Mitsui & Co. HRD Institute provides planning, development, and consultation services in the areas of human resource and organizational development for Mitsui & Co., its group companies (approximately 100), and its overseas trading subsidiaries.
To help solve the management and organizational issues of these companies, we plan, develop, and administer various training programs, and we ourselves perform the functions of instructors and facilitators for some of them. We also have a specialist team dedicated to providing foreign language translation and English editing services.
A Team of Human Resource Development Professionals
Our Roles within Mitsui & Co. Group
Throughout its long history, Mitsui & Co. Group has positioned human resources as its most important management assets. This is naturally reflected in a consistent focus on human resource development.
Mitsui & Co. Group’s most important management priority is the development of people capable of driving the global group management and building brighter futures.
In this context, Mitsui & Co. HRD Institute plays a unique role. While taking partial responsibility for Mitsui & Co.’s personnel functions, we also have an independent existence as a group of professionals.
We examine the management and organizational issues of Mitsui & Co. and its group companies and work to provide fundamental solutions by devising training programs and other human resource and organization development solutions. When we implement these programs, we sometimes perform the functions of instructors and facilitators ourselves.
In addition to providing solutions in Japan, we also contribute to human resource development at the global level. For example, we second our staff abroad to reform and enhance the training systems conducted by overseas Mitsui & Co. subsidiaries. We also plan and develop training programs in Japan that are attended by employees who come from countries around the world.
Recently we have expanded the scope of our solutions to include not only training but also advisory services in such areas as the improvement of employee engagement, and issues relating to personnel systems, appraisals, and labor management.
Increasingly Significant Implications of Human Resources in a Rapidly Changing World
Mitsui & Co. Group is constantly working to meet changing needs through a continuing cycle of “Challenge and Innovation.” It updates and sometimes drastically reforms its own business models as well. In today’s increasingly volatile environment, it is becoming more important than ever to develop human resources who are driven by a healthy sense of vigilance toward changes and capable of taking up the challenges these present to create innovation.
We create and provide opportunities in which the diverse individuals of Mitsui & Co. Group can pursue mutual improvement through competition and collaboration and thereby play a role in enhancing the entire group’s competitiveness. That is the core focus for us as a company committed to the human resource and organization development of Mitsui & Co. Group.
Providing Solutions That Combine Theory and Practice
We engage in collaboration and joint research with universities and research institutes in Japan and overseas. The products of this work, including our perspectives on experiential learning, career theory, and organization development, are reflected in our program designs and facilitation methods that support problem solving.
Meanwhile, since our job is to support personal growth, it goes without saying that consideration and respect for people are essential. We envision ourselves as a group of human resource development professionals who always embrace the growth of each and every individual employee, commit to support their thriving career, and provide practical solutions to that end.