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Give your opinion about the Japanese management style and its possible application outside Japan.
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Curse: Management Organization Professor: Katharina Lindner Student: Laura Mansilla Date: March 2004 Japanese Management Give your opinion about the Japanese management style and its possible application outside Japan. Japan was totally destroyed during the World War II but in less than 40 years Japan has risen from the ashes to world leadership in many areas of technology and business. This success is attributed to its unique managerial techniques. Some of the main characteristics that Japanese management have are: participative decision making, bottom-up management, lifetime employment, "amae-dependency relationships", lean production, total quality management, total cost management, and infrastructure support. Applying all these, have produced high levels of teamwork, an atmosphere of innovative ideas and a willingness to constantly improve. To take all these elements from the Japanese management and try to use them in the west as goals would probably be beneficial. However, to take them as a methodology without realizing the enormous cultural base on...
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