Kazumasa Ozawa

Management research is about exploring ways to achieve the goals of organizations or communities of people. At the Management Group, we concern ourselves with the management of infrastructure, public services and institutions. Our lab is a space to think about organizational design, human resource management, knowledge management, or decision-making. On our search for appropriate infrastructure development and maintenance systems, we tear down old walls between traditional academic disciplines and train future leaders of infrastructure projects. In addition to the development, operation and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, we study the management of diverse elements within social systems, ranging across issues of natural resources, environment, technology, institutions, and international relations. Our work can be classified into three broad research fields:

1. Management of construction projects
2. Management in international development
3. Management and social systems