Japanization at work : managerial studies for the 1990s
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Japanization at work : managerial studies for the 1990s
Macmillan Press, 1992
- : hard
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 223-241
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Japanese management techniques have attracted considerable interest amongst managers and academics. Using case studies in manufacturing, this book goes beyond generalization in discussing the impacts of Japanese-style management on relations between management and workers. John Bratton presents a theoretical framework within which Japanese management can be analysed. The author describes the changes often on the words of the people directly involved. The book explores the hypothesis that just-in-time production increases managerial control through the application of new technology and worker-generated forms of control.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables - List of Figures - Abbreviations - Foreword
- H.Beynon - Preface to the Paperback Edition - Introduction - Perspectives on Japanization - Trade Unions and Change at Work - Patterns of Change - The Motor Components Company: Japanization in Large-Batch Production - The Drilling Machine Company: Japanization in Small-Batch Production - The Packaging Company: Work Groups and the Polyvalent Worker - Conclusions - Notes - Bibliography - Index
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