employment, governance and management reform in Japan /
First Statement of Responsibility
T. Inagami and D. Hugh Whittaker.
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New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Company as Community -- The Classic Model: Benchmark for Change -- Change and Continuity -- Company Professionals and Creative Work -- Corporate Governance and Managers' Ideologies -- Consolidated Management and Quasi Internal Labour Markets -- Summing Up -- Hitachi: A Dancing Giant -- A Victim of its Own Success? -- Organization Reform -- Recasting the Employment Relationship -- The Impact on Industrial Relations -- Evaluation -- New Model in the Making? -- Appendix: Changes in Job Tenure.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Following the troubled 1990s, Whittaker and Inagami explore the changes in employment practices, corporate governance and management priorities, drawing on rich original data and providing in-depth analysis of Hitachi, a leading electric company and enterprise group. Ideal reading for readers looking for fresh perspectives on the future of Japanese business.