Japanese management : international perspectives
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Japanese management : international perspectives
(Routledge frontiers of business management, 5)
Routledge, 2018, c2017
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
  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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-158) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a new understanding of the constellations of logics in Japanese management practices in Asia and the West. Through comparative ethnographic case studies in a Japanese multinational corporation (MNC), the book explores the cultural meanings of family, corporation, market and religion logics at each subsidiary's site in Thailand, Taiwan, Belgium and the United States.
In doing so, the book defines cultural space through an institutional logic approach. It argues that logics are culturally interpreted, which can impose a serious limitation on the institutional logic approach based on the analysis of Western society. It reveals that Japanese 'family' logics and Theravada Buddhism in Asia are strengthening each other and this directly supports the presupposition of amplification. It further elaborates on the ongoing constellations of logics that are continuously formed in relation to geographical contexts. The book also explains that the boundaries of organisational communities are not automatically formed by Japanese expatriates but constructed through actors' profiles, which, in turn, raises their importance.
Therefore, this book is a must-read for researchers, managers and anyone interested in Japanese MNCs.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Company as Family in Japanese MNCs?
3. An Institutional Logic Approach and Constellations of Logics: Family, Religion, Market and Corporate Logics
4. Comparative Ethnographic Case Study
5. Varieties of subsidiaries in Asia and the West: JapanCo
6. Ongaeshi as a Return for Favour to Organisations: Customer Development
7. Either Self-interest or 'Family' Interest? Work and Employment
8. Profiles of Japanised Managers: Work Organisation
9. Discussion and Conclusion
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