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Redundant employees who turn up for work every day

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 1, pp. 44-45

A company’s “core” workers in Japan can still expect jobs for life, but recession has brought an end to automatic …

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All you need is love

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 2, pp. 53-54

“All you need is love” is not only the title of a famous Beatles song but also a guiding principle behind education and training at a multinational retailing chain. This article describes the unusual staff‐development practices employed by Yaohan International Group.

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Toray trains managers to look to the future

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 2, pp. 71-72

Companies in declining industries can still be successful, as the experience of Toray of Japan, the world’s largest …

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Japanese trade unions: myth and reality

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 162-163

So‐called “enterprise” unions ‐ in which membership is restricted to a company’s employees ‐ predominate in Japan. Some …

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Testing time for trade unionists

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 173-175

Investigates why unions have found it so difficult to get a foothold in Japanese‐owned automobile factories in the USA.

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The challenges facing western women who work in Japan

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 212-214

female managers working in Japan cope with this environment? A recent study investigated. …

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Japanese vocational training under the microscope

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 228-230

gentler era need to be brought up to date to cope with today’s intensive competition. While such concerns underpin the debate … training in Japan. Describes the current structures and possible reforms. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014936883

Local heroes?

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 231-233

pie. But a Japan‐based multinational supermarket chain offers a more thorough and all‐embracing training programme to its …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014936884

Small House Projects in Japan Housing Experiments for Open-Building Concept

Motooka, Nobuhisa; Murakami, Shin; Tobe, Eiichi - In: Open House International 30 (2005) 1, pp. 88-94

Focusing on small houses has become one of the recent trends in housing design in Japan, as has been observed in many …

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The Cultivation of Adaptability in Japan

Eguchi, Toru; Schmidt, Robert; Dainty, Andrew; Austin, Simon - In: Open House International 36 (2011) 1, pp. 73-85

This paper explores the adaptability of buildings in Japan from the perspective of three distinct practice typologies … cultivation of adaptability in Japan revealing a maturing of concepts into current innovations, trends, priorities, and obstacles …

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