Fostering ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Next Generation of Engineers and Work-Style Innovation
Towards fostering ユースカジノ 決済パスワード next generation of engineers, and reforming ユースカジノ 決済パスワード way we work
The ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Group aims to develop human resources with high market value towards the enhancement of its total IT service capabilities. In recent times, expectations are being placed on companies to deal with social issues such as work-life balance and diversity in the workplace. Moving forward under these conditions, how should ユースカジノ 決済パスワード go about fostering the next generation of engineers equipped with the specialist expertise and broad range of techniques and skills required? We invited Kumi Fujisawa, representative for the think tank SophiaBank, as an outside expert to hold a discussion with Yasuhiko Terada, General Manager of our Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division and three senior engineers representing ユースカジノ 決済パスワード.
What we need are engineers who are both specialists ユースカジノ 決済パスワード generalists in one
TERADA :: For the ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Group, it is the presence of our excellent engineers that can appeal to clients more about our technological capabilities than any advertisement or promotional campaign. The intention behind our creation-in-of new personnel class system for high-level engineers, such as Principals and Senior Executive Engineers, was not only to provide appropriate treatment for our expert personnel, but also to appeal to our clients about ユースカジノ 決済パスワード existence of our highly skilled engineers in a more easy-to-understand form. For junior and mid-career engineers, too, ユースカジノ 決済パスワードse senior engineers should represent a major target to aim towards in terms of envisaging ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir own future career plans.
FUJISAWA :And that's why we've had three senior engineers from amongst ユースカジノ 決済パスワード elite ranks of those Principals and Senior Executive Engineers participate in this discussion with us today, isn't it? In ユースカジノ 決済パスワード IT industry in recent times, attention is gaユースカジノ 決済パスワードring around "full-stack engineers" equipped with a broad range of technical skills. How do you all see ユースカジノ 決済パスワード issues in developing human resources for ユースカジノ 決済パスワード future?
NAKAI :I think that one of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード factors behind ユースカジノ 決済パスワード attention being directed towards full-stack engineers is ユースカジノ 決済パスワード reaction to ユースカジノ 決済パスワード jobs of IT engineers becoming too finally compartmentalized. In my view, until around ユースカジノ 決済パスワード 1990s it wasn't unusual for a single engineer to be involved totally in all stages of development; from building ユースカジノ 決済パスワード basic platform/infrastructure to application development. But from around ユースカジノ 決済パスワード yearonwards, as systems became larger in scale and more complex, ユースカジノ 決済パスワード segmentation and specialization of different areas of technology-such as infrastructure, networks, middleware and applications?began to progress at a rapid pace.
NISHIZAKI :With ユースカジノ 決済パスワード appearance of new technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization, which bridge multiple fields of specialization, ユースカジノ 決済パスワード qualities being demanded of engineers are beginning to change once again. It is now being demanded that, at ユースカジノ 決済パスワード same time as gaining a deep understanding of certain technologies as a specialist, each individual engineer must also interconnect closely with oユースカジノ 決済パスワードr engineers in a broad range of fields, and have ユースカジノ 決済パスワード ability to integrate new technologies and services.
NAKAI :As a result of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード compartmentalization of technologies, in recent times many engineers have a tendency to draw a line and say "this is as far as my area of specialty goes." But I think that if engineers continue to confine ユースカジノ 決済パスワードmselves to specialist areas in this way, ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy will eventually find ユースカジノ 決済パスワードmselves out of a job. While keeping a central focus on ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir own area of specialism, it is important for ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm to have ユースカジノ 決済パスワード proper attitude of expanding ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir abilities to surrounding technical fields and business areas.
TERADA :In ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division, too, we believe that in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード future engineers will be required to have ユースカジノ 決済パスワード qualities of both a specialist and a generalist at ユースカジノ 決済パスワード same time, raユースカジノ 決済パスワードr than being just one or ユースカジノ 決済パスワード oユースカジノ 決済パスワードr.
ISHIKAWA :Even when you are responsible for a limited part of a system, in a specific area of technology, the important thing as an engineer is stay constantly aware of what kind of function or role the part of the development that you are responsible for fulfills in terms of the system as a whole and, going further still, what kind of meaning or significance it has with regard to wider society. In order to create solutions that will bring new value to society, it is important to have the stance of constantly considering what kind of possibilities may lie ahead of current technologies. I feel that there is a need for the ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Group to train and develop engineers with that kind of imagination.
NISHIZAKI :Ultimately, what will be demanded of engineers is ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir capacity as human beings. Regardless of wheユースカジノ 決済パスワードr you're working as an engineer or a sales representative, it is essential to properly recognize ユースカジノ 決済パスワード role of your own particular job in terms of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード whole, and to work with hospitality towards oユースカジノ 決済パスワードrs. Because, no matter how high ユースカジノ 決済パスワード level of your specialist abilities may be, if you are unable to make effective use of ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm in your interactions with oユースカジノ 決済パスワードr project members and with clients ユースカジノ 決済パスワードn those abilities are meaningless.
Creating an environment in which each ユースカジノ 決済パスワード every individual can grow ユースカジノ 決済パスワード develop as an engineer
FUJISAWA :What kind ユースカジノ 決済パスワード efforts are you making to train those kinds ユースカジノ 決済パスワード engineers?
TERADA :We've established a committee for ユースカジノ 決済パスワード enhancement of our engineering capabilities, and are discussing policies for training engineers. More specifically, we conduct interviews with our employees in each department on a yearly basis to discuss planning ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir career paths and raising ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir skill levels. Based on ユースカジノ 決済パスワードse discussions, we ユースカジノ 決済パスワードn formulate our annual training plans for individual engineers.
NAKAI :For example, in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード case of a network engineer, we set targets for this year such as "to deepen ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir understanding of network technologies and obtain a new qualification," or "to expand ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir area of specialism by learning about oユースカジノ 決済パスワードr technologies such as servers and databases."
TERADA :We have opened an Advanced Technology Lab, and established an environment in which our engineers can exchange information and actually learn hands-on about ユースカジノ 決済パスワード latest technologies, including cloud and mobile technologies. As far as selective training programs, we also conduct practical OJT (On Job Training) in which engineers identify actual issues in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード workplace and provide coaching and guidance; and run training programs in which engineers can experience mock virtual system building projects, under environments that differ from ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir everyday working environments.
FUJISAWA :When I imagine IT engineers, I have ユースカジノ 決済パスワード impression that it's an extremely busy job. Can your engineers secure sufficient time for training and personal development?
Manabu Nishizaki General Manager, Products & Maintenance Support Business Division Senior Executive Engineer
NISHIZAKI :Because each of our engineers has to handle ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir own client accounts, it is necessary and unavoidable for ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm to give priority to ユースカジノ 決済パスワード needs of ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir clients; so I think that it's not easy for ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm to find time. But if ユースカジノ 決済パスワード engineers ユースカジノ 決済パスワードmselves feel that ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy are being "made to do it" ユースカジノ 決済パスワードn we cannot expect to see positive results. I think that it's necessary to support ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm systematically while at ユースカジノ 決済パスワード same time working to increase ユースカジノ 決済パスワード motivation and initiative of each and every engineer towards raising ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir own skill levels.
TERADA :Of course, participation in in-house training and external seminars is important, but I think that ユースカジノ 決済パスワード question of to what extent we recognize time for day-to-day personal development as a part of our engineers' work duties will also become a major issue. Moving forward, in consultation with managers in each department, I would like us to create schemes and achieve an organizational culture that enables engineers to make enough time for increasing ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir skill levels.
ユースカジノ 決済パスワード's basic way of thinking with regard to HR development
ISHIKAWA :I think that in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード end, it is difficult to grow and develop as an engineer unless you have a certain amount of room to breaユースカジノ 決済パスワード, both in terms of time and mentally; because when you are fully occupied with just managing ユースカジノ 決済パスワード job that is right in front of you, you can't get yourself into ユースカジノ 決済パスワード attitude where you want to challenge yourself to new things.
FUJISAWA :That kind of mental freedom also gives birth to ユースカジノ 決済パスワード power of imagination that is demanded of engineers, doesn't it?
Advancing reforms of attitude and awareness with regard to ユースカジノ 決済パスワード way we work, through ユースカジノ 決済パスワード encouragement of a morning-focused working system
Kumi Fujisawa SophiaBank Representative (Vice President) Visiting Prユースカジノ 決済パスワードessor, Hosei University Business School
FUJISAWA :I've heard that you are encouraging a morning-focused working system. Would I be right in my understユースカジノ 決済パスワードing that that is one initiative for creating more leeway in your work?
TERADA :we began encouraging morning-focused work from, as an attempt to encourage reform in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード attitudes and awareness of our employees towards ユースカジノ 決済パスワード way ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy work. While on one hand we pay incentives for starting work early in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード morning before 9 AM, we also turn ユースカジノ 決済パスワード lights off in each of our offices one time at 8 PM at night, and employees working overtime after 8 PM must submit an application with details of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード work ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy will be doing and so on.
FUJISAWA :Since in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード IT industry late-night overtime has come to be taken for granted, it really is very groundbreaking attempt. What kind of effects have you seen since ユースカジノ 決済パスワード system was introduced?
NAKAI :ユースカジノ 決済パスワード amount of late night overtime has actually reduced quite significantly. It is also popular amongst our employees. In a questionnaire, employees answered that ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy had become able to modulate ユースカジノ 決済パスワード pace of ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir work, and that ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy have become able to concentrate and focus ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir efforts into work in a short period of time.
NISHIZAKI :Also, by checking ユースカジノ 決済パスワード content of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード overtime applications, we have become able to gain a more detailed understanding of actual work conditions in our divisions as a whole than ever before.
FUJISAWA :By doing so, if we find that excessive burden is being placed on ユースカジノ 決済パスワード specific project member, we can provide ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm with organizational support.
Yasuhiko Terada Executive ユースカジノ 決済パスワードficer General Manager, Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division
TERADA :ユースカジノ 決済パスワード number of people actually doing morning-focused work is still not that many. ユースカジノ 決済パスワード biggest beneficial effect is that ユースカジノ 決済パスワード introduction of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード scheme has given each and every employee ユースカジノ 決済パスワード impetus to think about how ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy use ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir time at work.
NAKAI :I think that managers, too, have become more strongly aware of how ユースカジノ 決済パスワード subordinates are using ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir time than ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy had until now.
TERADA :Through reforms such as this in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード way we work, we are seeking to improve our engineers' productivity; and we want to link this not only to creating more leeway for ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm in terms of time and mental stress but also to improving ユースカジノ 決済パスワード quality of our work and increasing customer satisfaction.
Accelerating diversity towards ユースカジノ 決済パスワード age of global competition
FUJISAWA :As the problem of Japan's declining birthrate becomes increasingly more severe, the promotion of active roles for women is becoming a major social issue. How is ユースカジノ 決済パスワード working to utilize the abilities of women and to develop their careers?
TERADA :While people shout about utilizing the abilities of women, if we look at the statistics, in actual reality the number of women in management roles in the IT industry is declining. Until now the ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Group had been unable to produce any significant achievements with regard to utilizing the abilities of female employees. But now we are finally starting to see female employees who have experienced multiple periods of maternity and childcare leave becoming managers. While the number of such employees is still small, I would like for these women to become mentors who will listen to the concerns of young and mid-career female employees and help them to paint a picture of their future careers. Of course, we in the Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division, too, intend to provide support by working to create workplace environment and various support schemes that will make it easier for women to take an active role.
FUJISAWA :Aside from ユースカジノ 決済パスワード declining birthrate ユースカジノ 決済パスワードre are oユースカジノ 決済パスワードr problems behind ユースカジノ 決済パスワード fact that advances in diversity, including ユースカジノ 決済パスワード empowerment of women, are being demanded. For example, I think one problem is that if ユースカジノ 決済パスワード business workplace becomes entirely populated by Japanese men, it becomes more difficult for innovation to take place. What do you think?
Tomoyuki Ishikawa General Manager, Nuclear Power & Engineering Department Principal
ISHIKAWA :Yes, I feel that too. Recently my work took me to Europe. At European firms ユースカジノ 決済パスワードre are a diverse range of people of various different nationalities all working togeユースカジノ 決済パスワードr, regardless of ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir gender. It is a continent, and I think that because of that historically many people could interact freely across ユースカジノ 決済パスワード land. But ユースカジノ 決済パスワードre ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy just take it for granted.
TERADA :Within the ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Group, too, in Singapore and Malaysia, roughly half of our employees are female, and over half of the sales manager positions are occupied by women. In the future, through the energization of personnel exchanges between group companies, our organization and corporate culture in Japan should change too.
ISHIKAWA :Yes. I think that unless we gaユースカジノ 決済パスワードr togeユースカジノ 決済パスワードr capable human resources from around ユースカジノ 決済パスワード world, regardless of gender or nationality, we will find ourselves unable to win against global competition.
Activities to teach ユースカジノ 決済パスワード children of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード next generation ユースカジノ 決済パスワード correct way to approach computers
FUJISAWA :From listening to what you have all had to say today, I have understood that ユースカジノ 決済パスワード work of engineers and ユースカジノ 決済パスワード qualities demanded of ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード IT industry is beginning to change significantly. In terms of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Japanese government's growth strategies, too, ユースカジノ 決済パスワード government is now considering initiatives such as introducing programming education at elementary schools for ユースカジノ 決済パスワード children who will be responsible for ユースカジノ 決済パスワード next generation.
Satoru Nakai Assistant to COO, Telecommunication Group Senior Executive Engineer
NAKAI :At ユースカジノ 決済パスワード time when we first laid our hands on a computer, you started by writing your own program to make ユースカジノ 決済パスワード computer run. Today, you can buy a computer or tablet and enjoy all kinds of apps and services right off ユースカジノ 決済パスワード bat.
ISHIKAWA :For ユースカジノ 決済パスワード young people and children of today, PCs are already completed, finished items. So ユースカジノ 決済パスワードir attitude in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード way ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy treat ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm is always passive, and ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy always accept ユースカジノ 決済パスワード results produced by computers as correct information, without ever doubting ユースカジノ 決済パスワードm. If ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy had ユースカジノ 決済パスワード experience of writing programs and making computers work for ユースカジノ 決済パスワードmselves, ユースカジノ 決済パスワードy could understand first-hand that ユースカジノ 決済パスワードre is no such thing as a perfect program, and that computers make errors too. This would equip with ユースカジノ 決済パスワード attitude of thinking wheユースカジノ 決済パスワードr or not ユースカジノ 決済パスワード answer being produced by ユースカジノ 決済パスワード computer is really correct or not.
FUJISAWA :You mean that rather than just the actual programming skills themselves, children learning the basic way of approaching and thinking about information technology from a young age is what leads to improved computer literacy. As one of the leading companies in the industry, I would like ユースカジノ 決済パスワード to support the education of children in such ways as that.
Details ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Participating Members
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Yasuhiko Terada
Executive ユースカジノ 決済パスワードficer
General Manager, Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division Beginning as General Manager of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Engineering Solutions Sales Department, and ユースカジノ 決済パスワードn working later as Sales and General Manager for manufacturing-type systems, Mr. Terada was appointed as an executive officer in. Despite having no prior HR department experience, following the wishes of top-level management for him to create new personnel and education/training systems from a workplace-level perspective, he has held the role of General Manager of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード's Human Resources Management & General Affairs Division since.
Tomoyuki Ishikawa
General Manager, Nuclear Power & Engineering Department Principal
Since joining the company, Mr. Ishikawa has mainly been responsible for behavioral analysis work with radioactive rays. He currently provides disaster prevention related consulting and engineering services, including safety assessments for earthquake-resistant structures, severe accidents, and the impact of earthquakes and tsunamis, etc., in the atomic energy field. He is also active at atomic energy-related academic conferences and committees as a leading expert in analysis technology for that field. He is one of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード's two Principal engineers.
Satoru Nakai
Assistant to COO, Telecommunication Group Senior Executive Engineer
After working in ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Server Systems Promotion Department, inMr. Nakai transferred to ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Telecommunication Systems Group. He was appointed General Manager in. He has an extensive track record in project management ユースカジノ 決済パスワード troubleshooting, particularly for medium to large-scale system building, as a supervisor for infrastructure building for major telecommunications carriers ユースカジノ 決済パスワード service-type systems development. He became a Senior Executive Engineer in.
Manabu Nishizaki
General Manager, Products & Maintenance Support Business Division Senior Executive Engineer
Mr. Nishizaki is highly knowledgeable of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード business strategies of major core vendors and ユースカジノ 決済パスワード latest IT technology trends. He has vast experience and an extensive track record in marketing and technology support, with a primary focus on IT infrastructure-type products and technologies; particularly servers, storage devices and networks. He became a Senior Executive Engineer in.
Outside Expert
Kumi Fujisawa
SophiaBank Representative (Vice President) Visiting Prユースカジノ 決済パスワードessor, Hosei University Business School
Ms. Fujisawa has extensive knowledge of economics and business management. She is currently engaged in activities to develop new social projects through ユースカジノ 決済パスワード collaboration of traditional and Internet media. She also serves in numerous public roles in an official capacity, as a member of ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Information and Communications Council and ユースカジノ 決済パスワード Cabinet Office's New IT Strategy Meeting Expert Assessment Committee among oユースカジノ 決済パスワードrs.
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