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Ikujiro Nonaka Named First Distinguished JAIMS
Fellow
HONOLULU — Ikujiro Nonaka,
Xerox Distinguished Professor of Knowledge at the University of
California at Berkeley Haas School of Business, has been named the
first Distinguished JAIMS Fellow.
Established
on June 1, 2000, the Distinguished JAIMS Fellows Program recognizes
prominent academic scholars and business executives who have been
associated with JAIMS. The Fellows Program is a demonstration of
JAIMS° commitment to its participants by bringing outstanding scholars
and executives to JAIMS for teaching, applied research and student
interaction. These Fellows would share their work and competencies
with JAIMS participants, faculty and staff, the JAIMS Family Alumni
Association, partners, clients and the business community.
"Dr. Nonaka is no stranger
to Hawaii as he has publicly spoken about knowledge creation to
our business leaders in several appearances here. Those who have
heard him are familiar with his wit, elfin sense of humor and application
of knowledge creation to organizations," said Glenn Miyataki,
president of JAIMS. "As a Distinguished JAIMS Fellow, he will
be returning to our State in the coming years to share his continued
insights of knowledge creation necessary for today°s new economy.
We are all fortunate to have the chance to learn from such an accomplished
and acknowledged scholar."
In 1997, Nonaka became the
first Xerox Distinguished Professor of Knowledge at the University
of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business, an endowed visiting
professorship dedicated to research about knowledge created in businesses.
He is also founding dean of the Graduate School of Knowledge Science
at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; former director
of the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University
in Tokyo; and Japan internship supervisor for the Japan-focused
MBA program, jointly offered by JAIMS and the University of Hawaii
at Manoa College of Business Administration.
Nonaka received both his
MBA and Ph.D. in business from the University of California at Berkeley
and has long been one of Japan°s foremost authorities on developing
and using the intellectual capital of workers to create and expand
business knowledge. With co-author Hirotaka Takeuchi, Professor
Nonaka wrote The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies
Create the Dynamics of Innovation (Oxford: 1995), which was
awarded the "Best Book of the Year in Business and Management"
by the Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly
Publishing Division.
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