This article provides an overview of my past and present research going back to my graduate student years. It is not possible, due to the limited space available, to revisit every research theme I worked on from Industrial Relations to Human Resources Management. This article focuses on my work on trade unions, non-standard employment, work-life-balance, and diversity management.

A management strategy of a Japanese company is development of creation technology and service. The role function of the key human resources who carry that is innovation.

I focus on the so-called innovation human resources who accomplished social change up to now and pick the important matter out through a test of the important matter of human resources.

Selection of a candidate who fits in with the important matter and the new personnel information system to utilize are built.

This paper outlines some characteristics of educating system of the MBA program at Kobe University, particularly focusing on its seminar system. In conclusion, it is claimed that an MBA student at Kobe University is an important partner both for teaching staff and for a graduate student to conduct good research.