Uncovering some paths in the Japanese management theory jungle

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Shenkar, Oded

Affiliations: Faculty of Management, The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, P.D. Box 39010, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Abstract: Various explanations have been advanced to account for the Japanese managerial success. Most of these explanations, however, entail a segmentary view of Japanese management, highlighting a particular managerial or environmental factor while disregarding the intricate interdependencies among Japanese managerial principles and environmental variables. The present paper represents an attempt to analyze some of these relationships. Implications for the transferability of the Japanese model are proposed.

Keywords: Japanese management, organization and environment, human resource management, production management, planning, decision-making

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1988-7305

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 221-230, 1988