In this book, the functions and dynamics of enterprises are explained with the use of anthropological methods. The chapters are based on anthropological research that has continued mainly as an inter-university research project, which is named Keiei Jinruigaku, of the National Museum of...

Part I. Religiosity, Spirituality, and Business -- Chapter 1. Corporate Society, the Foundation of Order, and “Quaker Codes” -- Chapter 2. Management of Miracles and Pilgrimage: A Comparative Study of Votive Offering in Europe and Japan -- Chapter 3. Spiritual Leadership: Background, Theory...

The Development of KUBS and the History of Business Administration in Japan -- History of Modern Business Education in Japan -- A Captain Pioneering New Academic Field of Business Administration in Japan: Yasutaro Hirai -- The Road to KUBS: The Ages of Kobe University of Commerce -- Establishing...

1. Introduction: historical background and focus of this book -- 2. Introduction, installation, and dissemination of the Scientific Management in Japan. 3 -- The acceptance of Human Relations Theory in Japan -- 4. Examining the impact of Chester Barnard’s organization theory in Japan -- 5....