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This course will give lectures on game theory to analyze the strategic interdependence of people and organizations in society, from the beginning to relatively advanced contents. Rather than pursuing mathematical rigor, I would like to give priority to students mainly to understand game theoretical way of thinking. Therefore, advanced mathematical knowledge is not required, but the explanation itself is quite logical.
The content to be dealt mainly with orthodox noncooperative game theory, but includes recent topics on bounded rationality (evolutionary game theory) and experiments in strategic interaction, and part of cooperative game theory. The participants of this lecture should not be satisfied with superficially describing complex social phenomena, but through active analysis using the framework of such game theory, I want you to acquire a clear understanding of the mechanism of social phenomena and flexible thinking that excludes fixed ideas on social problems.
How do people choose words or expressions to communicate with others successfully? Further, what difficulties are experienced if such acts are done in a second language(L2)? This lecture will survey how adult learners acquire L2. Students will learn theories of L2 acquisition and study issues involving communications from theoretical and practical positions. I welcome students who are interested in cross-cultural communication and pragmatics as well as second language acquisition (SLA) research.
How do people choose words or expressions to communicate with others successfully? Further, what difficulties are experienced if such acts are done in a second language(L2)? This lecture will survey how adult learners acquire L2. Students will learn theories of L2 acquisition and study issues involving communications from theoretical and practical positions. I welcome students who are interested in cross-cultural communication and pragmatics as well as second language acquisition (SLA) research.
How do people choose words or expressions to communicate with others successfully? Further, what difficulties are experienced if such acts are done in a second language(L2)? This lecture will survey how adult learners acquire L2. Students will learn theories of L2 acquisition and study issues involving communications from theoretical and practical positions. I welcome students who are interested in cross-cultural communication and pragmatics as well as second language acquisition (SLA) research.
This lecture will explain basic theories and empirical studies in health economics, as well as analyze and evaluate medical and long-term care systems in Japan and other countries from the perspective of health economics.
This lecture deals with the history, institutions, and policy of the health care and long-term care services.
This lecture deals with the history, institutions, and policy of the health care and long-term care services.
What should government organizations be like? What are the current issues facing the government organization in light of its ideal state, and what can the organization do if these issues can be resolved? Why don't we think together about management methods to unlock the potential of public administration?
The purpose of this lecture is to grasp the situation surrounding government organizations from a bird's eye, an insect's eye, and a fish's eye, to discover and solve problems, and to develop the insight necessary for managing government organizations.
The instructor is a revolving door practitioner who, after working as a management consultant (McKinsey), an executive at a government-affiliated organization (Payment Fund), and a national public servant (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare), founded a human resource agency that provides cross-border career support to the public and private sectors.
He integrates theory and practice in his lectures, drawing on his experience of consistently working to transform organizations in various capacities: management and front-line staff of organizations, and an external consultant and an agent.
Introduces key concepts helpful to analyze the nature of network industries. Will try to deepen the understanding by reading literature and occasionally inviting guest speakers. Will be asked to submit approximately 400 characters or ppt in Japanese essays seven times during the semester. Some students will be asked to present based on the essays.
Note that a class dealing with essentially the same concepts but in English will be offered in the first quarter of the spring semester.
There are thousands of languages in the world and they exhibit fascinating diversity while interesting patterns have been found. In this class, we will focus on meaning and form of sentences, and explore the knowledge / strategies employed in the communication process in different languages.
There are thousands of languages in the world and they exhibit fascinating diversity while interesting patterns have been found. In this class, we will focus on meaning and form of sentences, and explore the knowledge / strategies employed in the communication process in different languages.
There are thousands of languages in the world and they exhibit fascinating diversity while interesting patterns have been found. In this class, we will focus on meaning and form of sentences, and explore the knowledge / strategies employed in the communication process in different languages.
(Modified 15 March: the literature to be covered in this course)
In this course taught every other year, we will focus on methodology(methodologies) of qualitative research that serves any inquiry into the themes of language and culture. We will focus on ethnography and the intellectual foundations of this approaches. The course will consist of reading seminars where participating students present a summary of the readings with possible discussion topics, followed by discussion in class. Towards the second half of the term, students will also be required to experiment with a short ethnographic research in educational settings, and present their research result.
The aim of this course is to learn the basics and strategies of case study research. This course is designed for those students who would like to conduct researches in the fields of Social Sciences. Students will learn by reading text books and earlier studies, discussion, group work and presentation.Preparation for the lectures and submission of reports are aquired.
The goal of the course are to learn skills of designing case study research, critical reading of research and to improve quality of one's research design.
The aim of this course is to learn the basics and strategies of case study research. This course is designed for those students who would like to conduct researches in the fields of Social Sciences. Students will learn by reading text books and earlier studies, discussion, group work and presentation.Preparation for the lectures and submission of reports are aquired.
The goal of the course are to learn skills of designing case study research, critical reading of research and to improve quality of one's research design.
The aim of this course is to learn the basics and strategies of case study research. This course is designed for those students who would like to conduct researches in the fields of Social Sciences. Students will learn by reading text books and earlier studies, discussion, group work and presentation.Preparation for the lectures and submission of reports are aquired.
The goal of the course are to learn skills of designing case study research, critical reading of research and to improve quality of one's research design.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
Students in the XD program will be required to make presentations about the progress of their research. The XD faculty members participate in this class to review and discuss the direction of their research from various perspectives. Students will be required to make presentations and demonstrations about the research progress.
What should government organizations be like? What are the current issues facing the government organization in light of its ideal state, and what can the organization do if these issues can be resolved? Why don't we think together about management methods to unlock the potential of public administration?
The purpose of this lecture is to grasp the situation surrounding government organizations from a bird's eye, an insect's eye, and a fish's eye, to discover and solve problems, and to develop the insight necessary for managing government organizations.
The instructor is a revolving door practitioner who, after working as a management consultant (McKinsey), an executive at a government-affiliated organization (Payment Fund), and a national public servant (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare), founded a human resource agency that provides cross-border career support to the public and private sectors.
He integrates theory and practice in his lectures, drawing on his experience of consistently working to transform organizations in various capacities: management and front-line staff of organizations, and an external consultant and an agent.
Policy issues at urban management.
This course will look at the economic features and business model evolution of the information communication technology (ICT) industry. We will examine through various case studies the survival strategy of ICT operators facing ever-increasing market competition and in conjunction understand global market movements and government-business relationships.