<p>Based on the most up-to-date sources, as well as extensive research and direct observation, Japan as Number One analyzes the island nation's development into one of the world's most effective industrial powers, in terms of not only economic productivity but also its ability to govern efficiently, to eduate its citizens, to control crime, to alleviate energy shortages, and to lessen pollution. Ezra Vogel employs criteria that America has traditionally used to measure success in his thoughtful demonstration of how and why Japanese institutions have coped far more effectively than their American counterparts.</p>

Japan As Number One: Lessons for America (Japanese Edition)

History

Vogel, Ezra F.

Americas

Harpercollins College Div

Japan As Number One: Lessons for America (Harper Torchbooks)

Business & Money

Japan's new middle class; the salary man and his family in a Tokyo suburb,

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of California Press

<p>Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb, Second edition</p>

Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb, Second edition

Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making

Modern Japanese Organization and Decision Making

Modern Japanese organization and decision-making

Management & Leadership

<p><div>This book constitues the first attempt of its kinds to probe the major features of modern Japanese organization that have played such a critical role in Japan's extraordinarily rapid economic development. The contributors inclue prominent academic business consultants such a Peter Drucker of the United states and Kazuo Noda of Japan; Japanese government officials such as Yoshihisa Ojimi, former Administrative Vice-Minister of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and Taishiro Shirai, a member of the Central Labor Relations Commission; as well as outstanding Western experts on modern Japanese organization. The essays deal not only with Japanese government and business but also with teh structures of a newspaper and a university and with the role of Japanese intellectuals in modern organization.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The portrait of Japanese organization that emerges is much more dynamic and volatile than has been generally supposed. One finds business and government managers creatively using so-called "traditional practices" in novel ways and undertaking bold departures to achieve new purposes. The findings contradict the view that decision sten from below. Not only do executive have an important role in initiating action; but lower-level officials function within a context defined by their superiors. Far greater tensions and conflict exist within organizations than is commonly reported by outsiders, especially in institutions like the university where conflicts often paralyze the decision-making process.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Similarly, there is far greater divergence of interest among different sectors of society than one might infer from the stereotypical view of "Japan, Inc." And since the high level of consensus supporting the fundamental commitment to economic growth is now weakening increasing divergence may be anticipated in the future.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>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 1975.</div></p>

Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb

<p>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 1963.</p>

Anthropology

<p>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 1963.</p>

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Japan As Number One: Lessons for America (Japanese Edition)

Japan As Number One: Lessons for America (Harper Torchbooks)

Japan's new middle class; the salary man and his family in a Tokyo suburb,

Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb, Second edition

Modern Japanese organization and decision-making

Modern Japanese organization and decision-making

Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making

Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb

Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making

Japan's New Middle Class: The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb