| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction of Taylorism and the Efficiency Movement, 1911-1927 2. Rationalization Movement and Scientific Management, 1927-1937 3. Wartime Economy and Scientific Management, 1937-1945 4. Management and Ideology, 1945-1960 5. Long Shadow of Taylorism: Labor Relations and "Lean Production," 1945-1973 6. Taylorism Transformed? Scientific Management and Quality Control, 1945-1973 Epilogue: The Taylorite Roots of "Japanese Style Management." |
| Summary |
Japanese industry is the envy of the world for its efficient and humane management practices. Yet, as William Tsutsui argues, the origins and implications of "Japanese-style management" are poorly understood. Contrary to widespread belief, Japan's acclaimed strategies are not particularly novel or even especially Japanese. Tsutsui traces the roots of these practices to Scientific Management, or Taylorism, an American concept that arrived in Japan at the turn of the century. During subsequent decades, this imported model was embraced--and ultimately transformed--in Japan's industrial workshops. Imitation gave rise to innovation as Japanese managers sought a "revised" Taylorism that combined mechanistic efficiency with respect for the humanity of labor. Tsutsui's groundbreaking study charts Taylorism's Japanese incarnation, from the "efficiency movement" of the 1920s, through Depression-era "rationalization" and wartime mobilization, up to postwar "productivity" drives and quality-control campaigns. Taylorism became more than a management tool; its spread beyond the factory was a potent intellectual template in debates over economic growth, social policy, and political authority in modern Japan. Tsutsui's historical and comparative perspectives reveal the centrality of Japanese Taylorism to ongoing discussions of Japan's government-industry relations and the evolution of Fordist mass production. He compels us to rethink what implications Japanese-style management has for Western industries, as well as the future of Japan itself. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial engineering -- Japan.
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Industrial engineering. |
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Japan. |
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Industrial management -- Japan.
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Industrial management. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1920-1998. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tsutsui, William M. Manufacturing ideology. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2001, ©1998 0691058083 (DLC) 97048505 (OCoLC)47279755 |
| ISBN |
9781400822669 (electronic book) |
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1400822661 (electronic book) |
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1282753495 |
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9781282753495 |
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0691058083 |
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9780691058085 |
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0691074569 |
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9780691074566 |
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