【Questionnaire on Business】(for student)

Business

Below is a list of general abilities and knowledge that society is likely to expect from
students who acquired degree(s) in the field of Business upon employment. Please assess, in
the first question, the importance of each ability and knowledge in the workplace, and in the
second question, evaluate the extent to which these expectations are being met.

For each competence, circle one number for its Importance Achieved
importance and achieved. Low → High Low → High
1. Ability to explain the meaning of basic macroeconomic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
indexes (such as real GDP growth rate) closely related to
business decision making.
2. Ability to explain the meaning of basic financial ratios 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as ROE and total assets turnover rate) related to
business.
3. Ability to explain basic business terms (such as KPI and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PDCA).
4. Ability to understand and explain exactly recent events 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
and trends related to business.
5. Ability to collect appropriate data that suit the objectives 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
of the analysis required and to present them in graphs or
charts.
6. Ability to put social phenomena related to business into a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
box-and-arrow diagram.

7. Ability to understand the content of academic material in 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

business administration and economics exactly.

8. Ability to understand specialized economic newspapers 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

(such as FT and WSJ), the economics pages of general
newspapers (such as The Times and The New York
Times), or information on the Web equivalent to the
contents of those newspapers.

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9. Ability to notice problems existed in the conventional 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
ways of thinking and working in business, and to come up
with and suggest new ideas and new procedures in order
to improve conditions in business.
10. Ability to organize a work plan by considering future 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
events.
11. Ability to understand the content of specialized English 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
books or journal articles in business and economics
exactly.
12. Ability to understand the English content of online 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
information in business.
13. Ability to discuss business issues in English. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
14. Possession of the basic skills to conduct social research 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as how to design questionnaires) and the ability to
apply those skills to business surveys.
15. Ability to conduct appropriate statistical analysis (such as 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
regression analysis) in a business context with actual
data.
16. Ability to analyze a company’s accounting statements 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as a balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement)
and to point out the financial characteristics and problems
of the company.
17. Ability to examine business activity based on the basic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
theory for evaluating a company’s investments or
corporate value (such as the DCF method).
18. Ability to examine business behavior based on a basic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
framework for business and corporate strategy (such as
Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model).
19. Ability to examine actual marketing phenomena using 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
basic concepts of marketing (such as the 4P’s and the
segmentation–targeting–positioning approach).
20. Ability to examine actual human behavior in companies 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
relying on basic concepts of human behavior and group
dynamics (such as motivation and leadership).

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21. Ability to examine a business’ organization using the 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

basic theories of organizational structure.

22. Ability to analyze actual human resource policy and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

practices of a company using basic human resource
management theories.
23. Ability to use the basic theories of production 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
management to examine real business activity.
24. Ability to examine the functions of companies in society 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
from a broad perspective that includes multiple
stakeholders.
25. Ability to use international management theory (such as 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
an impact of cultural differences among countries on
management) to examine real business activity.
26. Ability to analyze and structure a problem of an 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
enterprise and design a solution (i.e. entering a new
market).
27. Audit an organization and design consultancy plans (i.e. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
tax law, investment, case studies, and project work).
28. Identify related issues such as culture and ethics and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
understand their impact on business organizations.
29. Identify the functional areas of an organization and their 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
relations (i.e. purchasing, production, logistics,
marketing, finance, human resource).
30. Identify the impact of macro- and microeconomic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
elements on business organizations (i.e. financial and
monetary systems, internal markets).
31. Understand existent and new technology and its impact 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
for new / future markets.

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A Please choose the five abilities and knowledge that you think you need to acquire by
the time of graduation and rank them by number in the boxes below.

Importance
First (No. )
Second (No. )
Third (No. )
Fourth (No. )
Fifth (No. )

B Please choose the five abilities and knowledge that you think you have achieved most
completely by the time of graduation and rank them by number in the boxes below.

Achieved
First (No. )
Second (No. )
Third (No. )
Fourth (No. )
Fifth (No. )

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【Questionnaire on Business】(for faculty)

Business

Below is a list of general abilities and knowledge that society is likely to expect from
students who acquired degree(s) in the field of Business upon employment. Please assess, in
the first question, the importance of each ability and knowledge in the workplace, and in the
second question, evaluate the extent to which these expectations are being met.

For each competence, circle one number for its Importance Achieved
importance and achieved. Low → High Low → High
1. Ability to explain the meaning of basic macroeconomic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
indexes (such as real GDP growth rate) closely related to
business decision making.
2. Ability to explain the meaning of basic financial ratios 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as ROE and total assets turnover rate) related to
business.
3. Ability to explain basic business terms (such as KPI and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PDCA).
4. Ability to understand and explain exactly recent events 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
and trends related to business.
5. Ability to collect appropriate data that suit the objectives 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
of the analysis required and to present them in graphs or
charts.
6. Ability to put social phenomena related to business into a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
box-and-arrow diagram.

7. Ability to understand the content of academic material in 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

business administration and economics exactly.

8. Ability to understand specialized economic newspapers 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

(such as FT and WSJ), the economics pages of general
newspapers (such as The Times and The New York
Times), or information on the Web equivalent to the
contents of those newspapers.

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9. Ability to notice problems existed in the conventional 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
ways of thinking and working in business, and to come up
with and suggest new ideas and new procedures in order
to improve conditions in business.
10. Ability to organize a work plan by considering future 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
events.
11. Ability to understand the content of specialized English 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
books or journal articles in business and economics
exactly.
12. Ability to understand the English content of online 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
information in business.
13. Ability to discuss business issues in English. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
14. Possession of the basic skills to conduct social research 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as how to design questionnaires) and the ability to
apply those skills to business surveys.
15. Ability to conduct appropriate statistical analysis (such as 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
regression analysis) in a business context with actual
data.
16. Ability to analyze a company’s accounting statements 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(such as a balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement)
and to point out the financial characteristics and problems
of the company.
17. Ability to examine business activity based on the basic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
theory for evaluating a company’s investments or
corporate value (such as the DCF method).
18. Ability to examine business behavior based on a basic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
framework for business and corporate strategy (such as
Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model).
19. Ability to examine actual marketing phenomena using 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
basic concepts of marketing (such as the 4P’s and the
segmentation–targeting–positioning approach).
20. Ability to examine actual human behavior in companies 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
relying on basic concepts of human behavior and group
dynamics (such as motivation and leadership).

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21. Ability to examine a business’ organization using the 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

basic theories of organizational structure.

22. Ability to analyze actual human resource policy and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

practices of a company using basic human resource
management theories.
23. Ability to use the basic theories of production 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
management to examine real business activity.
24. Ability to examine the functions of companies in society 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
from a broad perspective that includes multiple
stakeholders.
25. Ability to use international management theory (such as 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
an impact of cultural differences among countries on
management) to examine real business activity.
26. Ability to analyze and structure a problem of an 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
enterprise and design a solution (i.e. entering a new
market).
27. Audit an organization and design consultancy plans (i.e. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
tax law, investment, case studies, and project work).
28. Identify related issues such as culture and ethics and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
understand their impact on business organizations.
29. Identify the functional areas of an organization and their 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
relations (i.e. purchasing, production, logistics,
marketing, finance, human resource).
30. Identify the impact of macro- and microeconomic 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
elements on business organizations (i.e. financial and
monetary systems, internal markets).
31. Understand existent and new technology and its impact 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
for new / future markets.

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A Please choose the five abilities and knowledge that you think are the most important
to be acquired by the graduates and rank them by number in the boxes below.

Importance
First (No. )
Second (No. )
Third (No. )
Fourth (No. )
Fifth (No. )

B Please choose the five abilities and knowledge you think are most completely achieved by
the graduates and rank them by number in the boxes below.

Achieved
First (No. )
Second (No. )
Third (No. )
Fourth (No. )
Fifth (No. )