1. Lecture Subject

Global Career

2. Lecture Title

The Japanese HR system and career design in the company

3. Number of Credits

2

4. Eligible Years

1-4

5. Instructor

TAKEUCHI Kamihito

6. Period

First semester

(Term 04/08/2025 - 08/05/2025)

7. Term/Day

Mon 14:40-16:10

8. Language

English

9. Class Outline, Objectives

Students will learn the characteristics of management and human resource systems in Japanese companies and understand that careers are traded in the marketplace, a mechanism determined by supply and demand. In this environment, this program is designed to help students integrate (1) management theory and (2) career theory, and to learn knowledge and skills that will enable them to (3) career consult themselves and effectively support the feasibility of the career design they have drawn for themselves. Career design, no matter what kind of profession we pursue. It is our theme for a lifetime. Take this opportunity to acquire a foundation that you can use throughout your life.
This is a practical career design and internship preparation program for international students before starting a career or internship at the selected companies that operate in Japan.
This program will be designed with careful study and analysis of the working environment focused on the company in Japan.
Working in concert with the actual internship program (Career education practice for international students)　the goal of this program is not only to master international students' practical working skills but also to create a mutual understanding between the students and companies.

10. Class Schedule

Career design goes beyond job hunting and can be seen as the design of a lifelong way of life. It is also a question of how one faces the marketplace where careers are traded and how one overcomes competition from rivals, the providers of other careers. Thus, assuming that each individual's current and expected future "career" is economically traded in the labor market, not only is its value economically converted into wages and compensation through the relationship between supply and demand, but its scarcity and stability in positioning, which is positioned according to specialization and price level band are affected.
Positioning "careers" in this environment requires extremely strategic thinking and preparation. At the same time, careers become objects that can be deliberately and systematically designed, and learning to maximize their potential becomes essential. Considering that the subjects of "careers" are not only individual and different human beings, but also "commodities" as labor force to be traded in the market, career design requires knowledge and experience not only in career theory but also in management theory.

This lecture is positioned as a "class course by teachers with practical experience" recommended by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as "a class course that provides practical education by utilizing practical experience in career design in the classroom. Through over 30 years of corporate human resource experience and practical experience as a manager running a human resource supply business in the labor market as a career consultant, a national professional qualification, the faculty member in charge of this course provides students with an understanding of the reality of the various processes surrounding employment that occur in companies and various social organizations: recruitment, education, evaluation, treatment, retirement, post-employment career, etc. The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the reality of a series of employment-related events, such as the following The program is structured as a practical education program for students to internalize through reality-based learning and exercises a series of employment-related events such as recruitment, training, evaluation, compensation, retirement, and post-employment career, which occur in companies and various social organizations.
Learning Objectives:
The course aims to deepen students' understanding of career design by learning basic management and career theories for designing strategic career design and understanding them to the level of applying them to their own career design, as well as creating career plans utilizing rational decision-making techniques for (1) industries, (2) companies, and (3) occupations that will be the main battlegrounds of their future careers, The course also aims to deepen students' understanding of career design by designing an "optimal human resource model" for an organization through exercises and a level of ability to rationally explain one's own career goals to others.

Class contents, methods, and schedule
Online classes in principle + face-to-face classes on Saturdays
Self-understanding and career planning through understanding of Japanese-style management and mock interview exercises, and designing an optimal HR system by international students (G exercise assignment)
① Leader Study (Lecture + GW)
② Japanese-style management and human resource system (lecture + GW)
(2) Mock exercise of Japanese interview system (lecture + GW)
③Creating a plan for career design and designing a human resource system (group exercise assignment)

Method and schedule of progress
Basically, online and monthly intensive lectures, with a maximum of 16 sessions per half year.
(1) Every Monday, 4th period
First half of the year = April, May, June 4 courses✕ 3 weeks = 12 courses
Second half of the year = October, November, December 4 courses✕ 3 weeks = 12 courses
(2) Intensive lecture (3rd or 4th Saturday) 2nd and 3rd periods
First half of the year = April, May, June 2 consecutive courses✕ 3 sessions = 6 courses
Second half of the year = October, November, December 2 consecutive courses✕ 3 sessions = 6 courses

11. Evaluation/Assignments

Evaluation will focus on the level of understanding of lecture content and the originality and clarity of the development of the student's own personal theory. Comprehensive evaluation of attendance (class participation), comprehension tests, quizzes, reports, and attendance
1. Ordinary score : 60% (attendance rate, class participation)
2. Exercise assignment: 20%.
3. Report: 20%.

S...... special favor (90-100%)
A......... Yu (80-89%)
B......... good (70-79%)
C......... available (60-69%)
D......... not available (0-59%)

12. Textbooks

All materials utilized in the lecture will be distributed during the lecture

13. Out of Class Study

Preparation Review:
You will need to review the relevant knowledge and theories after the class. (You will need to allow 1 to 3 hours of review time for each lecture.

14. Notes on Enrolling

Learning Attitude:
Students are expected to participate proactively in class and review after class. In particular, students are expected to think about how to apply what they have learned and understood about management theory, career theory, and various theories related to EQ to their career design.

15. Syllabus URL

The Japanese HR system and career design in the company (TBC)

16. ICL Enrollment Limit

None

17. Language Requirements

No Japanese language ability is required.

18. Frequency of Intercultural Collaborative Learning Activities

It will be 100
All lectures will be covered. This is a programme in which international students and Japanese students from multiple universities will engage in collaborative learning

19. Other (Notes for ICL Enrollees)

There are no particular restrictions, but there is a face-to-face intensive lecture once a month. (We will also consider making it possible to take the course online.)