AOTS Journal 2018 AUTUMN No.13 (ENGLISH)

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3No. 13 AUTUMN 2018to simplify too much by saying there is no difference between people born in Japan and others from different countries. It is quite natural for our staff from other countries who come to Japan for training to feel uneasy and helpless in a different culture. In return, the Japanese side should educate those Japanese instructors rst on the importance of thinking themselves as if they were those from a different background so that they can get closer to people from outside of Japan. Then, we have to nurture our personnel who can share the same feelings and pay respect to our counterparts regardless of birthplace, education, language, and religion or food habit as the same ‘MS humans.’ This is something we believe important in HRD. Next is what we call ‘Taro-cultivation-style HRD.’ First, we nurture a kind of mother tuber of taro; I mean would-be instructors at local sites by training them in Japan. Such mother tubers should be planted in local soil, by which I mean dispatching to local sites as instructors. Then, once an empty eld can grow a new and large number of daughter tubers of taro, this means a new generation of personnel has been developed. Instead of asking the instructors to engage in continuous local training, this new generation of daughter tubers, after being instructed by the original group of instructors, would educate a new generation of people so that the recipients of instruction would multiply each time. The very rst generation of taro, or local personnel, would undertake intensive training in Japan followed by practice of instructing at the local site, then as we dispatch Japanese experts to reinforce their instruction while the original batch of local instructors may visit Japan again to make up for any missing parts in their comprehension for them to brush-up on their training. Currently we have entered to the second round of this cycle in both China and Indonesia. Next, I would like to ask Mr. Ma of the Administration Department who serves as advisor for living of the trainees. Mr. Ma, from China, has joined the company this year. In addition to Chinese language, he is uent in both Japanese and English and expected to have a more active role in future overseas business expansion of the company.What is your advice to those trainees studying hard in a different culture?Since I came to Japan as a foreign student nine years ago, I have been wondering about the cultural difference between China and Japan even though the two countries are neighbors in geography. However, I have managed to stay here by following the idea of ‘when in Rome, do as Romans’, despite my slow progress. In a different cultural environment, you should not resist nor easily accept any different things, opinions or ways of thinking; you should think why he or she shows different behavior from the viewpoint of ‘your counterpart.’ The important thing is not to judge right or wrong but to choose the most appropriate approach by yourself. When my trainees are faced with any trouble, I want them to ask our people in this company or their friends for advice without hesitation.Lastly, I would like to get comments from the two trainees undertaking training for their impression of their training as well as their aspirations after returning home. Mr. ROHAN VYENKATESH GAJBHIYEMy fellow seniors in this company have been instructing us on technologies from both theoretical and practical viewpoints in a very comprehensive manner. MS Mold places a great deal of value in such practices as time-keeping and cleaning; now I feel such practices are very informative. As the Kaizen activities here are not practiced in India, it has changed my way of thinking.Thanks to this training opportunity, we could grow up tremendously. Back in India, we shall work hard to disseminate technologies as well as the way of working and business culture we learned at MS Mold to my colleagues in India so that MS India could develop fast. Mr. KUNDAN KAILAS BHAGATTraining and one’s own growth, I think, will lead to ‘education’ which after all is the most important thing. My training at MS Mold has taught me such important values as time punctuality, cleanliness of workshop, well-planned preparation before work as prerequisite for technical study.I am very satised with having received such a training opportunity; I would like to instruct my juniors at our company about what I learned here when going home. Last but not least, I would like to show my gratitude to MS Mold.Thank you for your cooperation today, gentlemen.Mr. Ma conducting his classroom session to trainees. From the left: Mr. Sakoda, Mr. Rohan, Mr. Kundan