Japanese human resource management : labour-management relations and supply chain challenges in Asia

This book is a comprehensive study underpinned by thirty years of research conducted by the author relating to Japanese human resource management and labour-management relations. Its aim is to achieve a better understanding of the Japanese model for human resource management and labour standards iss...

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Main Author Kuriyama, Naoki (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
SeriesPalgrave Macmillan Asian business series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319430539
9783319430522
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: A model of Japanese-style management
  • Chapter 1 Stereotypes of Japanese Human Resource Management and Labour Management Relations
  • Chapter 2 Practical wisdom of Labour-Management Relations (LMR) through the productivity movement in Japan
  • Chapter 3 The case of the food and drink industries in Japan in response to technological change and employment adjustment in the late 1990s
  • Chapter 4 The Formation of Industrial Subcontracting in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry
  • Part II Transferability to Asia
  • Chapter 5 Resilience of Japanese automobile investment in Thailand during the 1997 Asian financial crisis
  • Chapter 6 Japanese TNC-SME linkages through industrial subcontracting
  • Chapter 7 Soft side of technology transfer
  • Chapter 8 New technologies and employment of Japanese subsidiaries in Thai manufacturing
  • Chapter 9 Prospects for human resources development of SMEs, micro enterprises and informal sectors
  • Chapter 10 Employment Situations in Japan and the effects of Human Resources Development to globalizing Asia in the 90s
  • Part III Labour standards and conditions at supply chains in Asia
  • Chapter 11 The ILO Standards with regards to Developing Countries in the late 1980s and particular relations to the circumstances of ASEAN countries
  • Chapter 12 Core Labour Standards and globalization
  • Chapter 13 Labour Standards of international CSR initiatives and the perspectives of Asian Employers -With Reference to a survey for Asian Employers' Organizations in 2011
  • Chapter 14 Role of business in Asian living and working conditions.