Japanese management structures, 1920-80

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Japanese management structures, 1920-80

Yoshitaka Suzuki

(Studies in the modern Japanese economy)

Macmillan, 1991

  • : pbk
  • : hard

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

Part of a series on the modern Japanese economy which explores all the major areas of Japanese economic life, this book examines the managerial hierarchies of large-scale Japanese industrial companies since their emergence.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Management resources and the structures of modern firms: modern business enterprise and managerial hierarchies
  • some implications of Chandler's hypotheses
  • management resources and the types of hierarchies
  • aspects of Japanese management structures. Part 2 The formation of managerial hierarchies 1920-40: management structures and large-scale industrial companies in pre-war Japan
  • internalization of human resources
  • management strategies and generating the flow of goods inside firms
  • decentralized structures. Part 3 Holding companies and corporate control 1920-40: external institutions of pre-war large-scale industrial companies
  • the development of holding companies
  • corporate control and strategic decision making
  • segmented allocation of management resources
  • change and continuity during the war. Part 4 Hierarchies and federations in the post-war era: the post-war business groups and big business - new evidence
  • the six largest business groups and the largest 100
  • industrial companies - interpretation of evidence
  • giant companies and their affiliated large-scale industrial firms. Part 5 The development of large-scale industrial companies 1950-80: large-scale firms and their products
  • entry and exit
  • their positions and sizes
  • direction of development - mergers and horizontal combinations, vertical integration, diversification
  • strategy and structure of Japanese firms. Part 6 The traditionally established companies in fabricated basic materials: textile companies
  • paper, printing, and materials enterprises
  • steel companies
  • nonferrous metals companies. Part 7 New industries in the traditional companies: chemical and pharmaceutical companies
  • electric and electronic companies
  • heavy engineering companies. Part 8 New companies in the post-war mass market: food and drink companies
  • oil companies
  • automobile companies
  • miscellaneous companies in durable consumer's goods. Part 9 Management resources and their development: the development of management structures in Japanese industrial companies
  • the direction of the development of modern firms - types and stages.

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