Jissen Women's University (Hino City, Tokyo, President Eiichiro Shiroshima) has introduced a leader training program for corporate managers, "Career Development Practical Theory," as a regular subject of the university for 3rd to 4th grade students.We aim to train front runners who can acquire leadership and play an active role in various fields of society. Since 2016, we have been using the summer vacation as a training camp class for 2 nights and 3 days at an accommodation-type training facility (Fuchu City, Tokyo), but this year, in consideration of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus infection, September It was held on the university campus on the first day and online on the second and third days for three days from the 9th to the 12th.
Focusing on the internship in the 3rd year and subsequent job hunting activities and preparation for new members of society in the latter half of the 4th year, the course content was constructed with the following XNUMX points in mind, including group interviews and group discussions on job hunting activities. Students are also very popular because they help a smooth start as a new member of society even after getting a job.
1: Among the basic abilities of working people, we will intensively learn about "leadership" and "facilitation (ability to smoothly and efficiently promote meetings, meetings, etc.)" that society is most demanding now.
2: Learn about diversity (diverse human resources in the organization) & inclusion (environment where you can work with a sense of unity) in order to "know the current society".
3: Learn specific measures for job hunting advice and appropriate measures as a new member of society from seniors who have taken the course so far.
4: Show what you learned in the off-campus training in various situations inside and outside the university and look back.
"After three days of class, I was able to find myself and my mission that I didn't know." "I felt the difficulty of gathering opinions and acting as a facilitator in a limited amount of time. "I felt that being able to clarify what I should do from now on by announcing the action on the third day led to a great growth for me." "Leadership in this course. Not only facilitation, but also I was able to get to know myself deeply. "
Professor Akihisa Fukasawa, who is in charge, has been involved in recruitment and human resource development for many years in the personnel department of a major cosmetics manufacturer.Focusing on leadership education as a point to be strengthened from the time of office workers to the times when the future is uncertain and leaders are absent.In addition, I felt the importance of facilitation in increasing labor productivity and put it into practice.The current "Career Development Practical Theory" was built as a lesson to bring out that ability.
Former Starbucks Coffee Japan CEO Matsuo Iwata, the representative of Leadership Consulting Co., Ltd., and Kenji Washimi, the co-representative of the company, will be invited as lecturers to learn and think about leadership theory and facilitation.The content of the classes of both of them, who also handle training for corporate managers and executives, is not easy and easy because it is for college students.
As if the students who took the course were sweating from their brains, they would spend three days carefully facing the tasks that were given.You can't learn anything just by sitting and listening.Organize your thoughts by speaking and repeating discussions.You will also experience facilitation through this class.By repeating trials and errors, students shed light on "something" that is inherent in them, revealing core ideas and finding goals.This is what Mr. Iwata calls "MISSION."
Professor Fukasawa said, "What I feel when looking at students is that there are many students with high potential who want to do something, but they do not have the means to find something. Specialized subjects are vertical threads. If so, the career course is a horizontal thread. If you can clarify what you want to do through the career course, you can design the course you want to build up and connect with the society by yourself. That would change the quality of university learning significantly. "
One of the features of this class is that the graduates who have taken so far participate as advisors for current students and have a strong vertical connection.This year, the fact that it was online was successful, and graduates working in Hokkaido and Shizuoka also participated.By becoming familiar goals and role models for seniors who are close in age, it becomes easier to see what they want to do.Jissen Women's University launched J-TAS (Jissen Total Advanced Support) last year as women's lifestyles are becoming more diverse, and has established a system to follow up on career development from admission to graduation.
Now that you can get the information you want instantly, it is difficult to identify and select what is really important to you from among the many options.In a society that has changed completely in the corona, how to respond to further changes is becoming an increasingly important point.Students who have taken this lesson, which has the power to act in search of an answer rather than a uniform answer, and have found their own axis, are on the path of hope.
