This document summarizes key aspects of Japanese management style in 3 sentences:
Japanese management is hierarchical and emphasizes collective decision making through consensus building. It values lifetime employment, collective responsibility, and implicit control mechanisms. The model focuses on centralized control, strong interpersonal relationships, quality production, cost minimization, market diversification, and concern for employees.
This document summarizes key aspects of Japanese management style in 3 sentences:
Japanese management is hierarchical and emphasizes collective decision making through consensus building. It values lifetime employment, collective responsibility, and implicit control mechanisms. The model focuses on centralized control, strong interpersonal relationships, quality production, cost minimization, market diversification, and concern for employees.
This document summarizes key aspects of Japanese management style in 3 sentences:
Japanese management is hierarchical and emphasizes collective decision making through consensus building. It values lifetime employment, collective responsibility, and implicit control mechanisms. The model focuses on centralized control, strong interpersonal relationships, quality production, cost minimization, market diversification, and concern for employees.
This document summarizes key aspects of Japanese management style in 3 sentences:
Japanese management is hierarchical and emphasizes collective decision making through consensus building. It values lifetime employment, collective responsibility, and implicit control mechanisms. The model focuses on centralized control, strong interpersonal relationships, quality production, cost minimization, market diversification, and concern for employees.
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JAPANESE MANAGEMENT STYLE
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4.0 International License. This presentation is released under Creative Commons- A6ribute,on 4.0 License. You are free to use, distribute and modify it , including for commercial purposes, provided you acknowledge the source. Japanese Culture • Self-Awareness, the Group, and Conformity • One of the most homogenous nations in the world • Strongly aware and proud of their country • High on fashion and technology • Relationships take foremost priority, reflects in business too • Hard work is a given, not a exception Japanese Management • Japanese companies, like Japanese society, are hierarchically organized with individuals knowing their position within a group and with regard to each other Features of Japanese Management • Life time employment • Collective decision making 1] Ringi-sei - The circulation of consultative memorandums around a company in order to achieve consensus. 2]Information flow from the bottom of the company to the top. 3]Most policies originate at the mid-level management 4]Top Management plays only a “supervisory” and “encouraging” role. • Collective responsibility • Slow evaluation and promotion • Implicit control mechanisms • Non specialized career path • High self disciplined • Holistic concern for employee as a person Key elements • Centralized management control • Strong head office/subsidiary manager interpersonal relations • Multiple locations • Business strategy Single product focus Minimize costs of production Maintain consistently high quality output at all factories through standardization of best work practices & procedures Diversify market segments, geographic markets, & production location Strengths of strategy and structure • Qualified senior management • Low costs of production • Quality control • Diversified & strong market positions in established & growing markets • Good reputation – early leader in small motors • Good fit between organization structure & competitive environment Weakness of strategy and structure • Limited scope for continued expansion with existing managerial capacity • Relative difficulty in transferring Japanese management style across cultures • continued growth will be difficult; long term problem is new competitors allowed to establish themselves or if existing competitors were allowed to grow in strength Model of Japanese Management • Hatvany and Pucik (1981) offer a model of Japanese management in which they define three interrelated strategies: The authors assert that these general strategies are translated into specific management techniques including • Job rotation and slow promotion; • Evaluation of attributes and behavior; • Emphasis on work groups; • Open communication; • Consultative decision making; and concern • for employee. Philosophy of Japanese management • Fully satisfaction of customer’s needs • Achieve employee's fulfillment • Slow and careful way of implementing • Willingness to any activity if necessary • Zero-defect theory Concepts given • Six Sigma • TQM • Kaizen approach • Just in time