1st Edition

Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History 1960-2000 A Narrative History 1960-2000

By Makota Ohtsu, Tomio Imanari Copyright 2002
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book sheds new light on Japanese management and its social consequences. Since the collapse of the Japanese bubble economy, the once acclaimed Japanese-style management has been under serious criticism both inside and outside Japan, but this is not a new phenomenon: over the last 50 years, evaluation of Japan and Japanese management has fluctuated widely between extreme affirmation and extreme negation. This study is unique because it is a longitudinal analysis that covers 35 years it uses firsthand information from managers in major Japanese corporations; and by involving several of these managers in the research process the views of actual practitioners are made available.

    Part I. Conceptual Framework 1. The Convergence-Divergence Debate and Japanese Management 2. Characteristics of Japanese Business and Management 3. Japanese National Values and Confucianism Part 11. Period of High Economic Growth (1962-1973) 4. General Environment 5. Industry-Specific Environment 6. Career Entry 7. Career Formulation 8. Overseas Assignments Part 111. Period between Two Oil Crises: A Period of Change (1974-1980) 9. General Environment 10. Industry-Specific Environment 11. Career Progress 12. Overseas Assignments 13. Lives of Alumnae Part IV. Period of Stable Economic Growth to the Bubble Economy (1981- 1990) 14. General Environment 15. Industry-Specific Environment 16. Career Progress and Change 17. Overseas Assignment s 18. Work Lives of Alumnae Part V. Post Bubble Period (1991-2000) 19. General Environment 20. Industry-Specific Environment 21. Top-Level Decision Making 22. Late Career Diversity Part VI. Contemporary Views on Japanese Society and Management 23. Continuity and Change in Japanese Values and Society 24. Change of Japanese-Style Management, Conclusions: From Developmental Capitalism to Globalism?

    Biography

    Makota Ohtsu (Author) ,  Tomio Imanari (Author)