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Translating and Incorporating American Management Thought into Japan

Author : Izumi Mitsui
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981194542X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Translating and Incorporating American Management Thought into Japan written by Izumi Mitsui and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the establishment process of the Japanese style of management (JSM). Traditionally, it has been widely believed that the JSM is native to Japan and consists of three pillars: lifetime employment, a seniority-based wage system, and company unions. This book opposes these traditional views on the JSM and argues that it has been shaped by the influence of management theories and ideas of other countries. The JSM has not only adopted the ideas and concepts of other countries, but also has refined, translated, and customized them to make such ideas and concepts acceptable in Japan. The hypothesis presented here is that in the postwar period of rapid growth, the JSM was a hybrid set of management theories and techniques greatly influenced by American ideas about management. This book concentrates on the impact of American management theories and ideas on the JSM. Taking the historical point of view, it clarifies that impact not only for academics but also for business people. The hypothesis propounded here is that some of those theories and ideas have been accepted whereas some of them have been rejected and eventually made irrelevant. The following issues are discussed: scientific management, the human relations school, Barnard’s organizational theory, Drucker’s management thoughts, strategic management, human resource management, and corporate culture.

A Pioneer of Management Research and Education in Japan

Author : Norio Kambayashi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981990868X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book A Pioneer of Management Research and Education in Japan written by Norio Kambayashi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to clarify the mission and history of Kobe University Business School (KUBS), not only for the development of management education but also for the familiarization of industry in Japan with the ideas of modern management. Kobe University was the first in Japan to establish a faculty of business administration and has continued to conduct research and education in the field to this day. Under the influence of Germany and the USA, the academic area of management in Japan has achieved unique development not witnessed in other countries. Since 1902, when its predecessor, Kobe Higher Commercial School, was established, KUBS has been a pioneer of research and education in management studies in Japan by overcoming many obstacles and difficulties. Even now in the age of globalization, the spirit of innovation and liberal academic style, from the time of its establishment, are inherent in KUBS, and the faculty members have made great efforts to be innovative in management studies. This book aims to explore the mission and history of KUBS and to elucidate the development process of Japanese-style management research and education by introducing the diverse areas of management studies and the profiles of researchers.

Chester I. Barnard: Innovator of Organization Theory

Author : Kazuhito Isomura
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819970393
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Chester I. Barnard: Innovator of Organization Theory written by Kazuhito Isomura and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at Chester I. Barnard’s theoretical and practical contributions to organization theory by examining his life, career, experience, intellectual relationships, philosophy, method, and theory. Barnard (1886–1961) is considered an innovator in the field with the publication of his seminal work, The Functions of the Executive, in 1938. But why was Barnard able to publish such a groundbreaking book despite the fact that he was a practitioner, not an academic researcher? In pursuit of that question, this book carefully investigates the background of his ideas about management, such as his experience, philosophy, and method. It then traces the process of how Barnard built his concepts of organization as it examines his books, published papers, unpublished manuscripts, and correspondence and systematically summarizes how he built his theory of organization and management. Finally, the author explores how Barnard’s theory has the potential to be developed and put into practice by examining his important works after his publication of The Functions of the Executive, which is well known as abstract and difficult. Readers of this present book will come away with a clearer and more systematic understanding of Barnard’s theoretical and practical contributions to the field.

Realism for Social Sciences

Author : Ken Urai
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819941539
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Realism for Social Sciences written by Ken Urai and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the growing interest in realism in social sciences of the twenty-first century. The first part of this book provides recent discussions on realism in philosophy. The second part describes specific problems that have returned to realism in various fields of the social sciences, such as economics, cultural anthropology, management science, and statistics. This book clarifies what kinds of movements are taking place and consequently the direction in which the social sciences are heading in the future. Readers would also find that there is great diversity in the way realism and reality are perceived and understood, depending on the objectives and circumstances of each field of social science. This suggests that rather than having a unified view (stance) of realism and reality, it may be more meaningful to value the differences, diversity, and range itself. Therefore, this book does not present a unified view of realism, reality, and actuality. Although the definitions of realism and reality may differ from chapter to chapter, this represents a corner of the current state of the social sciences. This book is unique in that it examines how the issues of realism and reality are viewed, understood, and dealt with in the various fields of social science, instead of examining them by philosophers and philosophers of science. This would clarify how philosophical discussions have been translated into the various fields of social science.

Japanese-Style Management Transferred

Author : K J Fukuda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113691451X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Japanese-Style Management Transferred written by K J Fukuda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan’s rapid rise to economic super-power status has led to a worldwide interest in and attempts to emulate Japanese management practices. This book, based on extensive original research, considers both the opportunities and problems of the transfer of Japanese management practices to other areas in East Asia. It remains one of the few books of its kind, as other books on Japanese management have concentrated on its transferability to the West. Because many Japanese subsidiaries have been established longer in East Asia than elsewhere and the local work forces have become accustomed to Japanese management practices when transferred elsewhere have become apparent in a way they have not where Japanese management practices are much newer.

Theory Z

Author : William G. Ouchi
Publisher : New York, N.Y. : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780380594511
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book Theory Z written by William G. Ouchi and published by New York, N.Y. : Avon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This book addresses the practicalities of applying an understanding of Japanese management to the American setting. The author explains why, what, and how we can learn from Japanese business success and improve business management practices in th e U.S. Topics include: styles of management and decisionmaking; Theory Z; methods of adjusting management style; and, camparing U.S. and Japanese management styles.

The Changing Face of Japanese Management

Author : Keith Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134445172
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Changing Face of Japanese Management written by Keith Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many western managers the approach taken by successful Japanese organisations and their managers has tended to inspire awe, envy and incomprehension in equal measure. But what is so special about 'Japanese' management? And how 'special' is the response of Japanese managers to global business pressures ? This textbook addresses these questions. It presents case examples generated from interviews with Japanese managers in Japan, Europe and the USA, contextualising their comments by reference to recent research in the fields of international and intercultural management. The book explains how and why individual managers variously perceive threats or opportunities in the business and career environments currently evolving both inside and outside Japan. It combines vivid images of the expected and the exceptional, the traditional with the new and unfamiliar. The Changing Face of Japanese Management offers management students with little prior knowledge of Japanese business and society, critical insights into what is happening inside Japanese management today. It also offers clear and immediately transferable insights to management practitioners who are preparing to work or negotiate with Japanese business partners.

The Japanese Management Mystique

Author : Jon Woronoff
Publisher : Irwin Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Management Mystique written by Jon Woronoff and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With numerous books on the market describing the wondrous lessons to be learned from the successful Japanese management system, why another volume? The Japanese Management Mystique by Jon Woronoff brings to light something all the others have overlooked - the weaknesses and failings of the Japanese management system. As in all cases, taking into account one side of a story and ignoring another produces a warped sense of reality; it is hardly a contribution to improved perception of increased comprehension. By understanding good and bad points, strengths and weaknesses, achievements and failures, companies wishing to enter the Japanese market, on their own or as part of joint ventures, are better positioned to succeed in their undertakings. Everyone is familiar with the achievements of Japanese blue collar workers and factories, but there is a larger picture to view. The Japanese Management Mystique uncovers the lesser known truths of white collar workers. This comprehensive book examines a number of issues that come into play as part of the Japanese management system, including modern factories, yet backward offices, workers' changing thoughts toward lifetime employment, indifferent human relations, and bloated bureaucracies. Jon Woronoff drives home three main points. First, the Japanese management system has strengths, but it also has weaknesses. Both need to be examined, studied and understood to produce and maintain a realistic picture of the system as a whole. Secondly, if the United States and other countries are to go head-to-head with the Japanese, it is most important for companies in these markets to capitalize on their own strengths and seek out the Japanese weaknesses inorder to take advantage of them. At the same time, companies entering into joint ventures with the Japanese also should be aware of the system's weaknesses to prevent them from destroying the business relationship. And finally, no management system is perfect. When considering the mythical excellence of the Japanese system, it is critical to look at it with an analytical eye, borrowing what is "good" and translating the "bad" into marketing advantages for your company.

The Art of Japanese Management

Author : Richard T. Pascale
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Japanese Management written by Richard T. Pascale and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1981 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the application and role of Japanese management techniques in management in the USA - describes the success of a large Japanese enterprise in applying innovative business organization structure, and effective management information system, and the use of divisional performance reviews (performance records), demonstrates the reliance of Japanese managers on implicit communication, coordinated intedependence and human relationships, and shows how American firms can make use of the Japanese approach for more productive management. References.

Japanese Management in Change

Author : Norio Kambayashi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431550968
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Management in Change written by Norio Kambayashi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the burst of the “economic bubble” in the 1990s, many Japanese companies were required to reform their management systems. Changes in corporate governance were widely discussed during that decade in studies on “Japanese management.” These discussions have resulted in little progress, however, since Americanization became the dominant discourse concerning governance and the management system. There have been few studies conducted from an academic point of view on the internal aspects of organizations that practice traditional Japanese management theory. This book examines how, and the degree to which, the development of market principles accompanying the advances of globalization has affected the traditional Japanese system. It focuses on four aspects of corporate management: management institutions, strategy, organization, and human resource management. The aggregation of the new management system in Japanese companies is regarded as a distinctive Japanese-style system of management. With emphasis on these four aspects, research was conducted on the basic structure of that system, following changes in the market, technology, and society. Further, specific functions of the basic structure of the Japanese-style management system were studied. Those findings are included here, along with a discussion and analysis of the direction of future changes.

Japanese Management

Author : R. Haak
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523285
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Management written by R. Haak and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese management is currently considered to be in crisis. This book analyzes the degree to which the Japanese management model is changing, in order to regain its competitiveness. It brings together up-to-date research on this important topic by a number of the best known American, Asian and European scholars of Japanese management. A broad variety of management areas such as strategy, corporate governance, globalization, organization, finance, HRM, production, innovation, organizational learning and retailing is covered.

The American Samurai

Author : Jon P. Alston
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311085547X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The American Samurai written by Jon P. Alston and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese Management Techniques

Author : Badar Alzadjali
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640719328
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Management Techniques written by Badar Alzadjali and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-10-11 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: Japanese Management Techniques Alzadjali, B. (2009) 2 - 10 There is no doubt that every person from all walks of life is indeed using a Japanese product or technology in his daily life, whether it is cars, pens or paper. Indeed, Japan provided the world with many successful global companies and brands such as Sony, Fujitsu, HP and Toyota. These global Japanese brands did not only affect Japanese economy, it also affected the world economy and trade. These industrial revolutions put Japan on one of the six big industrial countries alongside the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy. It is not the manufacturing elements that made Japan reach that, but there is also a great management system. The success of their approaches was not by adopting a fixed accounting system or by Activity-based costing ABC, but by using systematic flexible systems (Patel and Russell 1994, pp.64-65). In the last 50 years, Japan brought to the world a successful management style starting with a government model in the early 1950s, to a corporate model in the 1980s (Porter et al. 2002; Whitehill 1991). The root of the modern Japanese management goes back to post Second World War, when Japan started its economic recovery. Japan started a phenomenal revolution management system (Porter et al. 2002; Whitehill 1991). Towards the 1970s, research showed that the United States and some European countries used a similar system (Hayashi 2002). In 1980s the time came to challenge just how these systems would work out under the Japanese corporate management systems. Professor William Ouchi's book, about the Japanese management system entitled Theory Z: how American business can meet the Japanese challenge (England 1983; Hayashi 2002). The book became a standard management system practice in the United States for more than 20 years. During the last century, there were many theories which appeared on the table based on Japanese model from theory X to Z. However, the American companies did not found any productivity value on this model system and the theory Z management application became unlikely used among American companies and businessmen (England 1983; Whitehill 1991; Jeremiah J, 1992) perhaps because of differences in the environment or the culture. However, the Japanese culture has played an important role in the Japanese management system. In fact, the Japanese firm management system was based on two functions; columns economy and culture.

Remade in America

Author : Jeffrey K. Liker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195118154
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Remade in America written by Jeffrey K. Liker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s, Japanese firms have challenged US dominance in many manufacturing industries; increasingly in the form of transplant operations. This text offers case studies and surveys to explain the process of transferring and transforming the best Japanese Management Systems (JMS).

Japanese Management in Evolution

Author : Tsutomu Nakano
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317199669
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Management in Evolution written by Tsutomu Nakano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Management in Evolution illustrates the significant changes that have been taking place in Japanese business by focusing on "emerging industries" in the relatively neglected service and "creative" sectors as well as other key industries, and to put those changes in historical perspective by providing an overview of business development since World War II. By employing state-of-the-art research techniques and unconventional innovative approaches in analysing Japanese management – including network and discourse analysis, ethnographic explorations, and more – the book reveals historical developments and in-depth analyses of established and emerging composition of sectors and industries where cultural capital matters. Throughout the book, the common theme conveyed to readers is a consistently strong message that the change is ongoing and the evolution of management style is real in the Japanese context. The book would be of great interest to researchers, academics and practitioners in fields of global management, international management, and Asian capitalism.

Japan's Reluctant Multinationals

Author : Malcolm Trevor
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1780934955
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Reluctant Multinationals written by Malcolm Trevor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese companies operating internationally resemble Western multinationals only superficially. They are 'reluctant' because outward economic dependency compels them to venture overseas - into environments where they cannot enjoy the same high degree of control and support that they do in Japan. There is no generally accepted view of Japanese management among writers in Europe and America and yet effective management has been a major factor in the advance of Japanese companies. The different approaches to Japanese management and its basic concepts are discussed here, together with the problems of multinationalization. First published in 1983, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Management Practices in Japan

Author : Alice Sbrzesny
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638545393
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Management Practices in Japan written by Alice Sbrzesny and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, University of Tampere, course: Advanced Studies for Doing Business in Asia, language: English, abstract: Japan is known for its successful companies. One might only think about the automobile manufacturer Toyota. To perform successful, a company has to maximise profit. In contrast to Western companies, in Japanese companies, profit is maximised by increasing sales and maximising volume by increasing productivity and efficiency. The question that arises is how could the Japanese increase productivity that much? One possible answer is the Japanese management approach. For some time now, the characteristics of Japanese management style have been a popular issue, mainly in Europe and in the United States. Have the qualities and values of society and of individual been a reason for Japanese success? Such issues as the business group, the seniority wage system, the lifetime employment system and the periodic recruitment of new graduates have been examined in diverse ways. A look at the actual operations of Japanese enterprises in Europe and the United States indicates that, there are changes going on concerning Japanese management practices. Japan is an island with almost total ethnic homogeneity, having been unaffected by Western influences for long time. Modern management practices are said to be rooted in the cultural and geographical traditions of the country. Emphasis in recent analysis has been put on how the Japanese management style has arisen and evolved historically, rather than on its typological characteristics. This paper makes the attempt to examine Japanese management characteristics with regard to historical influences, Japanese culture, Japanese social system as well as possible future needs. Cultural and historical heritage will be presented first followed by a summary of Japanese values on which society is based. After that, management practices with regard to traditional and modern approaches are presented. Meanwhile, changes in management practices are examined.