Minutes of the 8th Yokohama City Public University Corporation Evaluation Committee

• Date and time: From 15:00 to 17:00 on Monday, July 31, 2006
• Location: 603 Training Room on the 6th floor of the Yokohama Technical Cultural Center
• Attendees: Mr. Kawamura, Mr. Iida, Mr. Yamagami, Mr. Yonemoto
• Form: Publication
• As soon as possible
• Proceedings

About the 7th Yokohama City Public University Corporation Evaluation Committee Minutes (draft)
[Document 1] The Secretariat gave an explanation and was approved.
＊Main exchange of opinions, etc.
Nothing in particular

About report of duties in annual plan of public university corporation Yokohama City University in 2005
[Document 2] (PDF: 726KB) provided an explanation by the secretariat, and the evaluation and adjustment were made based on the work sheet.

1.About overall evaluation
Of the five evaluation committee members, even if four are the same evaluation, it does not simply add the evaluation, but if the remaining one evaluation has a weight, it may be evaluated as a committee Sometimes. In any case, items with different evaluations by each committee member will be coordinated by the committee.

2.Evaluation by item
“1.-4 Initiatives to Achieve Research Goals”
・Since we have begun various initiatives, our motivation is highly evaluated, but I think it will take a little more time considering the results after the efforts.

・The 2.1-fold increase in joint research funding is highly appreciated.
Even though it was 2.1 times, I haven't worked on it so far, so if you try it a little, it can double immediately. It's hard to double what you already have a considerable track record, but isn't the original base number small?

・In conventional universities, there was no need to strategically decide on priority areas. Since universities are a search for truth, faculty members have been free to conduct research in their respective fields, but it is epoch-making to put them together in several fields and focus on allocation of research funds. It is highly appreciated that a large university like Yokohama City University has set cross-sectional strategic goals.

“4. Efforts to Achieve Targets for Affiliated Hospitals”
・The explanation of the (corporate) gave me the impression that I was doing well about the affiliated hospital. There are many explanations that we have just started our efforts, so we expect results from a few years later.

・Specific objective figures are also shown in the explanation, but all of them have achieved the target values. I think we are actually doing what we need to do with regard to measures.

・It can be highly appreciated that we are working on the convenience of patients, such as payment at credit cards and convenience stores, but the occurrence of receivables is an issue because we are doing emergency services. In the future, it may lead to an increase in receivables, so I would like to add that measures will be considered.

“5. Initiatives to Achieve Corporate Management Targets”
・For a long time, it is natural that the city organization has focused on education due to the nature of a university, but I think it is necessary to strengthen management initiatives such as finance and personnel affairs in the future.

・While top-down needs to be done, universities, unlike companies, have to respect the independence of teachers considerably. It is also necessary to consider top-down methods to increase the independence of teachers.

“5. -1. Efforts to Achieve Targets for Improvement of Management Contents”

・It is important to train specialists in finance and personnel affairs to become independent and independent administrative agencies.

・The number of students per clerk at national and public universities is small. In other words, private schools are doing with a small number of elites. In the past way, specialists will never grow up.

“5.-2. Efforts to Achieve Targets for Improvement and Efficiency in Business Operations”
・When introducing a fixed-term system and an annual salary system, I think that if you do not introduce a tenure system, you will miss out on excellent human resources.

（３） Regarding the approval (draft) of financial statements and appropriation of retained earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005

[Document 3] (PDF: 130KB), etc., provided explanations by corporations and the secretariat, confirming the appropriateness of financial statements, and considering "approval of disposal of profits." The statement of opinion (draft) was proposed by the chair and approved.

※Main exchange of opinions, etc.
・“Financial Statements” are considered to have been properly prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standards for Local Independent Administrative Institutions.

・It should be evaluated that the independent auditor has submitted an audit report stating that it is "appropriate" and that the two auditors have submitted an audit report stating that the results of the accounting audit are correct.

・In the profit and loss statement, most of the extraordinary losses and extraordinary profits are unique to the first term and are given free transfer from the city, so it is considered to be special factors. Based on these special factors, we believe that it is appropriate to allocate net income in full to the purpose of contributing to “improvement of quality of education, research and medical treatment and improvement of organizational management”.

・The financial base is weak, and it will be serious from next fiscal year onward. It is necessary to have such a recognition firmly. The tuition fee was revised in the plan, but you have to start the plan early. We must also work on the foundation of our finances and actively develop other than tuition fees. We must work with speed from a medium- to long-term perspective.

・Cost reductions have been successful in FY2017, but will not be the same in FY2018. We will have to narrow down this year. On the other hand, industry-academia collaboration is also a result, but seeds must be sowed. We need to think about increasing income. The finances are not optimistic.