Under ever changing global circumstance, it is crucial to transform companies in accordance to the changes surrounding them.
On the other hand, many companies fail to recognize the change outside, lose their competitiveness or market confidence. Why
do companies take wrong action despite their hope to change? Why many Japanese companies seem not following the global change?
The course is about the basic steps of the change process and how to be a successful change leader.
The course is about the basic steps of the change process and how to be a successful change leader.
Students will understand the necessity of the change, analyze the obstacle and the way to overcome such obstacles.
By learning the cases and through discussion in the class, students are expected to become confident in leading the change in their organization.
By learning the cases and through discussion in the class, students are expected to become confident in leading the change in their organization.
- Students will build the knowledge about success and failure of various cases and be able to analyze and explain the reason.
- Students will understand the various types of leadership and become confident in his/her own leadership style.
- Students will be able to lead the change process in the organization.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Understand the necessity of change. * Learn the overall history of management strategy and change leadership. * Study the reason why Japanese companies suffer from lower business output. |
Think about the needs to change for the company or the organization. | 90minutes |
| Summarize the common symptom in Japanese companies. | 90minutes | ||
| 2. | Crisis Awareness * When crisis awareness is shared in organization. * What leaders should do. |
Pick some examples of crisis from latest news and analyze the cause. | 90minutes |
| Think about how to boost the crisis awareness. | 90minutes | ||
| 3. | Building the core team * How to build the core team for the change. * Facing the opponent group. |
Take example of the week before, think about how to form the change core team. | 90minutes |
| Think about how to lead the core members. | 90minutes | ||
| 4. | Building a new vision *What are "mission, vision and strategy" * Who should build the vision |
Search corporate visions and find the most sympathizable one. Prepare presentation to introduce it. | 90minutes |
| Think about proposing the new vision in the company or the organization. | 90minutes | ||
| 5. | Communicating the vision *How to diffuse and share the vision. * Internal communication and external commitment. |
Plan internal communication methods. | 90minutes |
| Think about new way to effectively share the vision | 90minutes | ||
| 6. | Accelerating employee's commitment * How to encourage employees to promote change. * Organization structure and setting individual objectives |
Prepare idea how to develop human resources. | 90minutes |
| Think about model behavior to accelerate the change. | 90minutes | ||
| 7. | Achieve short term goal * Setting the milestone in short range. * Focus point in the first period. |
Look for some example cases which had short term success. | 90minutes |
| Think about priorities in the initial period. | 90minutes | ||
| 8. | Continue the road to change * How to proceed when short term result is positive or negative. * How to extend the short term goal to long term vision. |
Connect the short term result and long term goal. | 90minutes |
| Build your own roadmap including both short term and long term goal | 90minutes | ||
| 9. | Install the new process into the organization * One shot result to corporate culture. * Top management commitment. |
Check and find the ideal or respected corporate culture. | 90minutes |
| Think about various ways to generate the mindset of change in the organization. | 90minutes | ||
| 10. | Change leader and change manager * Requirement for change leader. * Learn from Konosuke Matsuhita leadership |
Read the "Konosuke" by John. P. Kotter. | 90minutes |
| Valuate Konosuke as the change leader. | 90minutes | ||
| 11. | Servant leadership * Various types of change leaders * Understand the servant leadership |
Learn or read about servant leadership | 90minutes |
| Think about when the servant leadership is needed. | 90minutes | ||
| 12. | Case study of Change Leadership * Car company : crisis and change leaders * Change management from outsider * Change leader in the organization |
Learn about Japanese Car Manufacturers | 90minutes |
| Think about how the change leaders should behave. | 90minutes | ||
| 13. | Case Study 2 * Change leader as top management * Change leader from grass roots |
Learn about other manufacturers cases | 90minutes |
| Final presentation preparation. Pick up one topic from the past assignments and study further to get the deep insight from the case. | 90minutes | ||
| 14. | Making use of Kotter's 8 steps * Summarize the whole steps of change leadership. * Locate the most important steps for Japanese companies. |
Review all the steps | 90minutes |
| Prepare for the final presentation. | 90minutes | ||
| 15. | Final presentation and discussion "Change Leadership" |
Prepare for the presentation. | 90minutes |
| Final presentation slides to be submitted. | 90minutes | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2700minutes |
| Participation | Intermediate presentation | Final presentation | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15% | 10% | 10% | 35% |
| 2. | 15% | 10% | 10% | 35% |
| 3. | 10% | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| Total. | 40% | 30% | 30% | - |
Participation in the class and contribution to the discussion 40 points
Intermediate presentation 30 points
Final presentation 30 points
Evaluation criteria
- Be able to select the theme and find the information according to the assignment. 60%
- Be able to select the appropriate source and analyse it according to the assignment. 70%
- Be able to get the insight and express own thought according to the assignment. >80%
Intermediate presentation 30 points
Final presentation 30 points
Evaluation criteria
- Be able to select the theme and find the information according to the assignment. 60%
- Be able to select the appropriate source and analyse it according to the assignment. 70%
- Be able to get the insight and express own thought according to the assignment. >80%
Textbook:
Leading Change (Kigyo Henkakuryoku) by John P. Kotter, Nikkei BP, 2002, ¥2,000
Reference:
Our Iceberg is Melting by John P. Kotter, Diamond-sha, 2007, ¥1,200
Servant Leadership Nyumon by Toshihiro Kanai, Kanki-shuppan, 2007, ¥1,500
Leading Change (Kigyo Henkakuryoku) by John P. Kotter, Nikkei BP, 2002, ¥2,000
Reference:
Our Iceberg is Melting by John P. Kotter, Diamond-sha, 2007, ¥1,200
Servant Leadership Nyumon by Toshihiro Kanai, Kanki-shuppan, 2007, ¥1,500
* Students will learn the change leadership and its process.
* Students will examine various cases and build the knowledge database of change leadership.
* Students will become confident in extending the study result to their real business situation.
* Students will examine various cases and build the knowledge database of change leadership.
* Students will become confident in extending the study result to their real business situation.
- Before the lecture.
-- Monday 19:00-20:00, Saturday 9:30-10:30 - Anytime by email.
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
- Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
- Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
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