Two-year Part-time MBA to start your leadership journey
The Shizenkan MBA program aims to provide a starting point for the “leadership journey” of challengers with a frontier spirit, who take initiatives to realize a better future for humanity. It is a challenge to drive oneself and create a future that has yet to be seen. The program supports you to cultivate professional skills and leadership philosophies, as well as to build a network of support and collaboration.
The program is part-time, with classes taking place at weekday evenings and on weekends. This enables students continue their career while learning new skills and capabilities. Students normally complete all coursework in 20 months. The program starts in late August every year.
The program consists of four subject groups, which are illustrated in the following diagram.
Fundamentals of Innovation Management
This group includes topics which are the basis for whole-person management leadership and is composed of four sub-categories: 1. Understanding the World, History, and Human Existence, 2. Facing the Self and Others, 3. Envisioning and Validating a Business Scheme, and 4. Mobilizing People and Organization. Most of courses in this group are compulsory for all students.
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Integrative Courses in Innovation Management
This group aims to offer students an opportunity to integrate various facets of innovation management. It includes two themes: 8. Roles and Responsibilities of a Management Leader, and 9. Beliefs and Character Required of a Management Leader. The courses are either compulsory, elective, or optional (students can choose in accordance with their interest, but it does not count towards graduation requirements).
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Advanced Courses in Innovation Management
This group is consisted of more advanced elective courses. We offer three tracks, 5. Global Management Transformation, 6. Sustainability & Social Innovation, and 7. Entrepreneurship and Tech Innovation, from which each student can choose courses in accordance with their interests.
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Individual Project
The core of the 2nd year curriculum is 10. Individual Project. Each student develops a business proposal, putting themselves in the shoes of a management leader. This is compulsory for all students and runs throughout the 2nd year.
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Program Overview
| School | Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation |
| Degree | Master of Business Administration in Design and Leadership for Societal Innovation |
| Enrollment per yer | 80 students |
| Duration of study | 2 years |
| Academic year and term dates | Two-semester system: 1st semester: 20 Aug – 10 Jul (Winter break: late Dec – early Jan) 2nd semester: 11 Jan – 19 Aug (Summer break: early – late Aug) |
| Class schedule | Weekday evenings (18:30 – 21:45), Weekends (8:45-20:00) |
| Language of instruction | Japanese/English * Students can complete the program in either of them. * Some courses are offered only in one language, and some courses use both languages. |
| Graduation requirements | Acquire the number of credits that are specified in the School Regulations. |
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