HIDA Journal 2014 AUTUMN No.5

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11No. 5 AUTUMN 2014VOICE Talking with the manager in charge of personnel at Ms. Arai’s home company (IHI Corporation)I feel that through this internship Ms. Arai has returned home having acquired a sense of responsibility and courage. We held a debriefing session within the company immediately after she returned to Japan, where it was apparent that she got a real feel for what Indonesia is about in terms of things like the circumstances in the country and how the people there communicate. What is more, relationships of trust between the concerned parties have immense significance in the projects that Ms. Arai oversees in our company in terms of future business down the road, and it seems that she was able to form such invaluable personnel connections through her internship.Since the host organization of P.T. Adaro Power formulated a solid training plan when it accepted Ms. Arai, this made for an incredibly well rounded program.While we do not have connections at our company, I feel that dispatching employees as interns to overseas organizations that could conceivably be important for our business in the future and having them undergo practical training is one of the strengths of this internship program. A six-month period is just the perfect length of time to send them over for training, and so I feel that this is a program that offers major advantages for companies considering developing global human resources.VOICE Talking with the manager in charge at the host organization (P.T. Adaro Power)Our hope is that accepting interns will not only build business relationships, but that the interns will interact with employees from P.T. Adaro Power and that both will be able to learn from one another. I feel that such interactions will lead to strengthening cultural and social ties between Indonesia and Japan both in the present and the future.Ms. Arai, who we recently took in as an intern, is a proficient English speaker and has work experience as a working adult, so there were lots of things she could share information about with the employees at P.T. Adaro Power. I was impressed by how she tackled everything with determination and with her best effort, as well as her outlook of taking great interest in constantly striving to absorb Indonesian culture and customs, starting with the Indonesian language. Ms. Arai’s program proceeded as planned, and we created opportunities like classroom lectures and fieldwork to further deepen her understanding of the power business in Indonesia.Through our internships, P.T. Adaro Power has been able to build new relationships with related companies and organizations. In addition, we have been able to gain firsthand experience of Japan’s working styles and culture, which place emphasis on responding to any and all requests with the best effort one can muster and building positive relationships. I feel that one of the major outcomes of the internship has been the chance to learn from one another about our respective countries by working together in the same workplace.Is there anything that you noticed about working in the business environment in Indonesia, which differs from that in Japan?At first I was bewildered by their approach to time, which differs from the approach in Japan. For example, when our boss would give us instructions to prepare a document nobody would set to work on it, even when we were only one week away from the deadline. I would get anxious and impatient from the outset and so I would offer reminders, but in the end this would just increase my workload, which was tough. Later on I dedicated myself to working in a way that would allow me to fit in with the people around me, but I was amazed by how the people at P.T. Adaro Power could produce solid output even when they started working at what I would consider last-minute timing.In addition, I was impressed by the fact that throughout the entire organization they possess the strong awareness that their company is carrying the country on its shoulders and that they are personally growing the economy. Furthermore, within the company they were very quick to make decisions and take concrete actions. This is connected to the strong awareness of the employees that I previously mentioned, as they seem to be of the mindset that unless a company is quick to decide and act it will not be able to keep pace with Indonesia’s rapidly expanding economy.Well then, lastly could you offer a message for anyone who would like to take part in the internship program?I feel that being able to act as a member of a local company is an invaluable experience that can only be obtained through this internship program, and not through an ordinary overseas business trip or posting. I feel that when you are dispatched from a company in Japan, having the company sending the intern over clearly convey their goals and expectations for the internship to said intern is what leads to success. And for the individual interns as well, I feel that they should not just consider the internship an opportunity for personal growth, but must be consciously intent on developing relationships between the two companies. So long as the interns have this sort of self-awareness, then I believe that they will be able to act with a clear sense of purpose at all times and obtain results for their objectives throughout the internship.This talk with Ms. Arai conveyed the fact that she not only made the most of her recent internship, but is also putting this experience to good use even after returning to Japan. Thank you for this valuable discussion.Commemorative photo with the members of P.T. Adaro Power following the closing presentation - Ms. Arai is in the middle of the back row

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