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New Horizons On behalf of our faculty and staff here at JAIMS, it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the newest edition of Global Horizons. We hope you notice our spring edition has been rejuvenated in the spirit of the season with a new layout and reorganization of materials. This change is just a small example of what JAIMS will go through as we look ahead in this new millennium. Already, we are implementing initiatives to strive toward our vision of being a leading institute in intercultural management education. This year we have seen the first recipient of JAIMSę Business Plan Competition Award, and we will soon see JAIMSę new e-Learning Center and iCampus online program. Next year is JAIMSę 30th anniversary and we are already planning the activities and events around this special occasion. Although technology will undoubtedly help us to grow in new ways, I believe that our most important concern for the future is our renewed commitment to strengthen ties with our participants, alumni, internship companies, partners, homestay families, and our friends and supporters. Even with a network of graduates spanning the globe, our family is an incredibly close-knit community. I hope you will join us in the new –Horizons” of the millennium as JAIMS continues to reach out beyond our shores to Asia, the mainland U.S., and other continents. JAIMS is now developing its distance education program to offer online continuing education to alumni and other business professionals who prefer the convenience of –anytime, anywhere” learning. Called the –JAIMS iCampus,” indicating a virtual campus on the Internet, this new initiative is scheduled to begin with a few courses in summer 2001. The iCampus will use the Internet to deliver noncredit courses to those who want to update their skills to thrive in the new knowledge-based economy. –We are excited to explore how the iCampus can serve our alumni and broaden other participantsę access to intercultural education,” said Blair Odo, JAIMS vice president for academic affairs. –In the future weęll also consider supplementing existing courses and enhancing our existing academic programs.” In general,
students who have access to a computer with a Web browser can attend
class and network with classmates regardless of their location.
Students can also attend class when itęs convenient--before or after
work and on weekends. Initially, all classes will be led by instructors
and offered in English. Course topics will be in the areas of intercultural
business, communication, information technology, and other areas
as identified by the feedback JAIMS receives. Course costs are expected
to be equivalent to in-class courses that are similar in subject
and length. JAIMS would like to thank the following people for their participation as guest speakers and judges in recent JAIMS events: Benjamin
Bystrom Frank A.
Haas Leon Letoto
Christine
Maii Kent Ogomori
Charin Tomomitsu
Joelle Wada
Steve Yoshihara
Japan and Hawaii Medical Professionals Convene to Learn About Managed Health Care Last October, health care professionals from 20 medical facilities in Honolulu traded management ideas with 23 health care professionals from Japan who were here in Hawaii for a two-week program about the American managed health care system. The Intercultural Health Care Management Program (IHCMP), a cooperative program of JAIMS and Medical Consultants Corporation (MCC) of AZWELL Co., Ltd. in Nagoya, Japan ran from October 9th through the 20th. Participants included executives, directors, and physicians from 18 different health care organizations and hospitals in Japan. –With the growing interest in wellness and integrative medicine that blends Eastern and Western medical practices, intercultural management training becomes increasingly vital,” remarked JAIMS Budget/Seminars Manager Yutaka Hasegawa. –This program provides that cross-cultural opportunity for the participants and the instructors and hospitals involved to learn about each otheręs health care system and discover ways to improve it.” Tsutomu Araseki, executive director of MCC, said he is seeing efforts to improve the health care system in Japan. He noted that the IHCMP enables the health care professionals from Japan to address issues of quality control and cost saving as they strive to implement medical reform in Japan by March 2002. –It will be of great help in health care management for us to learn the actual circumstances of managed care in the U.S. and how to apply and adopt it to our system,” Araseki said. JAIMS and MCC developed IHCMP and trained the first group of health care professionals from Japan in 1997. Similar to the inaugural program, this program included classes at JAIMS in health care management taught by health care professionals and executives and site visits to eight participating medical facilities in Hawaii. The Inaugural ICMP Business Plan Competition a Success The JAIMS Intercultural Management Program (ICMP) Fall 2000 class held its inaugural Business Plan Competition on January 9, 2001. Twenty-one ICMP participants presented their original business plans to an audience and a panel of judges to determine the most exemplary presentation by the end of the day. The event was especially significant because it was the first ICMP Business Plan Competition to be held. Linus Kan, manager of Academic Programs at JAIMS, noted that previously, ICMP held a Speech Competition where participants spoke on a topic they chose. –With the introduction of the entrepreneurship course,” he said, –we felt it would be more appropriate to have a business plan competition that tests participantsę application of classroom lessons and their presentation [and] speaking ability, both of which are very important workplace skills.” Participants were judged according to the content of their presentation, the use of business concepts, originality, organization, the feasibility of their plan, presentation skills, and their responses to audience questions. –It was very enlightening,” said judge Steve Yoshihara, president and principal broker for Pacific Consultants Inc. –It was very interesting to be part of [the] classÄ all did very well.”
Second place went to Yu-Ching (Roy) Lo for eData Consulting, and third place went to Akihiro Oshima for Family English. As the best of the class, Kusa received the distinction of being the first name engraved on the ICMP Business Plan Competitionęs Perpetual Plaque. The ICMP
Business Plan Award is one in a series of awards presented to ICMP
students during their final week of classes. JAIMS Awarded the Consul General of Japanęs Commendation On October 4, 2000, Glenn Miyataki, JAIMS president, personally accepted the Consul General of Japanęs Commendation in recognition of JAIMSę commitment toward the development of human and economic development within the Asia Pacific region. –This commendation would not have been possible . . . without the support of Fujitsu, the leadership of our trustees and past presidents, our dedicated faculty and staff, the community in Hawaii Kai, and the many organizations and agencies in Hawaii that have supported our efforts,” remarked Miyataki in an acceptance speech. Miyataki went on to express his thanks to Consul General Gotaro Ogawa for his support and also assured him of JAIMSę continued commitment to excellence within the new millennium. Only four
of such commendations were awarded in Hawaii out of 30 in the entire
nation. We wish the best for two friends who have recently left the JAIMS staff: Jenny C.
Sadama Jeannette
L. Fukuzawa We would also like to welcome our newest staff member to the JAIMS family: Lance I.
Agena The JAIMS Endowment Fund Campaign President Miyataki is reviewing names for the JAIMS Endowment Fund Campaign committee and will be appointing a committee shortly to help steer the effort. With the
30th anniversary of JAIMS to be celebrated next year, Dr. Miyataki
is encouraging all alumni and supporters to participate in this
campaign as an important expression of supporting students and giving
back to others through oneęs success. The JAIMS China Seminar Series Due to China joining the World Trade Organization this year, the World Bank has predicted that China will be the largest economy in the world by 2010. With this in mind, beginning April 12, 2001, JAIMS will host a series of seminars focusing on fundamental and advanced concepts for doing business with and within China. The JAIMS China Seminar Series will feature eight speakers, all experts in their fields, who have extensive experience in working with the Chinese market in various ways. Located at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, the series will span four weeks and is open to registered participants and sponsors in the local community. Speakers in the fields of law, architecture, culture, political science, and China business practices will offer tremendous opportunities to participants. –For those who
wish to enter the China market, either doing business with Chinese companies
or selling products and services to Chinese consumers, this series is
an essential resource,” said Yen Chun, JAIMS Business Mandarin Program
manager. Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan Limited Visits JAIMS At the start of the new year, Japan-focused MBA (JEMBA) and China-focused MBA (CHEMBA) students were treated to a luncheon with guest speaker Benjamin Bystrom, executive director for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan Limited. Bystrom discussed much of his experiences and common duties within Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, imparting significant insights into the world of Tokyo finance to the attentive JAIMS students. With ten years of experience in Japanęs capital markets, Bystrom was able to impart his knowledge of bond issues, investment banking, and the securitization of loans within the context of Japanęs current and future economy. One of the most crucial pieces of advice he left students with is to specialize their skills and bring –something different” to the Asian market in order to get their foot in the door and build a foundation for a long and successful career. Bystrom,
himself, specializes in structured finance and securitization which
has lead him to hold prominent positions in Tokyo at financial institutions
such as Moodyęs Investors Service and Merrill Lynch. He will soon
be expanding his role at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to encompass
more regions in Asia. In an effort to keep in touch with our alumni, a –request for contact information” card was sent to all alumni last December along with the JAIMS greeting cards. We wanted to hear from you and also keep you informed of all the exciting programs and events at JAIMS. The response was overwhelming and we are very excited to have reconnected with lost alumni. The contact information provided has helped update the JAIMS alumni database, which will be made available soon to JAIMS alumni via the Internet on a subscription basis. If you have not had time to respond, please take a few moments to send us your current contact information. Please send all information to . |
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