Curriculum

Our Unique Study Areas

Critical & Analytical Skills

Logical thinking and clear communication are must-haves for leaders in an increasingly complex world.

The Skills You’ll Gain:

Analyze complex situations and data
Make effective decisions
Communicate ideas to persuade various stakeholders

Highlighted Courses:

Critical Thinking: Learn the frameworks and techniques for logical decision-making and persuasion. Evaluate complex business problems, reduce bias, and devise solutions for a variety of challenges.
Business Analytics: Understand the principles and methods of basic quantitative analysis, and then apply them to practical business settings for better decision-making.
Facilitation and Negotiation: Gain practical techniques to resolve conflict and build consensus in meetings and projects.

Creation & Innovation

Creating new value is one of the most challenging things to do in business, but it can also be the most rewarding. The world is defined by those who create and innovate.

The Skills You’ll Gain:

How to harness strategy, finance, and human resources to bring innovation to life
Confidence as an entrepreneur and intrapreneur

Highlighted Courses:

Venture Capital and Finance: As a team, develop a startup idea and pitch it to your classmates, who act as potential investors. Find opportunities for innovation and support them with a strong strategy and financial plan.

Technovate

Every organization today needs a leader who supports technology as an avenue to innovation and competitive advantage.

The Skills You’ll Gain:

Familiarity with the most important technology today
Tactics for applying technology as a business advantage

Highlighted Courses:

Technovate Thinking: Gain a fundamental understanding of information and communications technology.
Data Science for Business: Learn how to solve problems with computers and AI.
Design Thinking and User Experience: Sharpen your creativity to revolutionize the customer experience.
Innovation through Virtual Teams: Get ahead of the hybrid work curve with tactics to leverage the power of remote teams.

Japan/Asia/Global

Every global organization needs to understand the big picture of how macroeconomics and culture influence business.

The Skills You’ll Gain:

Awareness of the broad factors that influence any business
How to effectively manage global challenges and leverage opportunities
A global perspective that includes Japanese management concepts, globalization strategy, macroeconomics, and cross-cultural leadership

Highlighted Courses:

Cross Cultural Management: Leverage case studies, role-playing exercises, and self-evaluation to develop an understanding of cultural contexts for global leadership.

Management Philosophy

Why do we do business? Every leader must understand this simple question to set a definition of success for the organization and achieve something that is personally rewarding.

The Skills You’ll Gain:

A clearer vision of what you want to do
Courage to take big career risks to achieve your goals

Highlighted Courses:

Entrepreneurial Leadership: Explore a diverse range of leadership styles through books and in-depth discussions. Develop your own image of the leader you want to be.