utilizes a new form of data mining named Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) to analyze an organizations ideal management practices … optimization techniques available today. Originality/value: The use of data mining to analyze organizational management practices. …

, and the distinction between Western and Japanese management, on the other. Just as bureaucracy, so Western management … the traditional organization, so Japanese management is quickened by the kinship spirit. The parallel ceases, however … mind-set, Western management theory and practice seem unable to escape the grip of instrumental rationality. Even though …

The purpose of this review is to evaluate the status of scholarly research on Japanese management as it is applied … outside Japan. The first part of the review deals with the concept of Japanese management. The second part aims at … understanding how Japanese management is applied in foreign countries, both at subsidiaries of Japanese corporations and in non …