大学公開講座のセカンドアカデミー

【目標】
Firstly， to discuss global business trends and current events in order to gain an understanding of what these trends mean for Japanese companies and their managers and employees. Secondly， to gain the ability to discuss these topics with confidence with your English speaking friends and colleagues as well as， possibly， with your company’s expatriate executives.

【講義概要】
In each class we will talk about a current “hot topic”， e.g.， the increase in overseas M&A by Japanese companies， the “China Plus One” out-sourcing strategy， data/network protection strategies， globalization strategies， etc. We vary the class 'format' to suit the topic of the week. Class formats include individual speeches， team break-outs， and class debates.Each class will also include a “Current Events Round-Up” section in which we will nominate and then discuss 2 or 3 business events from the week that are interesting from a corporate strategy standpoint. For example， we recently talked about Softbank’s plan to try to acquire DreamWorks Animation. Softbank's stock price went down by 8% when the news broke out. Why did investors apparently disagree with this particular choice of target when most of Mr. Son’s previous deals had been quite successful? Whatever the format and topic， the classes are highly interactive. Expect to participate and expect to be challenged.

【ご受講に際して】
◆講義はすべて英語で行います。
◆Weekly assignments including some research and preparation， e.g.， for an individual speech of 2-3 minutes.

名前	Philip C. Jones
肩書き	エクステンションセンター講師
プロフィール	アメリカ出身。 ロードアイランド大学卒;BS(政治学)。 ハワイ大学大学院卒業;MBA (国際ビジネス)。 専攻分野は国際ビジネス、M&A、企業戦略・開発、政治学。Sigmaxyz Inc. Senior Advisor (M&A)。Cartus Mobility客員講師。指導テーマは主に“Managing A Business Unit In Japan” and“Effectively Doing Business In America”。ACCJ Journal; Changes in Japan’s Logistics Industry執筆。