ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I. Conceptual Framework
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Part II. Period of High Economic Growth (1962-1973)
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Part III. Period between Two Oil Crises: A Period of Change (1974-1980)
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Part IV. Period of Stable Economic Growth to the Bubble Economy (1981-1990)
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Part V. Post Bubble Period (1991-2000)
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Part VI. Contemporary Views on Japanese Society and Management