Sound management creates a competitive organization, while loose management guides a company to difficulties in the long run and makes stakeholders, including employees and their families, face an unexpected, tough environment. Finance is an excellent tool to examine the current situation with facts and logic, and also to evaluate the impact and feasibility of strategic options.

Everybody need not become a financial specialist. However, understanding how to use finance is indispensable for a good management officer.

My class is designed to create good management officers, rather than financial specialists.

Under the new global paradigm of highly demanding customers, aggressive competitors, and uncertainty reigning in many territories, being top of the class in one or two core company functions is not enough. For any company pursuing global growth and leadership today, Industry 4.0 and operation strategy management have become key competitive advantages. Companies need highly skilled executives with a strategic mindset in operations who are able to develop digital business and operations.

The global environment that characterizes the business world has recognized the importance of developing strategies that go beyond a country’s geographic borders or traditional approaches. Today, it is common to see companies that develop a new product in Japan, manufacture it overseas, and market it in hundreds of countries through multichannel distribution. The world has become a “digital marketplace,” not only to sell but also to buy and build partnerships. Products are increasingly including more components from third parties and different sources. The strategic nature of operations and logistics has taken on a special relevance as the ultimate competitive differentiation supported by emerging technologies: IoT, AI, big data, smart sensors, autonomous robots, 3D printing, cloud computing, cyber security, extended reality, etc.

The integral management of operations and logistics is vital to the new business environment, which is characterized by competitiveness, globalization of the economy, digitalization, outsourcing, use of emerging technologies, and a demand for flexibility and risk management. All of this allows more rapid adaptation to continuous changes.

By joining our classes, you will learn leading methods, frameworks, and tools. Moreover, you will become familiar with how top-class companies develop operation strategies to maximize competitive value by both traditional and digitalized business models. You will get the managerial knowledge of operations and emerging technologies for strategic decisions with the goal to support growth and competitiveness. You will acquire a new strategic mindset, plus some of the most indispensable skills for your executive leadership or entrepreneurial career.

Japan and Europe have much in common in the sense that they have achieved various innovations that impacted the world and possess an impressive cultural and historical heritage.

Now, more than ever, leaders from East and West should work hand in hand to demonstrate leadership in solving global challenges. GLOBIS Europe is committed to playing such a role by developing visionary leaders who can drive creation and innovation in society.

With new technologies disrupting almost every industry today, preparing for the future has never been this challenging. To cope with this kind of change, there is a strong need to rethink how we develop and execute business strategies. Throughout our journey together, you will learn how to scan surrounding environments and detect new threats and opportunities, which we will leverage to create sound strategies. At the same time, we take a closer look at our current and future customers, aiming to deliver new value and distinguish ourselves from our competitors. My end goal is to equip you with practical business skills, speed up and enhance your decision-making processes, and prepare you for the changes to come.

Of course, you will do all this together with a network of passionate classmates who will provide a variety of new perspectives and insights to help you on your way. No matter what the future brings, I will ensure you have a solid foundation to take action!

Various skills and knowledge are required to be successful in business. Arguably one of the most difficult skills to master, however, is managing and dealing with people.

Are leaders born or made? Why do people and organizations tend to resist change? How can you bring about necessary change in your team or organization? How do you empower and motivate your team to be successful and achieve the best performance?

These are some of the key themes we will cover in our Organizational Behavior and Leadership class—and I look forward to your active participation. See you in class!

People make the difference in times of technological changes and innovation. Join me on a discovery tour of different aspects of leadership. I hope that by working together on real world cases, you will be able to gain valuable insights for your own leadership journey.

People say that we can develop leadership, but leadership styles tend to be sticky. The best way to strengthen your leadership is to understand yourself. Maximize your strengths and obtain the skills to adjust your style depending on the situation. I am delighted to help each of you maximize your leadership inside and outside the classroom. My goal is to help you succeed in your business and life ahead. See you in class.

As a remote work communication and creativity consultant, I help individuals and organizations overcome the challenges of communicating, collaborating, and creating when working with hybrid and remote teams.

My mission and passion are to help individuals and organizations harness their innate creativity and, through storytelling, share that with the world.

Being a graduate of GLOBIS, I understand how difficult it is to juggle work, family, friends, and study. But I also know how rewarding it is to learn new things and to be able to try them in the real world of business. I can truly attest to the value of the learning, the networks, and the personal mission that students hone during their time here at the school. We all have a lot to learn from each other.

Through confident action, my personal mission is to guide others to shared understanding for a better world. I will learn from every interaction and contribute to a better world by helping others achieve their daily and life goals. I will enable people to create new opportunities by bringing them together across borders.

My teaching in class reflects this belief. I will learn from you all and will be sure to create an environment where we all learn from each other. Let’s master the essentials of marketing and strategy!

A strong grasp of marketing concepts and theory acts as the sounding board for any marketer as they build strategies to grow their business and launch campaigns. However, one also needs an understanding what happens in the real world.

In addition to advancing student knowledge of marketing, I hope to provide that reality check for class participants.

Welcome to GLOBIS. During your studies with us, it is important to keep clear goals in mind at all times. What you should aim to learn is not just academic knowledge, but practical skills and a mindset which can be used in real business situations. This is one of the core benefits of the GLOBIS MBA.

In my class, I always try to connect business knowledge with real business activities. I also ask you to keep this in mind. Without applying knowledge to real situations, it does not mean anything.

I look forward to meeting you in class and helping you on your journey to becoming a visionary business leader!

Given the longevity of our careers and the rate at which work is changing, it’s no secret that lifelong learning is now a necessity. In the Critical Thinking course, we will learn skills that are broadly applicable, in high demand, and difficult to automate.

Lifelong learning should be a blessing, not a burden. There is little in this world which fulfills us more than putting new skills into practice, and that is what we aim to achieve through my course. I look forward to welcoming you to class!

Welcome to GLOBIS! In my class, you and your classmates will tackle real challenges through cases and discuss the issues. My hope is that you will not only be equipped with tools or techniques, but also develop your own wisdom to help you pursue your personal mission. I hope you’ll have an enjoyable and meaningful time with us!

Throughout this course, I would like you all to gain more interest, excitement, and imagination toward business. Understanding accounting and tackling financial analysis and strategy will surely help you to obtain perspectives from various players, including CEOs, lenders, equity investors, and employees. At the end, you will have a wider basis of knowledge that will help you when making difficult decisions in the real world.

The purpose of an MBA is not only to acquire knowledge but also to cultivate friendship, leadership, and entrepreneurship. To build up those “ships,” you have to get on the same “ship” and spend time with your classmates. Welcome to the class, our ship of learning!

“Why are a few service organizations better in and year out at what they do than their competitors? Outstanding service organizations are managed differently from their merely good competitors. Missions are stated differently. Managers act differently. Actions are based on totally different assumptions about the way success is achieved. Heskett J, et al. at HBS have developed and tested with quantifiable measures of a set of these relationships that they have come to call the service profit chain. Acquiring this concept through case discussion definitely help you mobilize your organization. The more you express your thoughts, the deeper you understand the concept.”

Finance can be one of the most challenging courses in that it requires extensive quantitative analyses and an accurate output of numbers. At the same time, it is rewarding because finance is an essential tool for managers who want to create values and measure them. Effective managers need to be able to make decisions and communicate in terms of numbers.

In my class, I try to bring in real-world settings through vigorous class discussions. The more committed you are, the more you’ll find your learning experiences rewarding.