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GOTO SATORU

Department / Course College of Business Administration Department of Business Administration

Title / Position Professor

Scopus Paper Info
Paper Count: 13 Citation: 52 h-index: 5

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Other Affiliations
1.	College of Business Administration Department of Business Administration
2.	Graduate School of Business Administration
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Ars Vivendi
4.	Kinugasa Research Organization Research Center for the Pan-Pacific Civilization

Academic background
1.	～2014/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Technology Management Major │ Graduate School of Technology Management │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed Ph.D. in technology management
2.	～2006/03	Master Course │ Information Science and Systems Engineering Major │ Graduate School of Science and Engineering │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed
3.	～2004/03	Department of Robotics │ College of Science and Engineering │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated
4.	～2000/03	│ Osaka Prefectural Mishima High school │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2024/07/18 ～	Director in General │ │
2.	2024/04/01 ～	Professor │ │
3.	2019/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Associate Professor │ College of Business Administration │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2018/04/01 ～ 2019/03/31	Associate Professor │ Faculty of Business Administration │ Toyo Gakuen University
5.	2015/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Lecturer │ Faculty of Business Administration │ Toyo Gakuen University
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Research activities
1.		IEEE Technology and Engineering Society
2.		The Academic Association for Organizational Science
3.		Japan Association for Management System

Subject of research
1.	Study of Innovation of Meaning from Perspective of Structurational Theory

Research summary
Study of Innovation of Meaning from Perspective of Structurational Theory This study focuses on the Innovation of Meaning (IoM) and aims at developing the theory and practical application program for Japanese companies. The structuration theory is used to build the theoretical foundation. The premise of duality of structure underlies the structuration theory, which replace the classic dualism between structure and agency. The extant studies on the discipline of design management have focused too much on the designer’s interpretation from the perspective of hermeneutics. However, even professional, experienced designers develop a design fixation through organisational and managerial factors if they fail to overcome the conflict in organisations. Thus, it is important to illuminate not dualism, but the duality of the structure as well as individual daily actions Furthermore, this study is based on the theory of design thinking. This allow us to understand how designers think and reason in their design processes. The fact is that professional, experienced designers have the fundamental reasoning pattern using their own working principle which they acquire through entire professional careers. Moreover, the design thinking studies indicated that the identity is the core part of the educational process for designers to acquire the principles. The structuration theory and the design thinking studies allow us to explore the relationship between acquiring working principle and structural factors. Collectively, this study address to understand the inside-out process in organizations, which is core concept of IoM, using this theoretical foundation.

Present specialized field
Design science, Management (Keyword：Design Management, Design Thinking, Innovation of Meaning)

Books
1.	2017/09	Innovation of Meaning and Product Service System

Papers
1.	2025/03	When does team identification pertain to creative problem-solving process? │ Creativity and Innovation Management │
2.	2024/11	The Transformation of Family-Owned Enterprises into Design-Intensive Firms │ Forum Scientiae Oeconomia │ 12 (3),pp.8-24
3.	2024/07	An Exploratory Research on Technological Gatekeepers of Cultural Production in Industry-University Collaboration │ International Journal of Japan Association for Management Systems │ 16 (1),pp.51-62
4.	2023/02/19	Making the most out of the innovation of meaning: The importance of inclusion for creativity in inside-out envisioning │ Creativity and Innovation Management │ 32 (2),pp.298-315
5.	2021/03/14	Outside‐inside‐out Frame Creation Model for the Innovation of Meaning in a B2B Industry │ Design Management Journal │ 15 (1),pp.58-67
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/09/17	How do SMEs predefine potential users for design thinking in Front End of Innovation
2.	2024/09/16	Managing PSS design: Collaboration between heavyweight product managers and designers
3.	2023/09/19	Proposed Need for Organizational Culture for Design Thinking Education
4.	2023/06/09	The Downside of Organizational Identification on Design Thinking: Problem Finding, Problem Solution, and Solution Implementation
5.	2022/09/12	Transformation to A Design-intensive Firm in Family-led SMEs
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2018/04 ～ 2020/03	Theoretical study and developing practical process and tools of Design Driven Innovation
2.	2015/04 ～ 2018/03	The study of competitive advantage of servitization of standardization product
3.	2014/08 ～ 2015/03	The study of technology development strategy to develop innovative technology specifications and product meanings