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Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems and Changing Priorities
Kono, Toyohiro; Clegg, Stewart
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Description for Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems and Changing Priorities
hardcover. Identifies the specificity of Japanese management and the reasons behind its continued competitiveness. The authors explore the strategy and structure of Japanese manufacturing corporations, to investigate the features of their management systems and worldwide potential. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; 3JM; KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
The period of economic decline during the 1990s produced a wave of studies focusing on the failure of Japanese management according to western criteria. Yet Japanese manufacturing firms have continued to hold competitive power in the world market. This book identifies the institutional specificity of Japanese Management and the reasons behind its continued competitiveness. Through an exploration of the strategy and structure of Japanese manufacturing corporations the authors discover the essential features and strength of Japanese management systems, their problems and new trends, and consider how management strategies have been developed for future success. This new, sophisticated analysis of Japanese ... Read more
The period of economic decline during the 1990s produced a wave of studies focusing on the failure of Japanese management according to western criteria. Yet Japanese manufacturing firms have continued to hold competitive power in the world market. This book identifies the institutional specificity of Japanese Management and the reasons behind its continued competitiveness. Through an exploration of the strategy and structure of Japanese manufacturing corporations the authors discover the essential features and strength of Japanese management systems, their problems and new trends, and consider how management strategies have been developed for future success. This new, sophisticated analysis of Japanese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333929704
SKU
V9780333929704
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Kono, Toyohiro; Clegg, Stewart
TOYOHIRO KONO is Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, where he has taught Prinicples of Management and Corporate Strategy for over 30 years. A leading researcher in Corporate Strategy, he has published widely, and was previously Japan and South East Asia Editor for the journal Long Range Planning. STEWART CLEGG is Research Professor in the School ... Read more
Reviews for Trends in Japanese Management: Continuing Strengths, Current Problems and Changing Priorities
'Contrary to popular perception, Japanese management is not down and out. This book presents a view from inside major Japanese companies to show how they are adapting to new competitive conditions and yet at the same time maintaining their distinctive strengths. These are strengths that companies in other countries can well learn from, including the balancing of multiple goals, a ... Read more