Management of Japanese Firms VI  Course Plan (Subject to change.  Please check regularly.)
The class is designed to appreciate the nature of networked economy and the implementation of business strategies in the context.
The course will consist of (1) discussions based on cases, papers and guest speeches; and (2) group work assignments.
Each student is to belong to a project group.  Two projects, one on 3rd Generation Mobile and another on Dell Japan have been
prepared by the lecturer.  Others will be organized based on student proposals.
Date	Theme	Material
14-Jan	Orientation	Mr. Harada, Dell Japan and Mr Kodama of Docomo will be visiting to discuss possible group projects.
20-Jan	Case Discussion	Planet
		Paper: Information Technologies and the Transformation of Japanese Industry
	Group Work
28-Jan	Guest Lecture	Dr Riaz Esmailzadeh, "Wireless Telecommunications and Business  in Japan and the World: 3G and 4G standards"
	Group Work
4-Feb	Case Discussion	Case: Aucnet 1998
	Group Work
10-Feb	Case Discussion	Guest Speaker: Mr. Phil Bryant,General Manager of SMBC of Dell Japan
	Group Work
18-Feb	Case Discussion	Case: Incs.
	Group Work
24-Feb	Case Discussion	Case:I-Style (under preparation)
	Group Work
3-Mar	Case Discussion	Case: Trabox
	Group Work
10-Mar	Special Session (9am-11am)	"Mobile Guest Speaker" from DOCOMO
	Group Work
17-Mar	Presentation of Group Work
	Presentation of Group Work