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ABEST21 e-News No.80, December 2015

ABEST21 THE ALLIANCE ON BUSINESS EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR TOMORROW,

a 21st century organization URL: http://www.abest21.org TEL. 03-3498-6220 E-Mail: ABEST21@abest21.org

Editor: Fumio Itoh ABEST21 Office Report ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ December 2015 ・ 4th -- Visit by Professor Tadashi Ono, Program Chair of MBA Program in International Business,

Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba ・ 8th -- Meeting with Auditor Koichi Saito (Professor, Nanzan University) on ABEST21 Bylaws ・10th -- On-site interview at Management & Science University, Malaysia ・13th -- ABEST21 Bangkok Seminar held in Bangkok, Thailand ・14th -- On-site interview at Chiang Mai University, Thailand ・ 16th -- Meeting with Board member Kazuo Tanigawa (Director, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.)

on ABEST21 Bylaws 1. Summary for the last decade (from 2005 to 2015) ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ The year 2015 marked the 10th anniversary for ABEST21. Here I would like to look back at the past 10 years to soar towards the next decade starting 2016. On July 7, 2015, ABEST21 held the 10th anniversary celebration at Hotel New Otani Tokyo that was attended by many members. ABEST21 was founded on July 1, 2005 with 16 business schools from Japan and other countries. In 10 years, as of July 2015, the number of members has grown by more than five times, to 89 members from 18 countries. Despite the Ramadan in July, many members from ASEAN countries kindly attended the celebration. ABEST21 activities in quality assurance of management education in the past 10 years started with accreditation of Japanese professional graduate schools. We were authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as an accrediting institution for business schools in October 2007, and for professional graduate schools of intellectual property in October 2011. Currently ABEST21 is engaged in the accreditation of 15 schools, including initial and maintenance accreditation. Based on the knowledge and experience gained through these activities, accreditation for the business school from Malaysia was conducted for the first time in 2011. After that the number of applicant schools from overseas continued to increase. At present the number of accredited schools from overseas is 15, representing 6 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Thailand, and Russia. The number of reciprocal agreements with other accrediting institutions has increased, including BAN-PT of Indonesia, MQA of Malaysia, ONESQA of Thailand, and AQAN of ASEAN. The network for quality assurance of management education in Asia has been built. As for international joint research activities, ABEST21 has so far facilitated joint research projects on “Establishment of International Peer Review System in Asia (2007)“, ”Developing International Peer

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Review Model in Asia (2008)”, “Corporate Needs for MBA Education (2009)”, “Competencies of Management Professionals (2010)”, “Developing Asia MBA Curriculum (2011)”, “Developing ABEST21 Asia Quality Assurance System Model(2012)”, and “Fuji Xerox CSR (2014)”. These projects are an extension of ABEST21 activities from quality assurance system development to creation of teaching materials. Upon summarizing the past decade in 2015, a goal for the next decade was set to further strengthen the Global Knowledge Network which struck its root in Asia. With the increasing number of accredited schools in Asia, the quality assurance of education is now mutually acknowledged and the base to promote international exchange among the accredited schools is prepared. The next decade will be the period to substantially globalize the management education at the Asian business schools. It is globalization in substance, not in word: in order to nurture management professionals who contribute to sustainable economic growth in Asia which encompasses diverse cultures, management education should be based on three principles: “Globalizing the School’s Management Education”, “Humanizing the School’s Management Education”, and “Collaborating with industries”. I believe it is the next mission of ABEST21 to develop such education and contribute to fostering of management professionals to meet the needs of globalization in economy, society, and culture. In order to meet the needs of the globalization age, business schools are required to build in their campus a “platform” to nurture human resources who can “coexist” with others from different cultural and social backgrounds, under “diversified and different” society. Such step cannot be taken if we see this world as a closed rather than open space. It is the mission of globalization for the business schools to see the school campus full of diverse students as a “platform”, and foster future management professionals who are able to coexist with others within this “platform”. To build such platforms, cooperation among universities across the world is essential. Needless to say, quality assurance of education is a prerequisite for such cooperation. ABEST21 will contribute to “preparing the educational research environment to respond to the globalization”. “Globalizing the School’s Management Education” and “Humanizing the School’s Management Education” are two sides of the same coin. In the context of accelerating advancement of scientific technology, globalization of the society, economy, and culture, and the information technology in this 21st century, ABEST21 will strive to contribute to nurturing of world-class management professionals at the business schools. At the same time we will make efforts to establish a system to share globally the quality assurance of the education, and to support fostering management professionals who will be able to contribute to the sustainable development of the future economy and society. (Fumio Itoh, President) 2. General Information ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Annual Conference 2016 On Tuesday March 1 and Wednesday March 2, 2016, ABEST21 will hold the Peer Review Committee, Accreditation Committee, Board Meeting, General Assembly, and a Global Knowledge Network Forum at Sony University, Sony Corporation in Shinagawa. On March 1 a joint meeting of the Peer Review Committee and the Accreditation Committee is scheduled, followed by the Board Meeting, General Assembly, ABEST21 Accreditation Certificate-granting and Global Knowledge Network Forum on March 2. The Forum will include keynote speeches and a panel discussion on “Globalization of Management Education and Enhancement of Educational Quality (tentative).”

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3. Quality Assurance Activities ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ ABEST21 Bangkok Seminar On December 13, 2015, ABEST21 Bangkok Seminar was held at the Continuing Education Center of Naresuan University, President Tower in the center of Bangkok, Thailand. The seminar was held with the support of Professor Sujinda Chemsripong, the Dean of Faculty of Business, Economics and Communications, Naresuan University. There were approximately 20 participants including the deans of business schools, ONESQA staff, and the editor of management journal “MBA”. The Seminar was opened by a greeting from Dean Sujinda Chemsripong, and then President Itoh provided a detailed explanation on management education quality assurance system, followed by an active Q&A session. 4. Membership Information ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ 1) New member We are pleased to welcome a new school member, Graduate School of Commerce, Burapha University, based in Chon Buri, Thailand, whose application was ratified by the Membership Committee. The University was renamed as Burapha in 1990, but its origin goes back to Bangsaen Educational College founded in 1955. The University has 50,000 students. Details will be introduced in the next edition of the eNews. Graduate School of Commerce, Burapha University, Chon Buri, Thailand Dean: Banpot Wiroonratch, Ph.D. 2) SBI Graduate School and the new Dean Message from Dean Hideki Ishikawa of the Department of Business Administration, SBI Graduate School: SBI Graduate School was established in April 2008 with the full support of SBI Group which aims to become a “creator of new business”. SBI Graduate School is a correspondence graduate school focusing on e-learning via Internet, but face-to-face classes are also included in the program because we emphasize discussions among students and provide them with careful guidance. Students living abroad, e.g. in U.S., China, Viet Nam, Russia, Venezuela, or those with disabilities are also participating in the face-to-face classes via web conference system. The School emphasizes nurturing entrepreneurs and leaders of in-house ventures. Students are required to prepare business plans choosing their own topic as a goal of their research. Furthermore, the School also puts stress on moral culture to nourish ethical values and humanity. In addition to the study of business theories and practical skills, Chinese Classics represented by the Analects of Confucius and modern business thoughts and philosophy such as by Eiichi Shibusawa are included in the program. The School was accredited by ABEST21 in 2013. During the whole accreditation process, the faculty and administrative staff went through zero-base discussions on our education,

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research and business and organized a new curriculum, strengthened the research system, and settled a drastic medium-term business plan including campus relocation. We are currently realizing the plan on a steady basis. Since my inauguration as the Dean in April 2015, we have been making efforts to improve our School, which we are ready to continue. At the same time I look forward to collaborating with members of ABEST21 based on its network. 5. 2015 Retrospect (January to December 2015) ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝ Time flies, and another year has passed. The speed of time we experience seems to confirm the speed of ABEST21 growth. Our quality assurance of management education has permeated the Asian countries and our activities are gaining recognition in the ASEAN region. Our activities in 2015 are outlined as follows. January ・ 8th -- Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia visits Sony

Corporation Head Office ・14th -- PRT On-site Interview at Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University ・20th --Visit to Higher Education Policy Planning Division, MEXT ・23rd -- Discussed committee program with Peer Review Committee Chair Professor Hiroe Tsubaki February ・ 4th -- Visit to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to discuss ABEST21

10th Anniversary ceremony program ・ 9th – Visit to Toshiba Corporation to discuss Case Writing Project-2 March ・ 5th -- Peer Review Committee and Accreditation Committee held at Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Head

Office ・ 6th -- ABEST21 General Assembly and ABEST21 Forum held at Waseda University ・17th – Meeting of Council for Human Resources Development held at Sony University ・18th – Report to MEXT on Accreditation results for 2014 ・26th – Announced the Accreditation results for 2014 at MEXT Press Club

(Accreditation Committee) (Group photo at Fuji Xerox)

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April ・ 4th -- Visit to Universitas Hasanuddin at Makassar, Indonesia ・ 6th -- Visit to Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Manado, Indonesia ・ 7th-- Seminar held at Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia ・ 9th-- Seminar held at Management & Science University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ・ 9th-- Visit to Malaysia Qualifications Agency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ・23rd -- Meeting on “Toshiba Case Writing Project” at Toshiba Human Resources Development

Corporation in Shin-Yokohama ・23rd -- Seminar held at ABEST21 office in Tokyo ・24th -- Meeting of Field-specific Accrediting Agency Network Organization held at ABEST21 office in

Tokyo May ・20th-- Interview by Nikkei Career Management ・28th-- Attended the 2nd ACP Conference sponsored by Kansai University of International Studies June ・ 2nd-- Visit to Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang, Indonesia ・ 5th-- Attended the 8th Plenary Session of AFEBI ・ 5th-- Visit to PPM School of Management, Jakarta, Indonesia July ・ 6th-- Visit to Toshiba Corporation “Toshiba Science Museum” ・ 7th-- ABEST21 10th Anniversary Ceremony at Hotel New Otani ・ 7th-- ABEST21 10th Anniversary Reception at Hotel Mount Fuji ・15th-- Visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ・16th-- Visit to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (10th anniversary group photo) (Schools accredited in 2015) August ・10th – Seminar held at Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta ・12th -- Seminar held at Management & Science University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ・12th -- Visit to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Selangor D.E., Malaysia ・13th -- Signed a Memorandum of Arrangement with Malaysian Qualifications Agency at Ministry of

Higher Education

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(signed a MoA with MQA) (Participants to the ceremony) September ・10th-- Attended the MOT International Symposium in Bandung, Indonesia, cosponsored by

Yamaguchi University and Institut Teknologi Bandung ・25th-- Attended the visit by Universitas Padjadjaran to Toshiba Science Museum ・29th-- Visit by Mr. Takeshi Ninoyu, a member of the House of Councilors October ・ 7th-- On-site interview at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School, Moscow,

Russia ・14th-- Signed the MoU with ONESQA in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand ・19th-20th-- The 1st Peer Review Committee for 2015 ・21st-- Visit by Peer Review Committee members to Toyota Motor Corporation Head Office

Motomachi Plant and Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology in Nagoya

(Interview to Moscow State University) (signed a MoU with ONESQA) November ・ 4th -- On-site interview at Kyoto University (Kyoto) ・10th -- On-site interview at Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia ・11th -- On-site interview at Universitas Telkom, Bandung, Indonesia ・12th -- On-site interview at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia ・13th -- On-site interview at PPM School of Management, Jakarta, Indonesia ・16th -- On-site interview at Universitas Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia ・18th -- On-site interview at Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia ・20th -- On-site interview at Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

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・21st -- On-site interview at Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia ・23rd -- On-site interview at Institute Pertanian Bogor, Bogor, Indonesia ・27th -- On-site interview at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Indonesia

(Interview to Universitas Telkom) (Interview to Universitas Brawijaya) December ・ 4th -- Visit by Professor Tadashi Ono, Program Chair of MBA Program in International Business,

Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba ・ 8th -- Meeting with Auditor Koichi Saito (Professor, Nanzan University) on ABEST21 Bylaws ・10th -- On-site interview at Management & Science University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ・13th -- ABEST21 Bangkok Seminar held in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand ・14th -- On-site interview at Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand ・16th -- Meeting with Board member Kazuo Tanigawa (Director, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company,

Inc.) on ABEST21 Bylaws