Respect for the Individual
Education and Training
Alps Electric provides employees with education and training programs in order to assist in developing individuality and potential. In addition to training that is specific to task, position and echelon (new recruits, middle management, and executives), we also provide partial rebates for correspondence courses and other incentives for individuals to develop skills of their choice.
Female Study Groups Visit China
Observing a department’s operations at a Dalian Alps Electronics plant
Holding discussions and hearings with female group leaders from Dalian Alps Electronics
Alps Electric offers study and experiential opportunities for female employees in order to facilitate more career opportunities within the company. In fiscal 2007, two groups of predominantly female employees visited affiliates in China for study tours.
The study groups were comprised of fifteen managers and female employees from within the Alps Group who were interested in expanding female occupational opportunities. They participated in pre-departure training and interim presentations where they outlined tasks and ideas about the study tours. After returning to Japan, they prepared individual and group reports that summarized benefits gained from the tours. The results will be used to facilitate further opportunities for the participants themselves, as well as operational reviews at each of their workplaces.
IAP Japanese Language Training
A full-time certified Japanese language teacher takes a standard group course
Alps Electric provides Japanese lessons of many sorts to foreign employees who are taking part in the International Associates Program (IAP). The company’s headquarters runs a program where IAP participants receive Japanese language classes for the first five weeks after arriving in Japan and for another two weeks in May and September the year after arrival, totaling three standard group courses. IAP participants may also be provided with correspondence courses and additional language training while working within their respective departments. The programs have been a success as most participants pass level three or higher of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test the year after arriving in Japan.
Manufacture Training in China
New recruits (in orange) receive practical training on the production lines alongside local workers
Every year since fiscal 2003, Alps Electric has run a program where new recruits from Japan go to China for a month-long training course in manufacture. In addition to the training in manufacture, the new recruits are also taken to local events and are given opportunities to interact with local college students, enabling them to come back to Japan with a greater sense of the global environment.
Career Development Seminars
A seminar held at Alps Electric Headquarters in March 2008 headed by a counselor from a related company
Each employee must remember the importance of building a lifelong career, as a focused employee is an enthusiastic employee. From fiscal 2004, biannual career development seminars geared towards employees in their early 30s have been held by Alps Electric.
The seminars encourage employees to re-look at, and plan, the directions their careers are taking. Better grips on individual careers are made through lectures, drills, and discussions. We also provide career counseling for individuals, and draw upon past candidates of the program for career models.
The feed back from participants is very positive, and consecutive seminars are proving to be very popular. In following, Alps will now arrange for seminars designed to serve a wider range of age groups.
