| Description |
xii, 388 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Hiring women managers in Japan : an alternative for foreign employers / Paul Lansing and Kathryn Ready -- Continuity and change in Japanese management / Tomasz Mroczkowski and Masao Hanaoka -- Market research the Japanese way / Johny K. Johansson and Ikujiro Nonaka -- Distribution in Japan : problems and changes / Michael R. Czinkota -- Manufacturing innovation : lessons from the Japanese auto industry / Michael A. Cusumano -- The myth of the cooperative single source / John Ramsay -- Another hidden edge : Japanese management accounting / Toshiro Hiromoto |
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The source of Japanese management / Kunio Odaka -- Japan's matrix of nature, culture, and technology / Tobioka Ken -- Confucianism and Japanese modernization : a study of Shibusawa Eiichi / Kuo-hui Tai -- The influence of Confucianism and Zen on the Japanese organization / Subhash Durlabhji -- Public and private self in communicating with Japan / Dean C. Barnlund -- The vocabulary of human relationships in Japan / Edward T. Hall and Mildred R. Hall -- Gift-giving in a modernizing Japan ; An ethnography of dinner entertainment in Japan / Harumi Befu -- The institutional foundations of Japanese industrial policy / Chalmers Johnson -- Work rules in Japan / Toshiaki Ohta -- Learning and working in Japan / Merry I. White -- "Spiritual education" in a Japanese bank / Thomas P. Rohlen -- A guide to Japanese business practices / Mayumi Otsubo -- Strategic planning in Japan / Milton C. Lauenstein |
| Summary |
This collection of readings is intended to serve as a foundation for those expecting to have commercial interaction with the Japanese. The selections--from sources not limited to mainstream business journals--address various aspects of the cultural environment of Japanese business and discuss communication and interpersonal relationships, the institutional and legal environment, management and marketing, and the Japanese approach to manufacturing. Some specific topics: the influence of Confucianism and Zen on the Japanese organization, gift-giving, the ethnography of dinner entertainment, spiritual education in a Japanese bank, women managers |
| Analysis |
Corporate Japan |
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Industrial Japan |
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National characteristics, Japanese |
| Notes |
Includes glossary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Corporate culture -- Japan.
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Industrial management -- Japan.
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National characteristics, Japanese.
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| Author |
Durlabhji, Subhash, 1947-
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Marks, Norton E.
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Roach, Scott.
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| LC no. |
91042663 |
| ISBN |
0791412512 (CH : Acid-free) |
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0791412520 (PB : Acid-free) |
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