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Discuss the factors which led to the rapid industrialisation of Japan

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Discuss the factors which led to the rapid industrialisation of Japan This essay will try to discuss the factors which led to the rapid industrialisation of Japan. It will give a historical perspective including the Meiji restoration, World War two, Korean War and the OPEC oil crisis in the 1970's. These were four of the most important factories involved in the economic and industrial evaluation of Japan. From this point the essay will explain in depth the theories of the original sociological thinkers Marx, Weber and Durkheim. These theories are the under pinning for modernisation and underdevelopment theories of Rostow and Gunder Frank. After this, the religious ideas and beliefs will be discussed at length including Shintoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Weber's protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism. Lastly, the Japanese managerial process will be explained in relation to the organisation and the individual worker. After many years...

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