Japanese-Style Management: From Crisis to Reformation: A Contemporary Insider's View

The recent financial and corporate governance scandal that engulfed Olympus, one of Japan’s best-known companies, together with Japan’s stagnant economy of the past twenty years and its demotion from being the world’s second-largest economy, has raised questions about the style of management within Japanese organizations. This book provides a unique, insider’s perspective on the crisis of Japanese management that has contributed to Japan’s current economic woes. It contains true analyses of how giants such as Toyota, Canon, Nippon Steel, Hitachi, and Olympus are really managed. Moreover, the author argues controversially that Japan’s economic growth in the future will depend on a radical reformation of its management style and practices.