Japanese management

Japanese management

“It is not postwar days any longer" was published in Economic White Paper in

1956.

The average rate of growth of the age for about 20

years from this 1955 had exceeded 10 percent.

High economic growth period

Japan splendidly got over the oil crisis 2 times.

Why?

The feature of Japanesemanagement has chiefly 3 famous one. ”Japanese factory”

James Abegglen

Now, I have a question.

What is “Sanshu-no-jingi” ?

1. Lifelong employment system , Pay for performance, Company union

2. Lifelong employment system, Seniority order system, Company union

3. Short term employment system, Pay for performance, Industrial union

The Answer is 2.

Sanshu-no-jingi

1.Lifelong employment system

2. Seniority order system

3. Company union

１ .Lifelong employment system

Employment is continued for a long term

Stability

Psychological sense of security

2. Seniority order system

Worker’s technology and ability are accumulated with aging.

It is a tendency to which the elder achieves an administrative position.

There are 2 points as a reason why such a system is approved in Japan.

Hard to adopt the performance-based evaluation

Work is done each organization.

Juvenile should defer to one’s elder

3.Company union

organize Only a full-time employee as a union member

very different from U.S. and European country.

Industrial UnionCompany Union ⇄

How has today's

Japanese

management

changed?

Lifelong employment system and Seniority order system gradually collapsed.

Because Japan succeed in the age of "Lost decade” , the revalued voice has become clamorous.

But…

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