives
Management is the function undertaken by executives to direct, coordinate and
control all those activities of an organization to complete its objectives. As
an introductory course for Graduate Students at Master’s course of
Engineering, we will give a brief overview of its history and cover
basic concepts of management as well as modern theories. Topics from
Management of Technology (MOT) will also be covered. This class will be
carried out in English. Students' participation in classromm discussions are
welcome. For such purpose, please note we can accept only about 40 students.
到達度目標
Outcomes Measured By:
1)To understand social functions and disfunctions of enterprises in the course of economic development and social change 
2)To learn about brief history of the development of Management Science and understand its basic concepts and structure
3)To learn about several management cases to deepen understandings of management in actual settings  
授業計画
Course Schedule
First & Second Week : Enterprises and Structural Change in Industry
Do enterprises bring structural change in Industry? Or any structural change in Industry transforms enterprises? As an introduction to this course, questions as to functions of Management is raised in both in Macro and Micro Socio-Economic System. We will pick up Japanese Beer Market as our case study to consider strategic actions taken by Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, Suntory, and Daiei.

Third Week : Melancholy of Taylor and the birth of Management Science
This week’s theme is Taylor, the Father of Scientific Management. We will look at what he searched for through his Shop-Management and Task-Management, and consider why he had to die in desperation, where we can find a real problem that management has to face.

Fourth Week : From Ford to GM
It is not too much to say that mass production and mass consumption started with Ford. How could they succeed in lowering automobile prices that used to be so expensive? How could they succeed in doubling income of American workers? Their production system is the theme of this week. We have to note the black color of T-Ford was not that of forced uniformity, but the color of the American Dream. Soon, however, the fall of Ford came. We will study how GM challenged Ford to question the power of organizational structure.

Fifth Week : Discovery of Human Relations
The struggle between Ford and GM brought out many problems of management into the light of scientific research. Above all Human Relations, which started as a part of Scientific Management, has made a big progress with Hawthorne Experiments. We will see its development to find the role of manager, or leadership.

Sixth Week : From GM to Toyota
It might be a big surprise for many students that the term Japanese Management at first meant a severe criticism to Japanese Enterprises in their poor quality control, irresponsible behaviors etc. Is this understanding of Japanese Management correct or wrong? We will study about this point through how Toyota challenged GM with their production system, known as TPS(Toyota Production System).

More details of content will be delivered first week of lecture.
教科書
Required Text
No textbooks are assigned, but Hand-out Resume will be delivered every lecture
参考書
Required Materials
Reference will be given when necessary
 
教科書・参考書に関する備考
成績評価方法
Grading Guidelines
Making two reports will be required. Each Full marak is 50 points, and the total is 100. For obtaining credits, it is required to get more than 60 poins. Note that we do not accept any make-up reports or offer any make-up tests.
履修上の注意
Please Note
When you are taking this course as one of those reqirements in MOT Program, please note that this course is not counted as either of 「Courses of common subjects and other Divisions subject」 required for Master's degree.
教員メッセージ
Message from Lecturer
As human factors play important roles in management, we would like to encourage all students to be more interested in wider disciplines of knowledge from not only Economics and Sociology but also Cultural Anthropology and Theory of Knowledge and other Human Sciences. Your participation in classroom discussion with your imagination in humanity is much welcome.
学習・教育目標との対応
Learning and Educational
Policy
Understanding social and cultural context located behind technological development
関連科目
Associated Courses
備考
Remarks