木村：インドのマルチ社は日本式経営を採り入れているそうですね。
ナンディー：ええ、社員にやる気があるので、会社はどんどん成長しています。
Yaru ki
(Indo kara no ryuugakusei to)
Kimura: Indo no Maruchi-sha wa Nihon-shiki keiei wo tori-irete iru soo desu ne.
Nandii: Ee, shain ni yaru kiga am no de, kaisha wa dondon seichoo shite imasu.
(With a student from India)
Kimura: I hear that the Indian company Maruti Udyog Ltd. has adopted a Japanese style management system.
Nandi: Yes, and the employees are so enthusiastic that the company is growing at a terrific rate.
Yaru ki is a feeling of enthusi- asm, a sense of eagerness of self-motivation; a positive atti- tude toward one's work, studies and so on.
In 1982, the Indian company Maruti entered a technological tie-up with the Japanese automobile manufacturer Suzuki. Ever since World War II, India had been using British production techniques, and shain wa sukkari yaru ki wo nakushite imashita (the employees had lost all their enthusiasm).
With the 1973 oil shock, the gas-guzzling cars India had been producing came under criticism and the manufacturers chose Suzuki out of 12 companies to set up a program of technological exchange.
Atarashii gijutsu ni, shain wa totemo yam ki ga dete kimashita (Not only did the company gain new technological know-how, the employees became more moti- vated). The company spent the first month concentrating on cleaning up the workplace. This was done to impress upon the employees the fact that a dusty environ- ment affects the quality of the final product Shain ga yaru ki wo nakusu no de wa nai ka to, shinpai shimashita (The company worried that this might cause the employees to lose their enthusiasm). But at a quality control meeting, it was decided that rather than simply teaching their workers the technology, they should help them understand the whole production process. Shain ni yaru ki ga deta no mo rikai dekiru (I can understand why they became more motivated).
Workers skipped work less and started taking fewer breaks. They even seemed to acquire the hard working ethics of their Japanese counterparts. Within about 10 years, Maruti claimed about 60% of the Indian car market, and was even exporting its products to the EC. This is a fine example of the truth of the expression Yaru ki ni nareba, dare de mo subarashii chikara wo motte iru (You can achieve all sorts of things if you really have the will to).