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Japanese Style of Management

Japanese Style of Management. Company-wide union or house union General preference for inexperienced fresh graduates from schools or colleges Preference for promotions from within Life-time employment Quality Control Circles (QCCs). Pertinent Characteristics of Japanese Management.

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Japanese Style of Management

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  1. Japanese Style of Management

  2. Company-wide union or house union General preference for inexperienced fresh graduates from schools or colleges Preference for promotions from within Life-time employment Quality Control Circles (QCCs) Pertinent Characteristics of Japanese Management

  3. Training practices On-the-job training In-house and outside training Job rotation Decision making and consultation practices Bottom-up communication Regular management-labour consultation Settlement of conflict trough negotiations Pertinent Characteristics of Japanese Management

  4. Social belonging Life-time employment and loyalty Social status of employees linked to success of company Social role of employment company song company pin Paternalism Emphasis on harmony (suppression of conflict) Seniority system Understand Japanese Management – The Company as the Family

  5. Zaibatsu Groups – the financial & industrial conglomerates were outgrowths of family enterprises Scarcity of daily necessities during World War II Fostered company-based cooperative activities in the procurement and distribution of goods Companies were used by the government to distribute rations Understand Japanese Management – The Company as the Family

  6. Fresh graduates are recruited each spring through company's entrance examinations and interviews Well known corporations usually focus on a few high ranking schools and universities Costs and benefits of training internalised within one firm (paternalism / loyalty) Continuous training Seniority system facilitates on-the-job training Senior workers train junior workers without fear of jeopardizing their own position Understand Japanese Management – Recruitment and Training

  7. Process of decision making not centralized at the top Process of broad consultation and consensus System cannot move capable individuals upwards Moves authority downward through personal contacts and relationships (of CEO and junior) Understand Japanese Management – Participatory Management

  8. Anyone with a stake in the decision will be consulted (hierarchical relationship blurred). Explains why talented, able and young employees can be satisfied under the seniority-based system The Father-leader Authoritarian Able to advance corporate goals through unobtrusive persuasion and conciliation Synthesizes group with warmth, sincerity and humaneness Understand Japanese Management – Participatory Management

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