Lectures 2022

Leadership in Practice

Given the increasing challenges faced by leaders today, it is critical to identify the most effective ways of leveraging talent and organizational resources to create long-term success. All too often, unfortunately, explanations of leadership and effective teamwork fail to account for the complexities and challenges that play out every day in rganizational settings. While setting clear goals and facilitating cooperative behaviors are important, the processes by which leaders create a positive impact require a sophisticated understanding of people and work systems. 

The primary purpose of this course is to address the real-world challenges faced by leaders and their teams. Students will gain insights about their personal leadership style and have opportunities to develop skills that promote effective teamwork and help them achieve their organization’s strategic objectives. A variety of action-learning methods will be utilized throughout this program, including large and small group discussions, experiential exercises, and case studies to enhance personal, team, and organizational effectiveness.

At the end of this course, students will learn:

Key insights regarding your personal leadership style and the most effective means for enhancing team performance;
• To identify obstacles to team performance and methods for overcoming them;
• To create opportunities for facilitating a positive and supportive leadership team culture

Enrollment Information

When Offered	Spring 2022　September 20, 21, 22, 26, 27 （Intensive course） 10:30~16:30 (12-13pm Lunch break) In person : Case Study Room, GSM
Lecturer	Prof. Bruce Tracey
Language	English
Category	Specialized
Syllabi	Kyoto OCW

Class Schedule

The course will be facilitated over a five-day period (September 20, 21, 22, 26, & 27) with three class sessions per day

9/27 (Day 5) – Leadership Applications

• Session 1
o “Live Case Study”
• Introduction and overview of a current, real-world leadership challenge
• Session 2
o Team analysis and presentations, part 1
• Session 3
o Team analysis and presentations, part 2

Innovative Hospitality Management

This course will focus on sustainable and innovative management of society, organizations and companies based on Japanese traditions, philosophy and ethics.
In addition, it will delve into the theory and the practice of intangible value of “hospitality”. In doing so, the objective of this class is to clarify the role of “humanity” in this age of digital disruption (an age in which digital information forms the basis of social infrastructure), so that students may acquire the skills and mindset with which to become future leaders.
In addition, since this course is part of the curriculum of the Kyoto-Cornell International Collaborative Degree Opportunity (KC-CDO), we will learn both European/American and Japanese/Asian style hospitality, and deepen our understanding of intercultural communication.
This course will proceed in three distinct stages:

• (1) Philosophy and ethics concerning hospitality management.
• (2) Sustainable hospitality management based on “ Tradition and Innovation ”(伝統と革新 Dento to Kakushin in Japanese).
• (3) Application and adaptation to the society/community.

The course will consist of lectures, practical exercises and discussions, and student presentations.
In addition, special lectures by experts will be conducted in order to shed light on the multifaceted nature of the current and future state of the field in practice.

Enrollment Information

Class Schedule

The course will be combined both with framework and practical examples. It will also invite guest key lectures to share their experiences on relevant topics for discussion.

The course schedule (tentative) is as follows:

Part-I:Background: Philosophy and Hospitality (Human Behavior)

Part-II: Resilience and Innovation

Part-III: Application to Sustainable Society and Communities, Future Direction

AI and Hospitality

• Prof. Takeshi TAKENAKA

The purpose of this lecture course is to learn the capability of technologies such as AI, ICT, IoT or RT for the innovation of hospitality industries. Participants consider various aspects of value of services for customers,
employees and managers with actual indicators and learn how technologies could enhance service systems in a comprehensive manner. In this lecture, it introduces some case studies in which science and technologies were introduced to service industries.
Finally, participants discuss and propose future service models by utilizing technologies through group works.

Enrollment Information

Class Schedule (Tentative)

Hospitality Consulting

• Prof. Koji TAKABAYASHI（GSM HP）

Recent industry trend in hospitality is that real estate owners (or investor) and asset operators (or hotel companies) are different entities to continue their hotel business in many cases. Accordingly, there often happens conflict of interests between hotel owners and operators and demands for third-party opinions have grown. In this regard, hospitality consultants are required to provide appropriate advice on clients’ hotel investment/development projects from a neutral, objective point of view.
As such, this course is aimed to provide students with an opportunity to learn basic skills in market-research-based hospitality consulting as well as to “virtually experience” an actual consulting project.
After the course, students are expected to become facilitated with the following skill sets:

• (1) Basic understanding on purpose, process, and steps of hotel market research (Market research skill)
• (2) Skills to construct reasonable, fact-based conclusion (Logical thinking skill)
• (3) Skills to create visual and effective presentation materials (Visual presentation skill)
• (4) Skills to make direct and persuasive client presentation (Oral presentation skill)

Enrollment Information

When Offered	Fall 2022　Monday 13:15-14:45 In person class
Language	English
Category	Business Practice
Syllabi	Kyoto OCW

Class Schedule

The course will be combined both with flame works and practical examples. It will also invite guest key lectures to share their experiences on relevant topics for discussion.
The course schedule (tentative) is as follows:

1.	Introduction and course overview The scope of the Innovative Hospitality Management. History, culture, philosophy and hospitality, imbalanced beauty and sustainability of values, etc.
2~5.	High contexts of tradition, culture, philosophy for the Innovative Hospitality Management Religion and Hospitality, Language and Hospitality Philosophy of Chanoyu Dansyari(decluttering, tiding-up) and human relationship management
6~9.	Innovative Hospitality Management Tradition and Innovation, How philosophy influences sustainability, The concept of Shuhari (three stages of learning matery). Tradition and Innovation of Iekbana (including Ikebana workshop) Tradition and Innovation of Nishijin brocade
10~14.	Application to Society and Community Application of the concept of Innovative Hospitality Management to the current and future society Application to community business Application to social innovation and social entrepreneurship Sanpo-yoshi (Multistakehopder Management), Cross-cultural communication
15.	Summary and wrap-up