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Management development in Toray ‐ now and in the future

Ishizaka, Susumu - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 8, pp. 38-46

In this example of in‐company development provision, Toray, the largest textile multinational in the world today, shows that it considers management development as a major strategic issue. While human resource development for Toray itself is managed on a traditional corporation‐wide system...

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Adult business education programmes in private educational institutions in Japan

Kaoru Kobayashi, “Maurie” - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 8, pp. 30-37

Outlines the number of difficulties the Japanese businesses encounter in their operating environment today. Argues that the traditional paradigms of an organizational structure is no longer adequate for their long‐term survival, and discusses a new model of employment which has implications...

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The current state of human resource development administration in Japan and the debate on its future

Kitaura, Masayuki - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 8, pp. 17-29

Bureau of the Ministry of Labour in Japan, and are administered through human resource development councils at the central …

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Middle‐aged and older employees in Japanese corporations

Suzuki, Norihiko - In: Journal of Management Development 15 (1996) 8, pp. 8-16

situation in Japanese corporations. Describes, in general, the current trends in human resource management in corporate Japan … historic process in a move towards a new corporate society in Japan. …

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MBA education in Japan

Ishida, Hideo - In: Journal of Management Development 16 (1997) 3, pp. 185-196

techniques into Japan by initiating the annual one‐week “Keio‐Harvard advanced management programme” for top businessmen in Japan … heavily influenced by the style of business education at Harvard. It remained the only educational institution in Japan to … universities in Japan, as well as from overseas MBA programmes. Reports on the results of two surveys carried out among its alumni …

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Intercultural Training for Managers Involved in International Business

Bogorya, Yvonne - In: Journal of Management Development 4 (1985) 2, pp. 17-25

Managers involved in international business should be concerned with the cultural context of communication. A contrasting of the way the Americans and Japanese perceive reality and thus relate within their individual societies, highlights the danger inherent if one chooses to exist within a...

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The Making of a Japanese Manager

Suzuki, Norihiko; Skaperdas, Katherine - In: Journal of Management Development 4 (1985) 2, pp. 54-61

Japanese companies encourage a one‐to‐one apprenticeship style training, in which social activities form an integral part, loyalty being slowly nurtured through the junior manager's relationship with his immediate supervisor. Examples of staff development within automobile, steel and food...

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Management Development at the Japan‐American Institute of Management Science

Edge, Alfred G.; French, Mike - In: Journal of Management Development 5 (1986) 4, pp. 51-54

from another culture and improve on it in a uniquely Japanese fashion. The management development programmes at the Japan …

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Mid‐Career Crisis in Japanese Business Organisations

Suzuki, Norihiko - In: Journal of Management Development 5 (1986) 5, pp. 23-32

Many Japanese companies still retain seniority‐oriented promotion as the basis of their personnel management. One of its most significant characteristics is that rank and age co‐vary — the older the employee, the higher he is expected to be promoted in the company. Up to the age of 35 the...

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The Attributes of Japanese CEOs: Can they be Trained?

Suzuki, Norihiko - In: Journal of Management Development 8 (1989) 4, pp. 5-11

The attributes and qualifications required by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Japan are described. The “life …

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