Japan Society for

Human Resource Management

(“JSHRM”)

2015.3

Agenda

►About JSHRM

►History

►Annual Conference

►Annual Membership Fee

►Key Characteristics of Members

►Core Business

►Key Focus

►Location

About JSHRM

►JSHRM was established in 2000 with the mission of “Building the

Professionalism of Human Resource Management in Japan” for those who

are engaged in HRM in Japan * Combination of Corporate and Individual members

►Its activities are aiming to enhance capability of HRM professionals, to

support building effective network for knowledge sharing among

members, and to provide and publish research papers or proposals from

global perspectives

►It covers a wide range of HRM such as recruitment, deployment,

performance management, reward, people development, benefit, labor law

►Key activities are HRM Learning Course (Basic, Advanced, and Intensive),

HR Seminars, and various self study groups organized by members

►It is a member of World Federation of People Management

Associations (WFPMA) with approx. 6 billion members in 90 countries,

and it delivers the most updated global HRM info to its members in

alignment with Society for Human Resource Management in the United

States►As of Feb.1, 2015

History

1999 - Preparation Committee was established in Japan Productivity

Center (a non-profit organization and non-governmental

organization established in 1955) supported by SHRM

2000 - Establishment of JSHRM

- First General Meeting and Symposium held

- HR Café started

- Membership magazine “JSHRM Insights” published

2001 - JSHRM 1 year anniversary conference held

- First JSHRM supervised book on leadership published

2002 - HRM Learning Course (Basic) started

2003 - HRM Learning Course (Advanced) started

2008 - Book of “HRM Learning Course (Basic)” published

2010 - JSHRM Research Project Symposium held

(2nd one in 2011, and the 3rd one in 2013）

2010 - JSHRM 10th anniversary conference held

Annual Conference

Timing Theme

Apr. 2000 “Company and Human Resource in the 21th century”

Jul. 2001 “Changing competitive environment and the role of HRM professional”

Jul. 2002 “HRM to revive Japan”

Jul. 2003 “HR to spark organizations”

Jul. 2004 “Tomorrow’s relationship of individual and organization”

Aug.2005 “New relationship of individual and organization”

Jul. 2006 “Grate place to work”

Jul. 2007 “Diversity Management – from perspective of strategic HRM – “

Jul. 2008 “Thoughtful HR in support of growth and transformation”

Jul. 2009 “HRM – Now & Next”

Aug. 2010 “10 years before and after, what HR professional should aim for? –from perspective of

management and career –”

Feb. 2012 “What Japanese HR should do? - Transformation required to win in the global

competition - ”

Dec. 2012 “Back to HR basics – restarting from employee motivation”

Aug. 2013 “Lessons learned from the past to apply for the future – HRM history to be learned now in

the flagging world”

Sep.2014 “Diversified perception of pleasant working environment and motivational source –

reviving Japanese HR – “

Annual Membership Fee

Entry Fee Fee

Annual Fee (incl. tax)

Individual yen20,000

Corporate* yen100,000円円円円 (1 unit or more)

Students yen5,000円円円円

<First Year> From Apr. to Sept : Full Amount, From Oct. to Mar. : Half Amount

<2nd year and after> Full Amount

* Corporate member : 1 representative member and 5 sub members are registered

Key Characteristics of Members

Company Employee

(mainly in HR department)

University,

public

agency

professional

Enterprise

One man

business

owner

One man

business

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orp

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Core Business 1 : HRM Learning Course

HRM Learning

Course

(Basic)

► JSHRM Original Learning Course for those who would like to build

the basic foundation as HR professional

► Active HR managers from various leading companies in Japan

provide basic knowledge of HR function

► Mainly focus on real practices such as case study of leading

companies

► “HR basic certificate” is awarded by JSHRM at the end of the class

► Official and unofficial networking events are held during the course

period

► Teachers’ association is established from 2013 to share the

learning contents and issues in advance

HRM Learning

Course

(Advanced*)

► Learning real HR cases from the first class HR practitioners who

are also working as HR manager in leading companies

► It is aimed to strengthen “an ability to think” by combination of

lectures (“listening”) and group discussion (“speaking”)

► Sharing the result of discussion in the class and learning the

effective approach of problem solving with underlying principles

► Those who pass the final exam are entitled to receive “HR

professional certificate” by JSHRM

*It is currently conducted in alignment with Chuo University Business School as a

part of its curriculum

Core Business 2 : Events

HR Cafe

► Discussion on the hot HRM topics (guest speakers are invited from

various areas of expertise depending on the topic)

► It is conducted in the evening of business days. People gather after

work and engaged in discussion in a relaxed mood

► Example of recent topics :

► “Role of HR business partner who supports growth of people

and organization”

► “Are you able to deliver what you want to say? We tend to

listen at the surface level”

Research Project

► Research on the most recent HRM issues and provide practical

solutions to the society from the perspective of HR professional

► Example of recent activities :► 2010-2012 “Career of business person” : Intensive research was conducted for

each generation (young, middle, senior) for three years. A tool kit was developed as

a result of senior generation research and a seminar was held

► 2013-(now) “Role of HR “

► Annual symposium is held to share the research result. It is also published

simultaneously

Self Study Group

► Study Group held by members

► Active Study Group :

► Labor Law Study (bi-monthly)

► WWN Study Group (monthly, to think of “Will” of HR professional as well

as “Wants” and “Needs” of its environment)

► YSC Study Group (monthly, Y=Young, S=Share, C=Career)

► Strategic HRM Study (bi-monthly)

Core Business 3 : Publication

Membership

Magazine

(JSHRM

Insights)

► Magazine delivered to members periodically

► Each magazine has different theme with interview report and

article of relevant professional, introduction of key events such

as HR café, covering wide range of HRM topics including hot

topics

► Recent topic :

► Relationship of individual and

organization from the perspective

of organization culture and

climate

► Global Strategic Human

Resource Management

► Limitation of one time new grads

recruitment

- Value of recruitment in a recent

environment -

► JSHRM Insights 14 years

- To review articles from past editions -

► Reflecting Mode of HRM

Reference : World Federation of People

Management Associations (WFPMA)

►WFPMA was

established in 1976 to

improve the quality

and effectiveness of

professional people

management

►It has approx. 6

billion members in 90

countries,

►JSHRM belongs to

APFHRM (Asia Pacific

Federation of HRM)

as one of 5 regions

Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong,

India, Japan, Malaysia, New

Zealand, Papua New Guinea,

Philippine, Saudi Arabia,

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,

Thailand, Figi, Vietnam

Key Focus

Strengthen Members’ Ownership and Network

To provide high quality opportunities of intellectual networking for HRM

professional by further upgrading existing activities such as JSHRM Insights, HR

Café, Annual Conference, Research Project, HRM Learning Course, Self Study

Group etc.

Upgrade its Service Level to Existing Members and

Recruit New Members

To provide information to members through various media such as internet etc.,

and upgrade contents including bilingual support to cope with global environment.

To also recruit new members by active announcement of its activities.

Enhance relationship with other associations and gain

a greater voice in the market

To keep and enhance its relationship with WFPMA by actively participating meetings

held by APFHRM and WFPMA, and to learn the most updated status in the world

and also to deliver what’s new in Japanese HRM – a greater voice in both Japan

and global market.

Location

c/o Japan Productivity Center

Shibuya 3-1-1, Shibuya-ku

Tokyo, Japan 150-8307

info@jshrm.org

Tel : 81-3-3409-1162

Fax : 81-3-3409-1007

www.jshrm.org

For New Members↓↓

http://www.jshrm.org/inquiry