Kyoto University's Graduate School of Management (GSM-KU) and Graduate School of Economics, together with The Amoeba Management Academic Community, co-hosted the Community's 5th Symposium at Inamori Hall in Shiran Kaikan. The Symposium adopted the theme "Amoeba Management and its Philosophy", in which roles of and relationships between philosophy and administrative accounting methodology, mainly in respect of Amoeba Management but also in other management systems, were examined in lectures and a panel discussion.
The first section of the event comprised three lectures from different perspectives: "Philosophy and Giri-ryozen (a theory arguing that self-interest and the common good are compatible) -- From the Perspective of Eiichi Shibusawa's Theory" by Professor Kazuhito Tanaka from Hitotsubashi University (researcher of management philosophy); "Systematization of Management Philosophy and Profit Chain Management" by KU Emeritus Professor Yasuyuki Kazusa (researcher of administrative accounting); and "Case Study in Amoeba Management and its Philosophy" by Mr Mikio Tsukamoto, Representative Director of Comany Inc. (business person practicing Amoeba Management at the coal face).
After a short break, a panel discussion took place. Professor Norio Sawabe at GSM-KU chaired a discussion entitled "Dynamism Created by Amoeba Management and its Philosophy". The panelists, comprising the three lecturers from the first section plus Mr Koji Shimizu, an experienced consultant on Amoeba Management, exchanged views on such relevant topics as: "How dynamism is created through closely connecting Amoeba Management and business philosophy", "Reasons why a philosophy is required to manage a business", "How philosophy penetrates into businesses under the Amoeba Management system", "Can 'Kyocera philosophy' be realized without Amoeba Management?", and "How significant connecting Amoeba Management and its philosophy will be in business management in the 21st century".
The symposium attracted a near full house of some 200 participants, including business people and members of the general public, whose attention was fully engaged throughout the discussion.
From left, Professor Sawabe, Emeritus Professor Kazusa, Representative Director Tsukamoto, and Professor Tanaka
Panel discussion
Full house in the hall
