Announcement of Web Publication of Human Resource Development Magazine 'Learning Design' May-June 2026 Issue

Japan Management Association Management Center (Representative Director and President: Shiro Cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter JMAM), which operates a human resource development support business offering education and training programs for companies and individuals, has published the human resource development magazine 'Learning Design' May-June 2026 issue. It was made available online from May 13, 2026, on the 'Learning Design Members' website for HR personnel. This issue's special feature, following the same theme from the May-June 2023 issue, is titled 'Continued: Fostering Positive Managers.' It explores what is necessary to make managers a valuable and attractive role, the mechanisms required for managers to demonstrate their value, and how organizations can develop and support positive managers. Additionally, new serializations have begun: 'The Current State of HR-led DX Training' (scheduled for 2 parts) and 'Honing Business Skills with Board Games' by Kosuke Zaitsu, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematical and Information Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University (scheduled for 8 parts). We hope that HR and HR development professionals, and everyone interested in manager training, will find this content useful. This time, OPINION 1 and CASE 1 from the special feature will be fully released for a limited period of two months. Please take a look. Special Feature OPINION 1: Rebuilding 'Role, Support, and Appeal' to Make Managers a Chosen Role Hiromi Sakazume, Professor, College of Career Design, Hosei University URL: https://jhclub.jmam.co.jp/open/202605_limited01.html Special Feature CASE 1: Shionogi & Co., Ltd. URL: https://jhclub.jmam.co.jp/open/202605_limited02.html ■ Special Feature 'Continued: Fostering Positive Managers' The May-June 2023 special feature of our magazine, 'Fostering Positive Managers,' revealed that many managers feel a sense of purpose in their current work, and that being a manager is not a negative role. However, three years later, the negative perception of managers is only increasing. What is necessary to make managers a valuable and attractive role? This special feature clarifies the current situation through a survey of 2,000 managers, and explores the mechanisms necessary for managers to demonstrate their value, and how organizations can develop and support positive managers. ■ Serialization 'My Leadership Theory' Hajime Kawamura, President, Hitachi Academy The Hitachi Group aims to be a company that evolves social infrastructure digitally and creates new value. Hajime Kawamura, President of Hitachi Academy, which is responsible for human resource development within the group, states that the key to achieving this is leaders with a 'holistic perspective' to make decisions by overseeing the whole, not just optimizing parts. We asked how the company, in the midst of transformation, is developing human resources and fostering a culture of learning, as well as their strategy and views on leadership. ■ Serialization 'Rethinking HR: HR Strategy Interpreted by Concepts' Part 3: Can You Notice Organizational Deterioration? Fundamental concepts of organization and human resource management provide useful clues for re-examining a company's HR policies and interpreting the strategies of advanced companies. In this serialization, Professor Tomoyuki Shimanuki of the Graduate School of Strategic Management, Chuo University, explains important concepts essential for today's HR strategy (scheduled for 4 parts). In Part 3, he explained five diagnostic concepts for quickly detecting the quiet deterioration of an organization before problems become apparent, and the perspective for restoring organizational health based on these. ■ Serialization 'Professor Jun Nakahara Asks Professional Coaches' Part 11: Hidenori Mezawa, Professional Golf Coach In this serialization, Professor Jun Nakahara of Rikkyo University interviews professional coaches who build rich growth environments. We spoke with professional golf coach Hidenori Mezawa. In the first part, he talked about the work of a golf coach and what kind of presence a coach is for athletes. ■ <> 'The Current State of HR-led DX Training' Part 1 Many companies struggle with digital talent development, finding that 'it doesn't lead to expected results' or 'training is conducted, but the workplace doesn't change.' This serialization delves into the role HR departments should play in DX training, based on the knowledge of JMAM's DX Development Department members (scheduled for 2 parts). In the first part, we explained how HR can update company-wide education in an era where digital skills are becoming business etiquette. ■ <> 'Honing Business Skills with Board Games' Part 1: Empathy (Communication Skills) Many people feel the necessity of 'learning' but hesitate to take the first step. The high hurdle image of learning, and