1. Fostering of IT Professionals
Due to the rapid advancement of IT technology of these years, it has become almost unavoidable for enterprises to make the shift to web-based e-business from conventional business approaches within a short period of time. Currently, however, we are faced with a shortfall in human resources with sufficient knowledge of enterprises management and the latest IT technology, who can successfully implement this reform.
At the present time, our goal is to educate our students to become acquainted with various IT skills in the fields of Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Web-based Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management. Thus, we intend to lead our students to different career paths as follows (this classification is based on MSIS 2000 by ACM):
- CIO (Chief Information Officer)
They are highly specialized professionals who are capable of developing an environment where they formulate mid-and-long term strategic plans for enterprises, by structuring various types of management knowledge into an organized system and integrating data warehouse.
- Internal Consultant/senior staff
They are highly specialized professionals who are capable of reviewing in-house management resources in terms of its effective utilization, and promoting their efficiency and taking total control over them.
- Management Consultant (systems analyst/ designer)
They are highly specialized professionals acquainted with appropriate technical skills for promoting interoperate relationships within other international enterprises, which enable them to succeed in the current intensive international business competitions.
- Entrepreneur (electronic commerce specialist)
They are highly specialized professionals who carry out internet businesses and are capable of the followings: making good use of web technology for developing e-Business sites; drawing strategic plans for providing services available via internet; and utilizing marketing approached in order to figure out consumer behavior on the internet.
Due to the fact that these professionals are specialized in more than two specialized disciplines, i.e., information and management, existing higher educational institutions have faced with difficulty in fostering highly-qualified professionals. In response to the demands of the industry, our graduate college aims at providing these highly-advanced professionals with specialized management knowledge combining with advanced IT-related skills.
2. Flexibility for Changes
The following points can be said regarding the qualifications of these highly-advanced professionals utilizing IT:
- Educational background in the field of information.
- Sufficient knowledge of the latest IT technology (e.g., web technology) and its application.
- Thorough understanding of business management and organizational operations.
- Ability of implementing projects step-by-step based on the above.
The fast-evolving IT field has been undergoing changes in every minute. In order to respond to these changes, in the first place, it is crucial that we focus on fundamental theories in the traditional IT field, which is said to be immutable (1). On that basis, students are required to understand the most-advanced IT technology, which is constantly changing (2). Furthermore, students are expected to deepen their understanding of business management in order to make full use of these IT skills in business activities (3). By taking advantage of these skills, students are also expected to demonstrate not only their practical capabilities, i.e., leadership skills and corporate training skills, but also to plan and execute projects (4).
3. Curriculum - Blending Information Technology and Business Administration
Courses are categorized into 3 groups: IT Core Courses, Web Business Core Courses and Career Reinforcement Courses.
To be advanced professionals in web business, students take 2 required courses (Introduction to Web Business, Leadership Theory) in the first semester and acquire the fundamental knowledge on implementing web business. Depending on their backgrounds and future career, students complete a required number of elective courses.
IT Core Courses
This group of courses, drawn upon ACM's "A Web-Centric Model Curriculum," consists of fundamental subjects designed to master essential technology for web businesses: System Design/Database, Web Networking, Programming; and advanced level courses designed to master theoretical issues: Information Security, Network Optimization Theory, Advanced Topics in Programming Languages, Advanced Topics in Software Engineering, and Advanced Topics in System Theories, etc.
Web Business Core Courses
This group of courses consists of fundamental subjects designed for business management and economics and intellectual property rights, and advanced level courses dealing with most-advanced business technology and methodology, enterprise human resources development and in-house training, and e-learning.
Web Business Core Courses can be categorized into five different groups of subjects with an emphasis on business related fields including: 1 Business Strategies (eCommerce Methodologies, Internet Business Strategies and Marketing, Intellectual Property Rights Law), 2 Business Environment (Advanced Topics in Business Administration, Introduction to Asian Economics, International Enterprises Strategies),3 Business Management (System Integration and eBusiness, Management Information Systems Techniques, Advanced Business Statistics), 4 Project Management (Business Project Management and Communication Skills) and 5 Corporate Education (eLearning Theories, Human Resources Development and Personnel Management Information, Instructional Design in eLearning Business, and International Comparative Study of School and Corporate Education). While learning how to utilize IT technologies in IT Core Courses, through the Web Business Core Courses, students acquire good knowledge of business and become aware of various issues.
Career Reinforcement Courses
This group of courses, consisting of practical subjects, is intended for developing students' ability to design and carry out projects. These courses are designed to foster creativity along with abilities to examine many facets, abilities to judge in proper and flexible manners and leadership abilities. These courses, that may be called "clinical projects," are equivalent to master's theses at existing research graduate schools.
Toward the end of all the coursework, in the forth semester (2nd year), students register for one of the following four courses, which aim to develop their practical skills to be utilized in the industry.
- Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Web-based Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Web-based Enterprise Resource Plan (ERP)
- Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management
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KCGI Scope of Teaching and Sequence
List of Courses
| Category |
Course Name |
# of
Credits |
Lecture | Seminar |
Practicum |
Required
(R) /
Elective
(E) |
# of
Required
Credits |
IT Core
Courses |
Introduction to Web Business |
2 |
2 |
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(R) |
2 |
| Introduction to Web Technology |
2 |
2 |
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(E) |
Among these courses, students must complete at least 18 credits of electives. |
| Web Programming |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
| Advanced Studies in Networking Technology |
4 |
4 |
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| Object Oriented Systems Design |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
| Advanced Topics in Database Management |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
| Web Services Development |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
| Project Management Techniques |
2 |
2 |
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| Network Optimization Theory |
2 |
2 |
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(E) |
Among these courses, students must complete at least one elective. |
| Information Security |
2 |
2 |
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| Advanced Topics in Programming Languages |
3 |
2 |
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1 |
| Advanced Topics in Software Engineering |
3 |
2 |
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1 |
| Advanced Topics in Systems Theory |
2 |
2 |
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| Category |
Course Name |
# of
Credits |
Lecture | Seminar |
Practicum |
Required
(R) /
Elective
(E) |
# of
Required
Credits |
Web Business
Course
Courses |
Leadership Theory |
2 |
2 |
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(R) |
2 |
| System Integration and eBusiness |
2 |
2 |
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(E) |
Among these courses, students must complete at least 10 credits of electives. |
| Management Information Systems Techniques |
2 |
2 |
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| Advanced Business Statistics |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
| eLearning Theories |
2 |
2 |
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| Instructional Design in eLearning Business |
2 |
2 |
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| Human Resources Development and Personnel Management Information System |
2 |
2 |
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| International Comparative Study of School and Corporate Education |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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| Advanced Topics in Business Administration |
2 |
2 |
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| Introduction to Asian Economics |
2 |
2 |
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| International Enterprises Strategies |
2 |
2 |
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| eCommerce Methodologies |
2 |
2 |
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| Internet Business Strategies and Marketing |
2 |
2 |
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| Intellectual Property Rights Law |
2 |
2 |
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| Business Project Management and Communication Skills |
2 |
2 |
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| Category |
Course Name |
# of
Credits |
Lecture | Seminar |
Practicum |
Required
(R) /
Elective
(E) |
# of
Required
Credits |
Career
Reinforcement
Courses |
Web-based Customer Relationship Management |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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(E) |
Among these courses, students must complete at least one course as an elective. |
| Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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| Web-based Supply Chain Management |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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| Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management |
6 |
2 |
4 |
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IT Core Courses
| Introduction to Web Business |
Web information system tailored for eCommerce, and IT skills necessary for system construction. |
| Introduction to Web Technology |
Basic understanding of the concept of client/server system and multimedia system as well as its related hardware, software and middleware. |
| Web Programming |
Develop fundamental skills for web page building and sufficient programming skills to construct the client/server system on the inter/intranet. |
| Advanced Topics in Networking Technology |
Network and security management skills essential to Web-Based Information System design and building. |
| Object-Oriented Systems Design |
Development Life Cycle for web application techniques as well as skills to understand the paradigm and to analyze and construct systems. |
| Advanced Topics in Database Management |
Significance and fundamental concept of Database in information system, modeling techniques of data and information, and other skills for designing a proper database management system. |
| Web Services Development |
Advanced web programming skills to obtain basic knowledge of web services and development of new software systems. |
| Project Management Techniques |
Design business plans in a web environment and skills to implement the business plans according to streamlined management practices. |
| Network Optimization Theory |
Analysis of the network as a discrete structure that is the base of information communication technology by understanding the mathematical principles and various applications from the perspectives of combinational analysis and discrete optimization. |
| Information Security |
Security building techniques essential for the development and utilization of information systems. Analysis of security threats such as break-ins, hoaxes, hacking, phishing, spamming and mass-mailing, virus and worms, and learn countermeasures such as encryption, verification, digital signature, firewall, virus detection and removal necessary for minimizing attacks and upgrading security. |
| Advanced Topics in Programming Languages |
Theoretical analysis and cross-section evaluation of major programming languages (C, Java, etc.). By understanding languages from a perspective of comparative programming, developers acquire the necessary skills to shift from one language to another with ease, and learn to efficiently utilize the advantages of respective languages. |
| Advanced Topics in Software Engineering |
To design, mount, test, and maintain software in various information systems particularly in a business environment, and obtain necessary knowledge and skills, both theoretical and practical, for the realization of a time and cost-efficient system. Current topics in software engineering development are also discussed in this course. |
| Advanced Topics in Systems Theory |
To analyze complex systems related to the field of administration, economics, and technology. Enabling skills to formulate legitimate decisions based on abstract and practical models to deal with situations such as intense competitive relations, business frictions and other complicated factors. |
Web Business Core Courses
| Leadership Theory |
Discussions about the nature of the leaders who are capable of educating an organization and adapting to multicultural societies where rapid progress and technological changes have been taking place in recent years. Projects suitable for groupwork and training, while focusing on the analysis of internal and external factors affecting a corporation. Emphasizes the need to identify the "quality" of leadership needed in the contemporary era of intense competition and radical change among global societies. |
| System Integration and eBusiness |
Deals with understanding the corporate structure, business processes and explains how system integration works in eBusiness. by introducing basic web infrastructure-building principles and tools. |
| Management Information Systems Techniques |
To understand the main functions of a top level CIO (Chief Information Officer) and to study the CIO's role in developing and enforcing the system and to obtain the skills of effective system management in the context of massive and complex web systems. |
| Advanced Business Statistics |
Understanding the principles and application skills of statistics, probability and mathematical programming that are required for meaningful statistical analysis as well as advanced lessons on topics such data mining and OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) which are needed to design more sophisticated management strategies. |
| eLearning Theories |
Various eLearning theories are understood and evaluated to choose which techniques are applicable to employee training for various industries. Knowledge of eLearning principles may be utilized not only for effective human resource management and personnel training, but also to serve as inputs to the decision-making of administrators and managers who are unfamiliar with which type of eLearning is the most suitable for certain target businesses and skill enhancement in various professions. |
| Instructional Design in eLearning Business |
Knowledge and skills for developing instructional design (ID) required in building and utilizing an eLearning system. Also, the various processes and stages involved in the design and implementation of a business project. |
| Human Resources Development and Personnel Management Information |
Introduces various personnel training systems which can respond to rapid technology development in the business; development of long-term strategies and skills for efficient allocation of human resources, and how to build the personnel information management system which can be systematically integrated with other web business functions. |
| International Comparative Study of School and Corporate Education |
Familiarizes students with the changing labor market, identifies the different types and levels of competencies with future prospects, and clarifies alternative measures to the changing realities at the national, industrial, corporate, academic, and individual level. This background knowledge and training is helpful for career planning by analyzing case studies of real workplace situations where individuals assume roles of responsibility in an organization and to contribute to other people's continuing education. |
| Advanced Topics in Business Administration |
Reviews the basic principles and topics on business administration covered in general MBA courses, and builds on this fundamental knowledge by providing problem-solving tools for complex issues in various simulated cases and situations. |
| Introduction to Asian Economics |
To examine and analyze the issues related to the historical background, economic development, industrial policies, and technological progress in the Asia-Pacific region from an economic point of view. Emphasizes the need to examine the background of the organizational structure and social environment in the Asian setting. Designed for individuals who are interested in learning and discussing the present status and future prospects of the Asian society and market. |
| International Enterprises Strategies |
Examines how Japan's organizational culture was enhanced during rapid economic growth in post-war days; analyzes a number of cases from various perspectives; and discusses effective techniques for future organizational reforms. To take a leading role in the world and co-exist with different cultures, we intend to foster students from various backgrounds and with different perspectives towards restructuring a corporate framework which supports the future of Japan. |
| eCommerce Methodologies |
Deals with understanding the fundamentals of a system of commercial transactions on the web, and obtaining the skills required for its effective implementation. |
| Internet Business Strategies and Marketing |
To understand the basic principles of consumer behavior with respect to the internet by studying various types of marketing approaches. Nowadays, In this course, students given Explains actual cases in various business fields in which e-Marketing is utilized, as the number of companies with enhanced internet access and marketing promotion abilities have steadily increased. In addition, marketing theories introduced by Philip Kotler will be discussed to provide students with insights into pioneering new marketing methodologies in the virtual internet world. |
| Intellectual Property Rights Laws |
Deals with the concepts behind intellectual property rights and, by studying legal precedents, students acquire a good understanding of IT-related copyright protection. In IT-related businesses, computer programs, databases, and various information contents are protected by intellectual property rights, especially, by copyrights. Emphasizes the need for those involved in IT-related businesses to be familiar with and sensitive to issues concerning intellectual property rights. |
| Business Project Management and Communication |
Discusses project management methods and communication skills indispensable for project management. The need for this course is highlighted by the fact that a project usually involves several actors, such as developers, planners, marketing personnel, and contents providers that can collaborate under the framework of a highly-efficient business project management |
Career Reinforcement Courses
| Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) |
Deals with understanding the basic functions of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) as one of the E-Business key applications and obtain the skills required to construct viable CRM Systems. |
| Web-based Supply Chain Management (SCM) |
Explains the basic elements and functions of SCM (Supply Chain Management) as one of the backbone applications for e-business and seeks to develop various skills necessary for designing the suitable SCM system architecture for an industry. |
| Web-based Enterprise Resource Plan (ERP) |
ERMiEnterprise Resource Managementjactualizes the integrated operations at back office in contrast with CRM or SCM, which mainly establish contacts with clients or other enterprises. Enables students to understand the basic function of ERM and acquire various skills necessary for constructing an efficient ERM system. |
| Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management |
Deals with the concepts and skills for designing data warehouse and knowledge management system architecture. Effective data warehouse and knowledge management systematically provides a decision-maker with inputs and timely information on economic and customer trends to aid in effective operations and speedy implementation of business plans, attainment of business goals and enhancement of competitiveness. |
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