Entries from 2022-01-01 to 1 year
hbs1963.com This website is a collection of remarkable advice from HBS alumni in the class of 1963. I strongly recommend reading some of the advice if you are interested in applying for an international MBA or changing your career. Let me …
What "culture" means Culture refers to the symbolic or expressive side or human life - actions, objects and ideas that carry specific meanings to particular people and groups and hence stand for something. MIT has a strong culture MIT is w…
In this topic, I will articulate typical challenges Japanese students face in international MBA programs. Currency and scale matters Each country has its own currency, but the U.S. dollar has always been the key currency.It is said that Ja…
Before fast fashion era Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo changed the paradigm in the fashion industry. Before these fast fashion companies, traditional manufacturers such as GAP order massive production and sell them with discounts. So mass productio…
Process flow diagram and capacity analytics You can find the basics about these concepts on my previous blog article() According to what I learned, I try to form the optimization problem in ML workflow in a simple diagram because capacity …
Lincoln Electric www.youtube.com Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational and global manufacturer of welding products, arc welding equipment, welding consumables, plasma , and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and robotic wel…
Introduction to operation management This course provides concepts, techniques, and tools to design, analyze and improve core strategic and operational capabilities. It covers broad industries and applications. Provides concepts, technique…
Three lenses to see organizations Three lenses There are three different lenses. Strategic design, political, and culture. Blue lens-Strategic design For blue lens, leaders should act like engineers. To develop a great environment, leaders…
Firefighter syndrome You can find the article about Firefighting in Product Development https://web.mit.edu/nelsonr/www/TippingV2_0-sub_doc.pdf This syndrome has several critical disadvantages. It destroys your "normal" processes and decis…
Reflection of 1st half in summer. 15.060 Data, Models, and DecisionsThis is a unique course at MIT Sloan. We tackled some business data problems by team or an individual. What I really like about this course is that it is always business-c…
What is "facilitation"? Balance to the goal Facilitation is a technique to get the right balance of results, relationships, and processes. So everyone should consider the following responsibilities. Define the purpose of meetings Design a …
Game Theory - Dynamic game- Game theories http://sisdin.unipv.it/lab/personale/pers_hp/ferrari/EECI_DEDICO/6b-DMPC_DeDiCo.pdf In E-con class, we learned Dynamic game theory, which allows players sequential decisions. In this lecture, I fou…
Conflict One day we were talking about the definition of a niche market. I stated that one requirement was to not grow, to stay small. My opinion was not valued and was rejected unfortunately. I had a firm confidence in myself. The problem…
One month passed after joining MIT Sloan Fellows in the class of 2023. We have enjoyed a lot of joyful moments and conflicts in private and study groups. I recommend an MBA because you can find the best benchmark for your strengths and wea…
Background She is from a bank in Taiwan. I remember the first time we talked in the orientation period. She said what matters most to her. Integrity. She is demonstrating her statement. Credibility She does not talk a lot and interrupts ot…
The definitions of power and privilege Power Ability to influence and impact our environment Ability to impact/influence across many different situations. Privilege A right/immunity granted as a particular benefit/advantage/favor Power may…
When you need a strategy? S-curve growth Everyone assumes strategy is always important. However, strategy is not always an important priority. When your company constantly shows growth and forecasts further profit, you don't need to think …
Background He comes from the insurance industry and not sure it's a typical personality in this industry, but he is a really responsible man. Our team could not have gotten to the delivery of the report without him. Power of empathy His ab…
This blog is not about lectures. I am writing about some of our diverse and talented cohorts and will introduce their background and what inspired me. Background She is an experienced consultant from India. We both work for clients and exp…
Data, Model and Decisions is one of the typical MIT courses. We learn a lot of statistical analysis and optimization through this course. We had the first team assignment and this assignment is awesome. We work for the restaurant chains an…
What makes the market imperfect In reality, the market is not perfect at all, but we learn perfect market first in economics. The perfect market contains fundamental of market dynamics such as supply and demand balance. So, what makes the …
Barco Case study The case study of Barco, the projector manufacturer in Europe, is the perfect case study of how to survive in the innovative industry and the niche market. Barco Projection Systems Case | Case Study Template Strategic reso…
This blog is not about lectures. I am writing about some of our diverse and talented cohorts and will introduce their background and what inspired me. Background He is a serial entrepreneur from South America and his fifth startup(commerce…
Capture value We learned how to create value( profit) in the market. Then the next topic is how to capture value. In other words, how to generate value by differentiating ourselves from horizontal competitors. Market power and sustainable …
This is a micro economics course in the first core semester. We learn the fudamental concepts in micro economics such as demand/supply curve, elasticities, opportunity cost, and sunk cost etc. I have already learned these concepts in my gr…
The definition of Strategy As I explained in the previous blog, we learned the definitions of strategy, market, segment and value chain. Strategy: Enter or Exit The definition of Value What makes value? In the class, there are only two way…
This is a top-rated program in SFMBA. Professor Duncan Simester, from a legal background, originally introduced the value of case studies. For people unfamiliar with case studies, case studies are articles with 15-20 pages in each episode …
The first reflection and conversation. "What makes teams fail? Let's think about spy movies such as 007. Why do enemies fail every time? What makes them fail?" There was a variety of answers. Competition rather than collaboration Leadershi…
人事の成り立ち 名著17冊の著者との往復書簡で読み解く 人事の成り立ち: 「誰もが階段を上れる社会」の希望と葛藤作者:海老原 嗣生,荻野 進介白桃書房Amazon日本における人事関連のディスカッションを歴史を辿ってトピックだけキャッチアップできる良書。 実…
Day2 for Leadership and Teams Lab. Today's learning topics are "emotion", "difference" and "origins of differences". Emotional reactions are inevitable physical and psychological responses. Controlling and being aware of these responses ar…
