Japanese Industrial Transplants in the United States - Organizational Practices and Relations of Power

This book examines the transferability of Japanese organizational practices to Japanese owned industrial transplants in the United States. It demonstrates that relations of power and conflict on the corporate structural level are equally as significant as the social and cultural differences between American and Japanese workplace practices.

Sommario

Introduction Chapter 1: Problem and Literature Chapter 2: Fieldwork in the Organizational Context Chapter 3: Organizational Practices Transferred to the U.S.- The Midwest Chapter 4: Organizational Practices Transferred to the U.S.-California Chapter 5: Organizational Practices Transferred to the U.S.- The Case Study Company, Suntech America Chapter 6: American and Japanese Interaction at the Workplace-Manufacturing Department, Suntech America Chapter 7: American and Japanese Interaction at the Workplace-Repair Department, Suntech America Chapter 8: Conclusion

Info autore

Atsushi Sumi

Riassunto

This book examines the transferability of Japanese organizational practices to Japanese owned industrial transplants in the United States. It demonstrates that relations of power and conflict on the corporate structural level are equally as significant as the social and cultural differences between American and Japanese workplace practices.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Atsushi Sumi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138879348
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87934-8
• Pagine: 344
• Serie: Studies on Industrial Productivity
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; Japan, Business & Economics / General, Economics, Business and Management, Organizational theory & behaviour, United States of America, USA, Organizational theory and behaviour, Multinationals