... 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Cross-cultural management World cultural clusters Lived experience Japan Far East Qualitative research The 2020 pandemic is causing manufacturing firms to reopen the case for derisking single country-dependent supply...

.... This first time research seeks to explore how managerial perceptions of the aid workers of the local staffs affect their behaviour and performance in cross‐cultural project settings. Design/methodology/approach With the cooperation of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), 244 valid responses...

...Anura De Zoysa; Siriyama Kanthi Herath Purpose The purpose of this research is to empirically test the impact of owner/managers' mentality on enterprise performance . Design/methodology/approach A mail questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of SMEs in Japan. The questionnaire...

...Mitsuru Kodama Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify key factors for generating new knowledge creation in the fields of high tech requiring the integration of a variety of technologies and business models. Design/methodology/approach – The case study will center on NTT DoCoMo, Japan's...

...L.I. Okazaki‐Ward Postgraduate business education in the higher educational institutions in Japan was poorly developed, and lagged far behind not only the other advanced economies, but in some of the developing countries until the end of the 1980s. However, during the 1990s it has undergone...

...Hideo Ishida Keio University has been in the vanguard of adult business education since 1956 when it introduced American management techniques into Japan by initiating the annual one‐week “Keio‐Harvard advanced management programme” for top businessmen in Japan. But it was not until 1978 that Keio...

... of the existing female managers whose rise owes less to EEOL than to their efforts, suggests conditions which are required for the future development of female managers in Japan. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Equal opportunities Japan Management development Sex discrimination Women The dual track...

... to the field of specialization. These training courses are given about 90 times a year and involve over 3,000 participants annually throughout the company. Business schools Japan Management development Vision Established in 1926 as a rayon yarn manufacturing company, Toray has since developed...

... is particularly serious to white‐collar workers and those in managerial grades. In brief, the whole emphasis is now laid, not upon the continuous length of employment or service, but on genuine employability. Interestingly, under the current pressure for a greater mobility of workers, Nikkeiren (Japan...

...Norihiko Suzuki Looks at the long recession the Japanese economy suffered in the 1990s and its ramifications on the employment situation in Japanese corporations. Describes, in general, the current trends in human resource management in corporate Japan which have long‐term implications...

... research and the experience of the Kobe University in this area. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Japan Management education Masters of Business Administration The year 1989 was a memorable year for MBA education in Japan. In that year MBA education was inaugurated by two national universities...

...Masayuki Kitaura Describes the areas of human resource development that come under the administration of the Human Resources Development Bureau of the Ministry of Labour in Japan, and are administered through human resource development councils at the central and prefectural level. The recent rapid...

...James P. Neelankavil Focuses on the training practices of Japanese firms and explains,in part, some of the phenomenal successes of their global and domestic operations. Relevant information was gathered by a survey questionnaire from 110 Japanese managers working in Japan (in ten manufacturing...

... Japanese workers much more than their Australian and German counterparts. Australia Germany Japan National cultures Empowerment Employee attitudes Multinationals Developing Managers' Ability to Empower Employees Developing Managers' Ability Guvenc G. Alpander University of Maine, USA 13...

... in achieving the team approach through the process of co‐operative learning. Co‐operative, competitive and individual learning models are compared and management development professionals′ responsibilities are presented. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Japan Management development Organizational change...

... that will ultimately benefit Japan as a nation in an era of increasing internationalisation and globalisation. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Adult education Business schools Japan Globalization Educating Japanese Leaders for a Global Age: The Role of the International Education Center by Masanobu Ibe...

... Japan Management styles Training Journal of Management Development 8,4 48 Japanese Managers Western Workers: Cross-cultural Training and Development Issues by Larry Crump Management and Cultural Consultant, Tokyo, Japan This article examines key concepts which influence Japanese business practice...

...Toyoshige Tanaka This article introduces the outlines, objectives and concrete programmes of training performed at the Hitachi Institute of Management Development, Japan, as an example of in‐house education in Japanese industry. The institute serves as a common education centre among the companies...

...Kazuhiko Adachi In spite of the increasing number of female employees in Japan, the managerial training and opportunities they are offered is limited. Despite the Equal Opportunity Law of 1984 few real changes have taken place to improve the career prospects of women employees. The realities...

...Yui Kimura; Masaru Yoshimori A description is given of the MBA programme which began in 1988 at the International University of Japan (IUJ) in conjunction with an American business school. A discussion of the traditional Japanese management development methods is given and differences from...