The Drucker Institute and TOMODACHI Partner to Bring Japanese Students to the U.S. for Leadership Training
CLAREMONT, California (PRWEB) July 17, 2013 -- The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University announced today that it is partnering with the TOMODACHI initiative to bring 10 Japanese high school students—all of them from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami region—to Claremont this summer for a special leadership-training program.
The students are alumni of other programs that have been part of TOMODACHI, a public-private partnership born out of support for Japan’s recovery from the Tohoku earthquake. TOMODACHI invests in the next generation of Japanese and American leaders through educational and cultural exchanges, as well as entrepreneurship and leadership programs.
The program in Claremont, dubbed Drucker for Future Japanese Leaders, is modeled on a successful initiative that the Drucker Institute runs in the United States with thousands of middle school and high school students. The program aims to teach management skills to young people, who use these lessons to design and implement community service projects. The students then develop individual self-management plans to pursue their academic and personal goals.
Peter Drucker’s “Five Most Important Questions” (What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does the customer value? What are our results? What is our plan?) serve as the cornerstone of the students’ management training and provide a basic framework for the management plans the students put into practice.
Over the course of a week in late July and early August, the Japanese students will visit businesses and cultural attractions in Los Angeles, interact with U.S. high school and college students, and participate in other activities through which they will learn about leadership, innovation and social responsibility.
The program is being funded through TOMODACHI’s Fund for Exchanges, which is supported by Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Hitachi, Ltd.
“We are extremely proud to be partnering with TOMODACHI and look forward to welcoming their alumni to campus,” said Rick Wartzman, executive director of the Drucker Institute. “Peter Drucker first visited Japan in the late 1950s and always maintained a deep love and respect for the country and its people, and so this relationship with TOMODACHI couldn’t be more fitting.”
TOMODACHI officials said they, too, were excited about the partnership. “We are excited for TOMODACHI alumni to continue their engagement with the United States and development as future leaders, through their participation in this remarkable program,” stated Irene Hirano Inouye, President of the U.S.-Japan Council.
The partnership with TOMODACHI is part of a broader Drucker Institute effort to bring Japanese high school and college students to Claremont to participate in management and leadership training. Arrangements are being handled locally in Japan through GPI (U.S.), an affiliate of Tokyo-based ISA Inc., which specializes in international exchanges and study-abroad programs.
About TOMODACHI
The TOMODACHI initiative is a public-private partnership, born out of support for Japan’s recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, that invests in fostering a “TOMODACHI generation” of young Japanese and American leaders who are committed to and engaged in strengthening U.S.-Japan relations through educational and cultural exchanges as well as entrepreneurship and leadership programs. The TOMODACHI initiative is led by the United States government and the U.S.-Japan Council, and is supported by the Japanese government, corporations, organizations and individuals from the United States and Japan.
About the Drucker Institute
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University is a social enterprise whose purpose is to strengthen society by making people more effective, organizations more responsible and work more joyful. It does this by turning Peter Drucker's ideas and ideals into tools that are both practical and inspiring. Major corporate CEOs, social sector leaders, government officials, middle managers and even high school students all use these tools to be better at what they do. For more information, please visit: http://www.druckerinstitute.com.
About Claremont Graduate University
Founded in 1925, Claremont Graduate University is the graduate university of the Claremont Colleges. Our five academic schools conduct leading-edge research and award masters and doctoral degrees in 24 disciplines. Because the world’s problems are not simple nor easily defined, diverse faculty and students research and study across the traditional discipline boundaries to create new and practical solutions for the major problems plaguing our world. A Southern California based graduate school devoted entirely to graduate research and study, CGU boasts a low student-to-faculty ratio.
Phalana Tiller, The Drucker Institute, http://www.druckerinstitute.com, 909-607-8164, [email protected]
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