BASIC INFORMATION

Degree

Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Specialization

• Japanese Management (JM)
• Accounting and Finance (AF)
• Marketing and Management (MM)
• Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Operations Management (EIM)

Enrollment Period

Enrollment Period: April, September

Program Duration

2 years
*Notes: All graduate school lectures are taught in English

GSM Learning Goals and Objectives

GSM offers a Master of Business Administration (MBA). The program is designed to achieve the four Learning Goals, each of which has its own specific Learning Objectives. These were developed in alignment with Declaration of the Occasion of the Opening of APU and the Mission of GSM. Learning Goals indicate the ideal characteristics that GSM hopes students to have acquired by the time they complete their degrees. Learning Objectives further clarify more specific abilities students should acquire.

1. 1. BUSINESS ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
   • 1-a. To recognize and reflect upon complex issues on ethics and social responsibility with multi-sided understanding of global business society relations.
   • 1-b. To evaluate ethical and socially responsible implications of contemporary business issues.
2. 2. ADVANCED MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
   • 2-a. To demonstrate an understanding of advanced management knowledge and business concepts in a specialized field.
   • 2-b. To apply advanced analytical tools (qualitative and/or quantitative) to examine business problems.
   • 2-c. To integrate functional knowledge for developing sustainable business solutions.
   • 2-d. To demonstrate an advanced level of communication skills in writing, oral presentation, and negotiation in business settings.
3. 3. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
   • 3-a. To identify the opportunities and challenges of innovation in a business setting.
   • 3-b. To design creative and innovative solutions in business and/or research projects.
4. 4. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
   • 4-a. To demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the complexity and interconnectedness of businesses, economies, and societies of the globalized world.
   • 4-b. To diagnose problems and identify opportunities for sustainable development from an Asia Pacific perspective.
5. 5. MULTICULTURALISM, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
   • 5-a. To apply theories of effective leadership and team development to promote diversity and inclusion.
   • 5-b. To demonstrate ability to leverage diversity and work productively in teams.

CAM

GSM utilizes Curriculum Alignment Matrices (CAM) to give an overview of the expectations for what students should learn in each subject within the MBA program. The left-most row of the matrix indicates the given subjects. Enlisted in the upper columns of the matrix are the thirteen Learning Objectives and four Learning Goals they are aligned with.

When planning your course registration, please refer to the various CAM linked below to find out more about what you will learn in each subject.