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Employee Education
KYOCERA Document Solutions believes it is essential that the Kyocera Philosophy, which has served as a basis for management of the Company, be correctly understood and practiced by its employees. Based on this belief, we have focused our efforts on Philosophy Education, through which employees learn the essence, fundamental ideas and values of the Kyocera Philosophy. In addition to Philosophy Education, we also conduct Management Education and Engineering and Technical Education Programs in cooperation with Kyocera, to cultivate human resources who can contribute to the growth of KYOCERA Document Solutions.
Education Rationale
KYOCERA Document Solutions cultivates highly capable human resources who acquire the Kyocera Philosophy and contribute to the advancement and development of humankind and society, while pursuing the global development of KYOCERA Document Solutions and the happiness of all employees through earnest efforts and a focus on creativity.
Education Objectives
- To disseminate the Kyocera Philosophy among all employees
- To cultivate executives with high-level management skills
- To cultivate professional human resources with highly specialized knowledge and high technological skills
- To cultivate human resources with the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform duties and responsibilities successfully
- To develop human resources who support global business operations
KYOCERA Document Solutions believes it is essential that the Kyocera Philosophy, which has served as a basis for management of the Company, be instilled into its employees. To realize our education rationale, which has been established based on the management rationale, we have focused our efforts on Philosophy Education, to ensure that employees correctly understand the essence, fundamental ideas and values of the Kyocera Philosophy. In addition to Philosophy Education, we also conduct management education and technical training in cooperation with Kyocera, to cultivate human resources who can contribute to the global development of KYOCERA Document Solutions.
In keeping with the education rationale, an education system has been established comprising four programs: Philosophy Education, Management Education, Engineering and Technical Education, and Basic Education. We aim to cultivate human resources who can contribute to the further development of our company, by implementing these education programs appropriately and vigorously.
KYOCERA Document Solutions provides continuous and thorough Philosophy Education to instill the Kyocera Philosophy in all employees. Our aim is to ensure that all employees master the Kyocera Philosophy through accurate and deep understanding and practical application. We believe that through mastery and daily practice of the Kyocera Philosophy, employees will develop motivation and job satisfaction, enabling them to lead wonderful and fulfilling lives.
With the same aim, philosophy training seminars by hierarchical level are also held in overseas subsidiaries, to promote the dissemination of the Kyocera Philosophy among all employees.
Basic Education
New employees hired in fiscal 2010 through regular employment received 70 days of training before commencing their work duties. This training course, designed to provide basic working knowledge and skills, covered basic manners and attitudes for working adults, language training and technical training.
New employees education at the plant in China
Management Education
The management education program intended for managers and supervisors is also conducted with the aim of developing executives with advanced management skills. In recent years, the "Kyocera Management Studies Seminar" has been held, which covers "amoeba management" and "the hourly efficiency system," both of which are management administration techniques rooted in the Kyocera Philosophy, which has always been the driving force in the development of Kyocera.
Since fiscal 2009, the "Management Studies Seminar," which was designed in-house by KYOCERA Document Solutions, has also been conducted for non-managerial employees. In fiscal 2010, the Seventh and Eighth Seminars were held, attended by a total of 1,881 employees.
| Target attendees | Name of seminar | Venue | Course | Number of attendees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General employees | The Seventh Management Studies Seminar | Headquarters | Half-day course | 957 | 1,881 |
| General employees | The Eighth Management Studies Seminar | Headquarters | Half-day course | 924 |
*Number of people attending the Management Studies Seminar held at the Headquarters
Engineering and Technical Education
With the aim of developing human resources with highly specialized knowledge and high technological skills, we provide engineering and technical education programs. We place particular importance on technical training for engineering and technical employees.
Philosophy Education for Overseas Employees
In overseas subsidiaries, meetings for reading the Kyocera Philosophy Handbook in rotation have been held to ensure thorough permeation of the Kyocera Philosophy among overseas employees. As part of the Kyocera Philosophy-based management education program, GM seminars are offered for employees in managerial and executive positions, with the aim of achieving sound and profitable management of sales companies.
Overseas Training Program
In fiscal 2010, we launched the "Short-Term Overseas Training Program," which is a six month training program that combines foreign language training at an overseas language school with on-the-job training at an overseas sales company. This program aims to help employees acquire practical language skills and develop a global sense of business through overseas training.
Through on-the-job training at overseas sales companies, trainees gain a deeper understanding of the culture, attitudes and business practices as well as local customer needs. They also gain valuable experience and knowledge that will help them in developing new products and services in the future. We expect that employees who have been trained under this program will contribute significantly to the growth and development of our company.
VOICE: I want to apply what I've learned from my overseas experience to my future work.
Takayuki Nakanishi,
Sales Section III, Corporate Sales Division
Since I joined the company, I have been involved in domestic sales. However, I always wanted to do overseas-related work sometime in the future. Though my work had nothing to do with overseas, when I learned that my company had started a short-term overseas training program, I took the courage to apply to the program, thinking that this would be my last chance to study abroad because of my age.
During my overseas training, I gained valuable experience. I spent five months at KYOCERA Document Solutions United Kingdom. All its staff members were local, except for the general manager, and I was astonished that the contents of their conversations, their thinking processes, and their business approach and speed were totally different from those in Japan. Each day brought a new challenge and a new surprise. I really enjoyed and learned a lot from living and working in a foreign culture.
I would like to contribute to the growth of the company by utilizing what I have learned from this training.
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