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Admissions Criteria
The Graduate School of International Management of IUJ is dedicated to developing tomorrow’s leaders.

Applicants will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria in accordance with the mission above.
1. Clearness of career goals, significance and positioning of proposed study in the IUJ MBA/E-business Management program toward those goals.
2. Aptitude and potential to become a business leader who can manage increasingly globalizing organizations.
3. Maturity and fair sense of values as a member of the multinational and multicultural IUJ community and interest in understanding different cultures, actively communicating with others, and creating a world-wide human network

Number Of Students
A combined maximum of seventy-five (75) students for MBA and E-Business Management programs are admitted per year.

Time Of Enrollment
Enrollment in the IUJ MBA program or the IUJ E-Business Management program is possible only in September, at the start of the fall term.

Kyoto University is one of the two universities where economic education in Japan started more than a hundred years ago. The history of economic education at Kyoto University goes back to April 1900 when the first lecture in Economics was delivered at the College of Law, Kyoto Imperial University. The Faculty of Economics was established in 1919, and the year 2004 marked its 85th anniversary. We are very proud of our faculty’s long history.

Throughout its history, our university’s academic tradition has been to maintain an atmosphere of freedom and independence from the authorities. Even in times of authoritarian government in Japan, our university has kept that tradition.

Although our principle to respect freedom and independence has not changed, we have realized that Japanese universities must undergo fundamental changes to answer the needs of our fast changing society. Originally, our faculty had two purposes, i.e. to train professional researchers and educate undergraduate students. Over the last two decades, however, our mission has expanded to emphasizing recurrent education and accepting students from overseas. Today, both in our graduate and undergraduate courses, we have the highest ratio of international students among the economic departments of Japanese national universities.

This April, we established a new course focusing on business scienceﾓ. In the near future, we are planning to open a management school where teaching will be done not only by our academic staff but also by business professionals. These are the results of our efforts to provide study opportunities to students with work experience.

Needless to say, our mission is not only to educate students but also to enhance our research abilities. In 2003, our faculty’s research program, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Economic Research, was selected as part of the 21st Century Center of Excellence Programs funded by MEXT (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology). Under the fierce competition for research funds, we are proud of having received the opportunity to promote our research agenda.

Since understanding the recent changes in China has become of great importance for economists and business leaders all around the world, we established a China-related research center (Shanghai Center) in 2002. The Center is a joint undertaking of our Faculty and Fudan University in Shanghai. Although research on contemporary China is the main purpose of the center, we hope that it will play an important role in student education too.

FB2701 The Leader of the Future

Course Aims & Objectives:
This course helps students acquire a deeper understanding of the personal and societal aspects of leadership with an aim to prepare them for life-long development as a leader and business professional.

Units: 1

Level: B2

Keyword Syllabus:
Leadership Theory - Great man theory/Trait Approach, Action-centred, Contingency Theory, Style, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory/Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Charismatic Leadership/Impression Management, Global Leadership in the Information Technology Age, Critique of Leadership Theories.

Leadership Skills - Vision and Mission Building, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision-making, Team work, Values, Trust, and Integrity, Leadership in Cross-culture Setting.

Teaching Pattern:
Duration of course: 1 semester
Current mix of lecture/tutorial/laboratory, other: One 3-day camp, lecture, tutorial

Assessment Pattern:
Examination duration: Nil
Percentage distribution of marks for coursework, examination, other: 100% Coursework
Grading pattern: Pass/Fail

Pre-requisite(s): Nil

Pre-cursor(s): Nil

Equivalent Course(s): Nil

Management of Organizations

The mission of the department is to be a leading intellectual center for management and organization research in the Asia-Pacific region. To this end it continues to recruit and retain the brightest minds from around the world. It provides its students with the necessary training and preparation for them to become responsible and responsive professionals. It also works with local business leaders to identify and address pressing management problems through research, consultation and involvement in community activities.

Recognizing its unique position in the region where the notion of East meets West is epitomized, the department adopts a two-pronged strategy to develop global business knowledge and also accentuate its edge in building local expertise. First, the department encourages and supports its faculty to pursue their diverse research interests. Second, the department also makes concerted efforts to develop its strength in research on management and organization in the Chinese context.

The department’s faculty members are renowned for high-quality, cutting-edge research, and have published their work in the best management journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), the Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), the Academy of Management Review (AMR), the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP), Organization Science (OS), and the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ).

The goal of the department’s PhD program is to develop outstanding scholars who are able to teach in major research universities in Asia and around the world, and who are able to become major contributors to the frontiers of management knowledge by publishing their work in the best management journals.

Our program provides solid training in the theory and methods of various fields of management such as human resource management and strategic management. Apart from rigorous course work, students gain hands-on experience in the research process through working with faculty members on research projects from the early stages of their study. Thus, the program offers students a highly stimulating learning environment and enables them to cultivate first-tier research skills to pursue academic excellence.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Finance

The mission of the Finance department is to teach and conduct research on the financial markets and on the investment and financial decisions made by individuals and corporations. While striving to be one of the top finance programs in the world, the Department places special emphasis on developing expertise on Asian financial markets. The Center for Asian Financial Markets specializes in basic and applied research related to the Asian financial markets.

In a study on finance research output in Financial Management, the official journal of the Financial Management Association International, HKUST was named the top university in the Asia-Pacific region. Arizona State University’s research ranking of finance departments throughout the world (based on publications in the top four journals in finance during 1991-2005) ranked HKUST 23rd in the world.

Because of the quality of its faculty, the Department has quickly gained an international reputation for its research, as well as a local reputation for its expertise in corporate finance, derivatives, and the local and regional financial markets.

The teaching in the department is both current and relevant, and its programs in corporate finance, derivatives and risk management are highly regarded by local industry. This recognition has transformed into favorable placement of its students and repeated recruitment from major firms. PhD graduates are well sought after by universities and research organizations.

University of Guam

The mission of the School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA) is:
To excel as the regional center for education and development of professionals and leaders for business and government, entrepreneurial managers and socially responsible leaders.
To serve as a community resource for research, service and the dissemination of knowledge to individuals and organizations within the region.

The SBPA missions relates to the University of Guam mission. As a land-grant institution, the University provides programs and outreach opportunities that integrate SBPA and its students into the fabric of the community and the development of regional economies. The liberal arts setting and General Education requirements of the University are integral to SBPA professional degree programs and curricula.

In its mission commitment to teaching, service and research, SBPA is dedicated to the success of its students by providing quality bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in business administration, criminal justice and public administration with concentration appropriate to the region.

The School is a repository of knowledge for economic and business issues, where scholarship and service support and enhance its educational programs. The School encourages faculty and students to undertake applied research and provide community and university services for the benefit of business and public agencies in the region. The School plays an important role in providing needed services to the community and university through small business development, conferences, seminars, and professional consulting to business and government.
The School espouses the following core values that relate to its mission, its students and its vision of the future:

Academic quality: Critical thinking supported by strong fundamental skills
Cultural diversity

Social responsibility: currency and excellence in thought and action
Lifelong learning and growth

Strong work ethic: teamwork, hard work, dedication and continuous improvement
Social and economic development of Guam and the Western Pacific region
Graduates who can compete globally, think strategically and respond to change.

Accreditation

The School of Business and Public Administration’s business programs have been granted full accreditation by the International Association for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).