Japanese Management for a Globalized World - Watanabe, Satoko

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Résumé :
Satoko Watanabe is Professor of Sociology and Management at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. She has taught at International University of Japan and subsequently at Sophia University, where she was Professor of Sociology. She received her undergraduate degrees from University of Tokyo and Western College for Women in the United States and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University.?

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Biographie:
Satoko Watanabe is Professor of Sociology and Management at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. She has taught at International University of Japan and subsequently at Sophia University, where she was Professor of Sociology. She received her undergraduate degrees from University of Tokyo and Western College for Women in the United States and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University.?...

Sommaire:
Chapter 1: The Competitive Pressures of Globalization and the

Motivation Crisis

The Motivation Crisis

The Global Fall in Motivation: Objective Indicators/ Trends to the Present/ Motivation and Economic Growth

Increased Expectations and Workplace Reality

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Japanese Management: Changes and Survivals

What is Japanese Management?

Corporate Practices Supporting Japanese Management/ Origins and Historical Background

Organizational Management: Ideal Types and Current Practice

Personnel and Employment/ Internal Decision-Making

Performance-Based Management

Introduction 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 Management

Chapter 3: Intercorporate Networks and Corporate Governance: The Present and Future

The Diversity of Capitalism and Comparative Institutional Analysis

Classifying Different Types of Capitalism/ Two Models of the Market Economy/ Japanese Capitalism: Its Characteristics and Relationship to Other Types of Market Economy

The Fate of the Keiretsu

Characteristics of Japanese Keiretsu/ Keiretsu: Changes Since the Bubble/ What the Future Holds

Corporate Governance

Japanese-style Insider Corporate Governance/ Changes since the 1990s and Future Changes in Boards of Directors

Social Capital and Japanese Management

Japanese Organizations and the Ie System/ Social Capital and the Development of Corporations/ Inward- and Outward-Oriented Social Capital

The Organizing Principles of Japanese Corporations: A Combination of Collectivism and Rationality

The Four Strength of Japanese Management

Trust and the Norms of Reciprocity/ The Human Relations Approach that Satisfies Employees' Social Needs/ Egalitarianism and On-site Management/ Innovation Advantage

Lean Production System and Its Expansion Overseas

Japanese Manufacturers' Experience of Success/ A New Evaluation of Lean Production

The Human Side of Lean Production: Reconciling Human Needs and Efficiency

Employment Security and a Lean Workforce/ Trusting Management and Care

Global Adaptability of the Lean Production System

The Multi-Layered Hybrid Model: Combining the Best of the Anglo-Saxon and

Japanese Model