The History of Labour Management in Japan

1. Front Matter

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2. Managerial Familism and Familistic Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Analytical Overview of Labour Management

      • Hiroshi Hazama

      Pages 3-9

   3. Theory of Managerial Familism and its Formative Process

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      Pages 10-32

   4. The Development of Familistic Management

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      Pages 33-67

   5. General Conditions during the Developmental Period of Familistic Management

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      Pages 68-108

3. Transformation of Labour Management in Heavy Industries

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      Pages 109-109

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   2. The Period of Technology Importation: Labour Management in Government-Run Factories

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      Pages 111-131

   3. Labour Management during the Rise of Private Enterprises

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      Pages 132-159

   4. Labour Management during the Establishment of Heavy Industries

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      Pages 160-188

4. Back Matter

   Pages 189-222

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An era of economic globalisation and inward investment has seen much interest in Japanese labour management techniques. The first English edition of this 1964 classic of Japanese economics corrects the misunderstandings which often prevail in this debate, by providing the necessary historical context from the Meiji restoration to the second world war. Professor Hazama debunks the myth that Japanese-style management is inherited from her feudal past, showing the impact of businesses imported from the west after reunification in 1867-68 and how these were amalgamated with a range of Japanese traditions.

• business
• economics
• globalization
• interest
• investment
• Japan
• labour
• management
• transformation

• Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  Hiroshi Hazama

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