Special Lecture for Entrepreneurship

Numbering Code P-PUB01 8M021 LJ90 Year/Term 2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type special lecture
Target Year Professional degree students Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Intensive
Instructor name SAOTOME CHIKAKO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Professor)
TERANISHI YUTAKA (Graduate School of Medicine Project Professor)
YAMAGUCHI TARO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Senior Lecturer)
TAKAYAMA KOJIRO (Graduate School of Medicine Program-Specific Assistant Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course ・The lecture aims to learn business accounting through the business game.
・You hire employees, purchase factories and raw materials, produce products, and sell them in the business game. After 12 months, a balance sheet (B/S) and profit and loss statement (P/L) are prepared and ordinary income is calculated.
・Through simulated management experience, you will learn to examine management strategies, build business models, and acquire basic knowledge of accounting.
・By using a financial sheet that can be prepared even without specialized knowledge of economics, you can acquire basic accounting knowledge regardless of your background.
Course Goals Through simulated management experience, you will acquire practical knowledge of accounting necessary for business.
Then, you will be able to build business models and manage budgets so that you can lead your businesses to success when you actually start your own businesses as entrepreneurs.
Schedule and Contents 1 August 4 Introduction
2 August 4 Description of rules of the game
3 August 4 Demo game
4~6 August 5 Business game I~III
7 August 5 Lecture on basic accounting
8 August 5 Lecture on business management and investment
9~12 August 8 Business game IV~VII
13 August 8 Making presentation about results of the game
14 August 9 Lecture on startup business
15 August 9 Presentation about results of the business game
Evaluation Methods and Policy Attitude and attendance 40%, Presentation and reports 60%
Course Requirements MPH elective
Attendance of all lectures is needed.
Taking an Entrepreneurship course is recommended.
The business games will be played in face-to-face lectures. Some lectures may be conducted online due to unavoidable circumstances.

Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students should understand the content of the Entrepreneurship course, especially business models and accounting.
Students should watch the video of the business game's rules on PandA.
Students are expected to understand the rules as the rule book will be distributed in advance.
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