No matter how earnestly you observe rain, you will not be able to understand the mechanism that causes it; the same holds true for social phenomena. It is difficult to recognize the antecedent of an incident if you can only observe the incident itself.
In HUB-SBA Management Analysis, participants learn the fundamentals of business management, accounting, finance, and marketing. They apply this knowledge to explore and understand the background of business-related social phenomena. The program guides participants in logical, evidence-based analysis of these phenomena, producing graduates with a complete understanding of modern business issues.
In addition, the program also equips participants with the professional communication skills needed to convey their insights by developing English communication abilities (Japanese language skills for international students) and presentation skills.
The mission of the School of Business Administration (SBA) at Hitotsubashi University is to foster leadership, innovation, and integrity in its graduates. These graduates will go on to become business leaders who will stimulate growth in Japan and other economies across the globe. Such leaders require a profound understanding of contemporary management issues. The SBA endowed lecture series provides these students with a competitive edge in management analysis by delivering an invaluable opportunity to engage in a “dialogue between theory and practice” with leading Japanese and international practitioners and experts.
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Hitotsubashi University, established in 1875 as the Shoho-Koshujo, has since the time of its predecessors, the Tokyo Higher Commercial School and the Tokyo University of Commerce, sent out many highly specialized professionals with objective analytical skills and deep-thinking ability, mainly in the industrial world.
The Master's Course in Business Administration of the Graduate School of Business Administration aims to continue Hitotsubashi University’s tradition by cultivating highly specialized professionals with advanced expertise and analytical skills related to corporate management who can play a leading role in companies and organizations.
Specifically, our mission is to nurture leaders who possess both deep insight and effective communication skills, to nurture professionals with creativity supported by advanced professional skills, and to nurture human resources with high ethical standards who will contribute to the sound development of society.
By acquiring a broad range of theoretical and practical knowledge and deep insight through their studies in this course, students are expected to become core management professionals who can creatively conceive and realize excellent companies and businesses, as well as professional human resources who make full use of their advanced specialized knowledge and analytical skills to lead society in Japan and abroad.
The student will be judged to have acquired the abilities and qualities indicated in 1. Abilities and Qualities to be Acquired when he/she has fulfilled the requirements for completion as stipulated in the rules and regulations of the Graduate School of Business Administration and the detailed regulations of the Graduate School.
In the Management Analysis Program of the Master's Course in Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University (hereinafter referred to as the Management Analysis Program), students will acquire a wide range of basic knowledge and concepts related to corporate management, deeply analyze issues that arise in real society, propose creative solutions, and implement these solutions based on a high ethical standard. The program focuses on nurturing management professionals who can lead society. To this end, we have established an educational curriculum based on the following concept of curriculum organization, which includes content and methods of study, achievement of learning outcomes, and evaluation methods for achievement of learning outcomes.
The Management Analysis Program is a full-time program offered on weekdays during the daytime for a diverse group of students from Japan and abroad, including working professionals, recent graduates, and international students. The curriculum of the Management Analysis Program consists of ① lecture courses and ② seminar courses. Lecture courses are arranged in a systematic and step-by-step manner so that students can acquire the knowledge necessary to think about business management. Seminar courses are offered in the first and second years and are designed to enhance students' ability to analyze and solve problems faced in the real world, respecting the different perspectives and values they will encounter during intensive dialogue in a setting with diverse participants.
① Lecture Courses
In addition to the core courses focusing on the four areas of business administration, marketing, accounting, and finance, elective courses are offered as applied courses to learn more specialized content and advanced thinking in each area. Core subjects provide a systematic understanding of the standard content that serves as the foundation for further learning. In elective courses, students can study cutting-edge theories and topics based on their own interests. In addition, lectures in English are also offered, allowing students to deepen their knowledge through a combination of lectures in Japanese and English.
In these lecture courses, students will learn theories that are indispensable in considering various issues in corporate management, and at the same time, through practical methods such as case discussions and data analysis, they will acquire the ability to organically relate theoretical ideas to the real world and apply them to actual corporate management.
② Seminar Courses
In the seminar courses, students develop the ability to gain deep insight into, and creatively solve, various issues in business management through repeated reading, writing, and thinking processes under the meticulous guidance of faculty members. At the same time, the purpose of this small-group education is to nurture a highly ethical and noble spirit.
The objectives for each of the lecture and seminar courses are clearly stated in the syllabus.
In lecture courses, students are evaluated on their level of achievement in meeting the objectives of the syllabus through examinations and reports. In the seminar courses, the degree of achievement toward the objectives will be evaluated through reports and presentations.
In addition, workshop reports that are considered to be research products are evaluated based on the prescribed review system and criteria.
Furthermore, in order to confirm the degree of achievement of the learning objectives through a systematic program, the Graduate School is continuously working on the Assurance of Learning (AoL), which meets the high standards required for the international accreditation of business schools. The results are used to improve the content of each course and the curriculum as a whole.
In addition, research ethics education is provided to all students to prevent misconduct in research activities.
In the Management Analysis Program of the Master's Course in Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University (hereinafter referred to as the Management Analysis Program), a diverse range of human resources will develop a broad understanding of basic concepts related to corporate management and then cultivate the ability to think deeply about various issues faced in the real world and propose creative solutions.
Because of the intense and demanding academic training required, a clear awareness of issues related to corporate management and one's own career, as well as the intellectual ability to acquire advanced specialized knowledge and analytical skills, are indispensable for admission. The core of this intellectual ability is basic thinking and communication skills. In addition, a sense of mission to solve various problems in society with strict adherence to a high level of ethics is also indispensable.
The school selects students for admission who display the qualities explained in the Target Applicants section.
The Management Analysis Program recognizes the importance in its student body and has tailored its selection processes to accommodate students from different walks of life. These processes include general selection, special selection for company-sponsored applicants, internal selection, and special selection for applicants from designated universities. All applicants are evaluated on the Three Elements of Academic Proficiency: their knowledge and skills; their ability to think, judge, and express themselves; and their attitude toward both learning independently and collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds.
Working adults, recent graduates, and applicants from other countries who are long-term residents in Japan must demonstrate an advanced ability to understand and articulate issues. For this reason, the general selection process includes application document screening, the completion of an essay or mathematics exam, the provision of a score from a third-party standardized English proficiency exam, and an interview.
Company-sponsored applicants are expected to play an active role in the management of their sponsoring companies after completing the program. For this reason, the special selection process requires applicants to have at least three years of work experience. The benefits of this experience are evaluated through the screening of application documents and an interview.
There is an internal selection process for applicants from the bachelor's programs in Hitotsubashi University's, as well as a special selection process for applicants from bachelor's programs in designated universities.