Portraits of the Japanese workplace : labor movements, workers, and managers

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Portraits of the Japanese workplace : labor movements, workers, and managers

Kumazawa Makoto ; translated by Andrew Gordon and Mikiso Hane

（Social change in global perspective）

Westview Press, 1996

  • : hc
  • : pbk

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Translated from Japanese

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813317083

Description

In this groundbreaking volume, one of Japan's most insightful contemporary labor analysts assesses the ?light and shadow? of Japanese-style management, explaining why Japanese employees have stood apart from workers in other industrialized countries. Kumazawa brings to life the intense combination of competition and community within Japanese workplaces. He highlights dilemmas facing Japanese labor on the shop floor and in the labor movement. His discussion ranges from the role of women to issues of quality control and self-management. Highly critical of the hierarchical and undemocratic nature of Japanese industry, he offers a sympathetic view from the inside of the difficulties of surviving in the workplaces of contemporary Japan.

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword -- Introduction -- The "Take-Off" of Japanese Workers -- Features of Organized Workers in Postwar Japan -- Limits and Costs of the Postwar Labor Movement -- Light and Shadow in Quality Control Circles -- A Postwar History of the Workplace -- A Postwar History of Women Workers -- Twenty Years of a Bank Worker's Life -- Working Like Mad to Stay in Place
Volume

: hc ISBN 9780813317090

Description

In this groundbreaking volume, Japans most insightful contemporary labor analyst assesses the light and shadow of Japanese-style management, explaining why Japanese employees have stood apart from workers in other industrialized countries. Illustrating the intense combination of competition and community within Japanese workplaces, Kumazawa highlights dilemmas facing Japanese labor on the shop floor and in the labor movement. Highly critical of the hierarchical and undemocratic nature of Japanese industry, he offers a sympathetic view from the inside of the difficulties of surviving in the workplaces of contemporary Japan. In this groundbreaking volume, one of Japans most insightful contemporary labor analysts assesses the light and shadow of Japanese-style management, explaining why Japanese employees have stood apart from workers in other industrialized countries. Kumazawa brings to life the intense combination of competition and community within Japanese workplaces. He highlights dilemmas facing Japanese labor on the shop floor and in the labor movement. His discussion ranges from the role of women to issues of quality control and self-management. Highly critical of the hierarchical and undemocratic nature of Japanese industry, he offers a sympathetic view from the inside of the difficulties of surviving in the workplaces of contemporary Japan.

Table of Contents

  • Translators Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Take-Off of Japanese Workers
  • Features of Organized Workers in Postwar Japan
  • Limits and Costs of the Postwar Labor Movement
  • Light and Shadow in Quality Control Circles
  • A Postwar History of the Workplace: Managements and Unions in the Steel Industry
  • A Postwar History of Women Workers
  • Twenty Years of a Bank Workers Life
  • Working Like Mad to Stay in Place: Reflections on Japanese Salary-Men Today

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