Byline ICS

Interested to know what careers do alumni take after the MBA program at Hitotsubashi ICS? Then take a peek at the Alumni Talk Session held online on Saturday, June 27! We welcomed three alumni panelists:

Topics: life after the MBA, Career change, Career Services, MBA career paths, MBA Alumni, MBA Career Opportunities, Why ICS

On this Byline ICS piece, Aiko Tokiyama, one of the MBA Coordinators, interviewed two current MBA students and one alumna on their experience of studying for an MBA during the first years of motherhood. Doro started the program when her daughter was around 2. Hong found out she had been accepted to the program soon after learning she was pregnant; she began her MBA studies when her daughter was three months old. Aya welcomed her son in the same week the program started in September 2019, so joined her MBA class in March this year.

Topics: MBA, Student Voice, Alumni Voice, MBA in Japan, MBA Alumni, Admissions, MBA life

These are the books recommendations from Professor Hiroshi Kanno, to read during this quarantine or any time! 

Topics: Faculty Impact, Future, MBA in Japan, covid-19

In this edition of Byline ICS, Jane Jihyun Park, a two-year program MBA student, shares with us why "The Most Important Thing" by Howard Marks is valuable reading for anyone who wants to excel in investing. Below read the three-key take-aways of her review. 

Topics: Business School, Student Voice, Life at ICS, MBA life, Investing

Deciding to get an MBA requires careful weighing of multiple, often competing, factors: time, money, career stage, personal and family needs, not to mention post-MBA goals. The Hitotsubashi ICS MBA eases the stress of this balancing act by offering a fully customizable second year that gives students enrolled in its Two-year Program the flexibility to tailor an experience perfectly fitted to personal and professional goals. Two-year Program students can select from a wide range of interactive, immersive activities designed to stretch, challenge and inspire.

Topics: entrepreneurship, Working in Japan, Double Degree, Studying in Japan, MBA Internship, Why ICS

The state of emergency has been lifted, but there’s no need to rush to the streets! Why not do some virtual reconnaissance on some ICS-related locations?

Topics: Life at ICS, MBA in Japan, MBA life

These are the books and poem Professor Catherine Sibala recommends you to read during this quarantine or any time! 

Topics: Faculty Impact, Future, MBA in Japan, covid-19

These are the books Professor Shingo Oue recommends you to read during this quarantine or any time! 

Topics: Faculty Impact, Future, MBA in Japan, covid-19

These are the books Professor Takashi Nawa recommends you to read during this quarantine! 

Topics: Faculty Impact, Future, MBA in Japan, covid-19

Last month, Class of 2019 students Chinmay, Jane, Julien and Sai were joined by their Seminar Professor Satoko Suzuki for their very first Zoom Zemi meeting, in which they discussed in length the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are some key takeaways:

• Will MBA programs continue to be offered offline beyond COVID-19?
• Has COVID-19 fundamentally changed people’s behaviors?
• What should companies do to communicate and create value during and after COVID-19?
• Is the airline industry going to be affected in the longer term as a result?
• Do you see any business opportunities emerging?
• Let’s talk about the Tokyo Olympics, now scheduled to take place in Summer 2021.

Topics: Student Voice, MBA in Japan, covid-19, Online Learning, MBA life