Human Resources Development
Each Bandai Namco Group company carries out personnel management (employment, assignment, development, evaluation, remuneration, employee benefits, etc.) according to the characteristics of their respective businesses.
Education and Training
Conduct joint Groupwide training to foster a spirit of All Bandai Namco
In accordance with the Purpose “Fun for All into the Future,” we are working under the All Bandai Namco concept to transcend the barriers between regions and Units and work together as a unified group. In this way, we place importance on cultivating a sense of unity and developing human resources who will be active in global settings.
At junctures depending on position and number of years with the Company, we implement Groupwide training that transcends Units and regions. We are providing opportunities to forge connections within the Group and to become aware of new things. This is in parallel with initiatives in specialized fields aligned with business characteristics, where efforts are made to develop human resources at the level of Units and individual companies. In addition, we are actively implementing personnel transfers among Units, businesses, and regions. We are working to develop human resources, who are the core of the Group, including taking steps to foster understanding of the Group’s businesses. In these ways, we aim to support sustained development for society and companies by establishing workplace environments that facilitate mutual respect and enable everyone to work energetically, including not only employees but also everyone else associated with the Bandai Namco Group.
| Training | Overview |
|---|---|
| First-year training | Through involvement with others with the same number of years at the Group, teams demonstrate their results and participants think about the significance of the Group. |
| Fifth-year training | In accordance with the Purpose, participants think about the significance of their own work and about their careers. |
| Training for newly appointed managers | Skills for leading the organization as managers are strengthened and visions are established for participants’ teams. |
| Global next-generation managers training | Participants, who are expected to lead the Group in the future, enhance their awareness and build personal connections. |
| Officer training | Participants acquire management knowledge necessary for managing the Group. |
Note: In addition to those above, human resource development programs are implemented at individual companies.
Initiatives for upgrading manufacturing skills
As a technology company engaged in manufacturing, Bandai Namco Craft opened the Monozukuri (manufacturing) Dojo in fiscal 2021 with the aim of enhancing the skills of each employee of the Group’s business partners so that they grow into human resources who understand the essence of monozukuri. Monozukuri Dojo hosts study sessions by internal and external instructors on various topics such as planning and development, die-casting, molding, painting and assembly, and quality assurance. As of March 2024, more than 950 employees had participated.
Bandai also launched Bandai Skill Link, a monozukuri learning site for employees. In addition to holding webinars available to all employees, we share informative materials that enable learning in a short period of time (micro-learning) via our e-mail newsletters. We also offer “active learning” programs in which employees visit domestic and overseas manufacturing plants to join workers on the production line to experience manufacturing products for themselves, in an effort to increase skill levels and improve understanding of their work. A total of 1,404 employees (as of August 2024) have taken the course since its inception in October 2023.
GYAAR Studio—initiatives to cultivate creators
In the gaming industry, as development projects grow larger in scale and longer in duration, there are fewer opportunities for creators to realize professional growth through game development. To address this issue, Bandai Namco Studios Launched the GYAAR Studio Indie Game Contest, leveraging the internal training systems for young employees that had been previously implemented. This contest offers winners support, such as the opportunity to borrow development tools and communicate with other professional creators.
In the second round of the contest, there was an increase in the number of titles submitted from not only Japan but also overseas, primarily South Korea and Taiwan. Moving forward, we will continue our efforts to cultivate creators for the next generation with the aim of further revitalizing the future gaming industry.
Cultivate creators with drawing and art classes
The Sunrise Drawing Academy and the Sunrise Art Academy, operated by Bandai Namco Filmworks, aim to develop the next generation of creators. By providing subsidies, we enable students to concentrate on their creative activities and learn various techniques from the basics to practical skills under the guidance of instructors who are currently active. Graduates demonstrate the skills they learned immediately upon joining Bandai Namco Filmworks where they play an active role.
