AOTS Management Training Info

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“AOTS E-Newsletter” is published by the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS).
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1) Management Training in Japan (Subsidized program).
(1)The Program on Information and Communication Technology Utilization to Overcome DX-related Strategic Management Challenges [PICT].
(2)The Program on Innovation Management for Africa [AFIM].
2) Insight: Becoming a professional in Bolted Joints (Nuts and Bolts)

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1) Management Training in Japan (Subsidized program)
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We are now open application for the following courses!
Please keep updating you by AOTS website.

Program for all countries subject to Japan’s ODA [Language: English]

(1)The Program on Information and Communication Technology
Utilization to Overcome DX-related Strategic Management Challenges [PICT]

By learning systematically and through advanced case studies about the concepts and methods of DX being developed by Japanese companies and
the transformation of business models that it brings about, we aim to clarify the management strategy challenges of DX for our own companies
and develop specific ICT utilization strategies to overcome these challenges.

Duration: 22 November to 5 December 2023.(Training in Japan).
Place: AOTS Tokyo Kenshu Center (Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan).
Application deadline:22 Sep 2023.

Program for Africa [Language: English]

(2)The Program on Innovation Management for Africa [AFIM]

Through lectures, exercises, and case studies of Japanese companies, participants will aim to become capable of planning innovative new businesses by learning how to discover business opportunities, create new value, and formulate business models that are not bound by existing systems and common sense.

Duration: 6 to 19 December 2023.(Training in Japan).
21 February 2024 17:00-20:00 (Japan Time) (Online Followup Session).
Place: AOTS Tokyo Kenshu Center (Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan).
Application deadline:20 September 2023.

Please visit AOTS website for more details.
https://www.aots.jp/en/what-we-do/hrd/management/subsidized/list-of-courses/

The latest information will be updated accordingly.
Please stay tuned and don’t miss out on this great opportunity!

Inquiry:AOTS Overseas Cooperation Group
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +81-(0)3-3888-8256

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2) Insight: Becoming a professional in Bolted Joints (Nuts and Bolts)
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Thoughts on the Management Philosophy of Various Japanese Companies – August 2023

At those companies which continue to receive praise for their excellence around the world, there is a unique, strongly held management philosophy, which creates a distinctive corporate culture that they maintain. In Japan, typical examples include the cultures fostered by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita and Kyocera’s Kazuo Inamori. Among SMEs and companies in the growth phase, there are also many examples like Hardlock Industry, whose philosophy is the “spirit of altruism.”

The spirit of “Coexistence and co-prosperity” lies at the heart of the management style put into practice by Matsushita. He believed the company was a public institution and that it was important for society as a whole and all stakeholders to flourish as a result of its activities.
At the time when Panasonic still had only around 160 employees, Matsushita presented the management principle known as the “Tap Water Philosophy.” He declared that as a producer, it is the mission of the company to supply valuable goods to the world at practically no cost, like tap water, thereby eliminating poverty from society. After that, even during major recessions and the like, Panasonic has implemented measures and reforms that it deemed to be right, even if they were difficult, in order to realize “Coexistence and co-prosperity” for all stakeholders, including customers, employees, agents, and suppliers. Not only did this help the company overcome management crises, but it also led to significant growth.
This approach means that the company rejects management that wrongfully makes undue profits or dreams of getting rich quick, instead continuing to work hard to address customers’ needs and pursuing rightful profits. Matsushita’s approach subsequently influenced many managers in Japan.
Furthermore, his management philosophy also resonated with managers abroad. As a result, it became the driving force to grow his company into a global company.

Matsushita said, “In managing a business, there are many individually important factors, such as technical capabilities, sales capabilities, financial capabilities, and people, but the most fundamental is the right management philosophy. If you have this as a base, you can truly begin to leverage people and technology and capital, and on the other hand, it is easier for these to be developed at companies which have the right management philosophy in place.”

To be continued in the next edition.

Stay tuned for the next AOTS E-Newsletter.

Rikio Suma, Author

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