Values and value related strategies in Japanese corporate culture
In the context of the widening trade gap between Japan and the U.S.A. and the increasing numbers of missions visiting Japan aimed at a better understanding of the Japanese market and Japanese business, topics such as ‘Just in Time’ and TQC have received the most prominence, along with discussions of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1987
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1987, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-143 |
| Further subjects: | B
Corporate Culture
B Labor Relation B Japan B Related Strategy B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | In the context of the widening trade gap between Japan and the U.S.A. and the increasing numbers of missions visiting Japan aimed at a better understanding of the Japanese market and Japanese business, topics such as ‘Just in Time’ and TQC have received the most prominence, along with discussions of Japanese-style management and labor relations. The weakness of most discussions has been their inability to set these into the context of the highly complex Japanese value-system that runs through both business and society. Once understood, it becomes apparent that there is a system of values and value-related strategies at work that have a re-inforcing effect in the directions of cooperation and efficiency. The paper will identify a number of these and indicate their areas of influence. Four are discussed: (1) the formation of corporate philosophy (2) management philosophy (3) corporate work ethic (4) supplier/customer relations. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382027 |