Japanese management for a globalized world : the strength of the lean, trusting and outward-looking firm /: the strength of the lean, trusting and outward-looking firm. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Satoko Watanabe.
• Authors: Watanabe, Satoko
• Contents: Chapter 1: The Competitive Pressures of Globalization and theMotivation CrisisThe Motivation CrisisThe Global Fall in Motivation: Objective Indicators/ Trends to the Present/ Motivation and Economic GrowthIncreased Expectations and Workplace RealityConclusion Chapter 2: Japanese Management: Changes and SurvivalsWhat is Japanese Management?Corporate Practices Supporting Japanese Management/ Origins and Historical BackgroundOrganizational Management: Ideal Types and Current PracticePersonnel and Employment/ Internal Decision-MakingPerformance-Based ManagementIntroduction of the Concept of Job-Based Pay/ Introduction of Performance-Based Management/ Course Correction: The Move to Multi-Layered and Selective Use of Performance-based Management/ Moving toward Mix-and-Match System Operational Measures to Improve Japanese-Style Personnel ManagementDemotion/ Promotion of Non-permanent Employees to Permanent Status and a Shift in Emphasis from Hiring Non-permanent to Permanent Employees Chapter 3: Intercorporate Networks and Corporate Governance: The Present and FutureThe Diversity of Capitalism and Comparative Institutional AnalysisClassifying Different Types of Capitalism/ Two Models of the Market Economy/ Japanese Capitalism: Its Characteristics and Relationship to Other Types of Market EconomyThe Fate of the KeiretsuCharacteristics of Japanese Keiretsu/ Keiretsu: Changes Since the Bubble/ What the Future HoldsCorporate GovernanceJapanese-style 'Insider' Corporate Governance/ Changes since the 1990s and Future Changes in Boards of DirectorsChapter 4: Japanese Management: Strengths to PreserveSocial Capital and Japanese ManagementJapanese Organizations and the 'Ie' System/ Social Capital and the Development of Corporations/ Inward- and Outward-Oriented Social CapitalThe Organizing Principles of Japanese Corporations: A Combination of Collectivism and RationalityThe Four Strength of Japanese ManagementTrust and the Norms of Reciprocity/ The Human Relations Approach that Satisfies Employees' Social Needs/ Egalitarianism and On-site Management/ Innovation AdvantageConclusionChapter 5: International Transferability and AdaptabilityLean Production System and Its Expansion OverseasJapanese Manufacturers' Experience of Success/ A New Evaluation of Lean ProductionThe Human Side of Lean Production: Reconciling Human Needs and EfficiencyEmployment Security and a Lean Workforce/ Trusting Management and Careful Recruitment/ Avoiding Team Rivalries and Antagonism Between Teams and Management/ Incentives/ Coping with Boredom/ Community Spirit, Family-like Consideration, and Relationships of Trust Global Adaptability of the Lean Production SystemChapter 6: A Hybrid Model of Human Resource ManagementThe Multi-Layered Hybrid Model: Combining the Best of the Anglo-Saxon andJapanese ModelExecutives/ Gold-Collar Employees/ Blue-Collar, Clerical (Lower-level White-Collar), and Service Employees [Permanent Employees]/ Blue-Collar, Clerical (Lower-level White-Collar), and Service Employees [Non-permanent Employees] Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.00952; Industrial management -- Japan; Lean manufacturing -- Japan
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811077906
• Related ISBNs: 9789811077890
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