[Asahi Kasei] Introducing the learning community “New Graduate Faculty” increases learning time for new employees and reduces career anxiety
*Asahi Kasei Corporation*
Press release: August 6, 2024
Introducing the learning community “New Graduate Faculty” increases learning time for new employees and reduces career anxiety.
Asahi Kasei Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Kudo As part of its human resource development measures for young employees, Koshiro (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) will launch a learning community “New Graduates” for new employees from June 2023, with the aim of supporting the autonomous growth of young employees. Faculty” has started.
As a result of investigating the implementation effects in 2023, study time increased by about 3.5 times compared to new employees in the previous year, and statistical analysis found that “use of CLAP” and “learning opportunities through new graduate faculty” were more effective in career development. It has been shown to be effective in reducing anxiety. It is thought that by learning in the community during new employee education, they developed the habit of learning independently, and the attitude of always trying to learn new things gave them a sense of growth.
* ◆Introduction background*
At our company, “Medium-term Management Plan 2024 ~Be a
As one of our human resource strategies under “Trailblazer~,” we are promoting “lifelong growth,” in which each employee continues to learn and grow on their own initiative, and human resource
transformation through “co-creative power,” which leverages diversity.
Supporting young people’s career independence has become an urgent issue in human resource development in recent years. The challenge is that young employees find it difficult to feel a sense of growth and are easily worried about their careers due to diversifying career views, changes in the work environment due to work style reforms, and weakening of relationships during the same period due to remote work. It became. Against this background, we believe that conventional uniform group training alone is insufficient for new employee education, and in order to support independent learning tailored to each individual’s aspirations, we have established a new training program called the New Graduate Faculty. It was started.
* ◆Implementation overview*
“New Graduate Faculty” is a learning community that supports the growth of new graduate employees through connections with fellow employees. Students choose a seminar based on their career values and personal aspirations, and spend about nine months studying with peers who have similar interests. For learning in each seminar, we use our e-learning system “CLAP (Co-Learning),” which we introduced in 2022.
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* 1st period (June to September 2023) *
During the first four months, new employees choose from four seminars to which they would like to belong based on the results of their career diagnosis. The “Adventure Seminar”, which is highly
manager-oriented, focuses on business models and leadership, and the “Creative Seminar”, which emphasizes creativity, teaches design thinking and the ability to come up with ideas.Individuals can proceed with their studies using video teaching materials set according to the theme of each seminar. Masu. In addition to encouraging independent learning with content that matches individual aspirations,
participants can introduce recommended teaching materials in the seminar and share their work-related concerns and initiatives, creating connections between fellow classmates. Expand your interest in learning and work.
* 2nd period (October to February 2023) *
In the second half, new employees propose themes they would like to learn about, launch seminars, and manage them themselves. In 2023, seven seminars were established with themes such as sustainability, design, DX, and women’s careers. New employees are responsible for setting activities and goals themselves, and develop their ability to learn more independently, such as by planning and organizing study sessions with invited instructors.
Some of the seminars launched by new employees
* ◆Implementation results*
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With the cooperation of Mr. Hoshito (Recruit Works Institute), we verified the effectiveness of this measure. In 2023, the study was conducted for approximately 250 people, and the study time per person increased by approximately 3.5 times compared to new employees the previous year. In addition, a questionnaire survey revealed that students felt a greater sense of growth through the activities of new graduate faculty, and statistical analysis revealed that “use of CLAP” and “learning opportunities through new graduate faculty” had an impact on reducing career anxiety.
This year, the program is scheduled to run from June 2024 to February 2025, targeting 316 new employees.
In the future, we are considering developing a variety of learning communities not only for new employees but also for new managers. Utilizing the knowledge gained from new graduate faculty, we will promote a change in the way we learn by “learning together.”
We will continue to aim to improve the well-being and job satisfaction of our employees and increase corporate value by supporting autonomous career development and growth.
Click here for more information on our human resource development. https://www.asahi-kasei.com/jp/sustainability/social/human_resources/
*About CLAP
This is an e-Learning system introduced in December 2022 to promote reskilling of employees. You can learn from a wide range of
approximately 11,500 internal and external educational contents in various fields such as business knowledge, languages, programming, marketing, and management.
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