American enterprise in Japan
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Bibliographic Information
American enterprise in Japan
（SUNY series in the anthropology of work）
State University of New York Press, c1991
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Prefectural University of Hiroshima Library and Academic Information Center
: pbk335.4||H221044271
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Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB) Library , Kobe University図書
338.88-396s081000085081*
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-281) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes how American and Japanese management ideologies meet, collide, and contend in the process of competitive cooperation during a joint venture in Japan. In a detailed case study, Hamada describes the very real problems when Japanese and American managers run a business operation, and analyzes them from a comparative, relativistic, and historical perspective. The author presents a novel and effective way of viewing organizational dynamics, seeing the 'unfinished' cultural process between different sub-groups who create and recreate the symbolic meanings of corporate phenomena. Her succinct analysis of Japanese and American behavioral modes makes both practical and theoretical contributions to the field of international management.
Highlighting the interdependence between corporate culture and broader societal culture, Hamada looks closely at interactions between American and Japanese businessmen, analyzes their cultural differences, and proposes that these differences can be viewed not just as a source of continuing conflict but of dynamic cooperation.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
1. Cultural Encounters
2. Working in Japan
3. Foreign Enterprises and Japanese Corporate Environment
4. Nippon Kaisha
5. The Joint-venture Company: Nippon United
6. Organizational Culture
Appendix: The Historical Context
Notes
Bibliography
Major Players in the Joint Venture, Nippon United
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"