How the Japanese Learn to Work (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Japan is regarded as a world leader in the field of education and training for improved economic performance. Yet success in Japan is often achieved by going against what is regarded as ideal practice elsewhere. This book offers the most comprehensive review available in English of the many facets of Japanese vocational education and training. Covering the system from primary education through to in job-training offered by companies, this book provides a detailed study of current practice giving equal emphasis to formal training in explicitly vocational courses, and informal training in factories, shops and offices. The authors analyse the difference between substantive 'person-changing' training and mere 'ability-labelling.' They raise important questions, such as: To what extent does the need to package skills to provide convenient qualifications distort the actual training given? How efficient is it to rely on professional trainers to certify the acquisition of skills, rather than run separate testing systems? The authors reveal how, in Japanese companies, employees are strongly motivated by pride in the successful execution of their jobs, and that much company training is carried out by colleagues.

Business & Money

Sako, Mari

Dore, R. P.

Job Hunting & Careers

Routledge

Provides a thorough examination of vocational education and training in all parts of the education system; from primary education through to in-house training in companies and on the shop floor.

Japan, Internationalism and the UN (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Japan has enormous economic power and yet is a minor player in international politics. In part this has been due to the partnership with US, but now with the end of cold war there is a fierce debate going on in Japan regarding the international political role for the nation. This book is a response to the issues raised and was originally published in Japanese for a Japanese audience. Ronald Dore provides a full analysis of Japan's post war international position and in particular its role within the UN, the use of armed force and constitution. Japan, Internationalism and the UN provides a unique insight into Japan's foreign policy and its related domestic politics. It is the product of nearly half a century of study and discussion with the Japanese themselves about their place in the world.

History

Asia

City Life in Japan a Study of Tokyo Ward

University of California

Ronald Dore offers the reader insight into the changing rural life of Japan in this fascinating study of a village some 100 miles from Tokyo where he lived first in 1955 and again in the early 1970s. A new Afterword reports on the acceleration of change to a once self-sufficient community most of whose young men now commute to city jobs instead of working the land. Dore comments on the effects of the 1993 election―Shinohata in a non-LDP-governed Japan.

Shinohata: A Portrait of a Japanese Village

University of California Press

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1958.

City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Education in Tokugawa Japan

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

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How the Japanese Learn to Work (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

How the Japanese Learn to Work (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Japan, Internationalism and the UN (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

Japan, Internationalism and the UN (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)

City Life in Japan a Study of Tokyo Ward

Shinohata: A Portrait of a Japanese Village

City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward

Education in Tokugawa Japan

City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward

Education in Tokugawa Japan