GSIM Mission on Nurturing Human Resources and Three Policies
Mission on Nurturing Human Resources
The Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) is dedicated to developing “wise” (i.e., socially responsible) individuals for global business and social leadership, with an emphasis on serving the emerging countries.
The two key components of GSIM mission are nurturing Social Responsibility (SR) and Global Business (GB), which the school aims to achieve and operationalize through its innovative policies, recruitment strategies, placement efforts, teaching, research, and service strategies.
SR in GSIM mission derives from its belief that GSIM and its graduates should not only be compelled by financial benefits but also by their sense of duty to social causes. At GSIM, we mainly focus on the following aims in SR:
To enhance the social responsibility policies of GSIM stakeholders, including Japanese corporations, Japanese government organizations, and local community
To educate students to be socially responsible leaders, stressing the need of students from emerging countries in Asia and Africa.
GB focuses on the needs surrounding all the constituencies that GSIM serves. For students and faculty, it is vital to keep abreast of the ever-changing dynamics of global business, supported by solid theoretical and practical bases, in order to advance their own careers and professionalism. For other stakeholders, which include Japanese corporations and government organizations, it is vital that GSIM nurtures students who can blend their business objectives with a sense of social leadership because such organizations expect this balanced outcome. At GSIM, we mainly focus on the following aims in GB:
To instill global mindedness in students, including those from emerging countries in Asia and Africa.
To help students understand the business and cultures of other countries and serve their home countries by contributing to their development, following graduation
To help Japanese corporations, Japanese government organizations, local SMEs, and other stakeholders (e.g. foreign entities operating in Japan) to become globalized with a sense of social responsibility
Three Policies
The fundamental objective of the Admissions Committee at IUJ is to admit to our graduate programs as many of the most competent students as possible, limited by the number of places available in each school (see below). In order to select the most competent students, the committee will review all the applicants individually based on several criteria listed below, through interviews (when applicable) and/or documentary screening. IUJ does not use a predetermined formula for rating the content of undergraduate education, nor does it use quotas based on nationality, age, or gender.
Desired Student Profile
Based on its basic philosophy of "fostering social responsibility and global business capabilities," the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) seeks individuals who will acquire the ability to practice appropriate management based on solid theoretical and practical skills at the cutting edge of global business, and who aim to become leaders able to fulfill their duties with a constant awareness of international social responsibility.
Qualities and Abilities We Seek in Our Students
The master’s programs in the GSIM seek students with the following skills and abilities:
- Well-defined motivation to pursue graduate studies;
- Scholastic achievements at the undergraduate level meeting the standards required for coursework and research activities at the GSIM;
- Aptitude and potential to become leaders who can significantly contribute to and/or manage increasingly globalizing organizations;
- Aspiration to acquire the management knowledge and problem-solving skills required of business leaders;
- Maturity to meet the demands of a rigorous academic experience;
- Fair sense of values that will enable them to join our multinational and multicultural IUJ community, interest in understanding different cultures, drive to actively communicate with others, and a desire to create a world-wide network of contacts;
- Potential to understand global business and act with socially responsible conviction; and
- Mathematical skills and proficiency in written and spoken English required for coursework and research activities at the GSIM.