Developing and Promoting Human Resources from a Global Perspective

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  The leadership training program is conducted in regions outside Japan

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  Participants in a cross-cultural training program

The Ajinomoto Group is working toward building a framework for developing and promoting diverse employees regardless of nationality or career level.

In fiscal 2010, the Ajinomoto Group introduced a leadership training program for each region where it operates outside of Japan for potential front-line managers, with the initial goal of identifying and nurturing candidates for next-generation executives. Participants in the program were able to develop their expertise by recognizing the core competencies and skills required of leaders, and putting them into practice during work duties.

The Ajinomoto Group also broadened the scope of its cross-cultural training with the objective of promoting the understanding of different cultures to leverage employee diversity across the entire group. The training was previously intended for international employees from overseas group companies and their coworkers in Japan, but now also targets Japanese employees engaged in overseas operations and participants in the regional leadership training program.

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  Leadership training

Human resources training in the Ajinomoto Group is designed to enable employees to successfully carry out their respective duties and meet the expectations defined in the Ajinomoto Group Way, a set of values, fundamental thinking and attitudes shared throughout the group: Create New Value; Pioneer Spirit; Social Contribution; and Value People.

A number of in-house systems, such as career support systems, are integrally linked with various training programs on the basis of on-the-job training in the workplace, thereby providing individual employees with training tailored to his or her level of skills development.

In fiscal 2010, the group continued to implement various training programs for upper management, and newly introduced a leadership training program in cooperation with regional headquarters outside of Japan and training programs established by group companies in Japan. In addition, the Ajinomoto Group began training programs both in and outside Japan intended to promote shared values as expressed in the Ajinomoto Group Way.

From the standpoint of leading a global group of companies, the Ajinomoto Group will continue to develop human resources that can succeed in achieving further business growth going forward.

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  Recipients of the group-wide achievement awards

With the aim to provide a comprehensive framework for raising employee motivation and morale, the Ajinomoto Group awards employees who have made noteworthy achievements as well as employees who have demonstrated exemplary behavior.

In fiscal 2010, the group formally recognized 13 groups of employees with company-wide achievement awards. The recipients were selected based on achievements in a broad range of areas such as cost reduction, product quality, sales results and outstanding research.

The group also recognized long-service employees with awards for 25 years and 15 years of continuous employment to show its gratitude, and took the opportunity to call on all employees to work together and implement the Ajinomoto Group Way in order to advance over the next 100 years.