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Andrew Gordon Goes To The Core Of The Japanese Enterprise System, The Workplace, And Reveals A Complex History Of Contest And Confrontation. The Japanese Model Produced A Dynamic Economy That Owed As Much To Coercion As To Happy Consensus. Managerial Hegemony Was Achieved Only After A Bitter Struggle That Undermined The Democratic Potential Of Postwar Society. The Book Draws On Examples Across Japanese Industry, But Focuses In Depth On Iron And Steel. This Industry Was At The Center Of The Country's Economic Recovery And High-speed Growth, And Was A Primary Site Of Corporate Managerial Strategy And Important Labor Union Initiatives. 1. Japan Reborn 2. Organizing The Steelworkers 3. Restoring Managerial And State Authority 4. Reinventing The Steel Mill 5. Forging An Activist Union 6. Breaking The Impasse 7. Fabricating The Politics Of Cooperation 8. Mobilizing Total Commitment 9. Managing Society For Business 10. Japan's Third Way. Andrew Gordon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 249-260) And Index. This text explores the Japanese enterprise system, the workplace and reveals a complex history of contest and confrontation. The Japanese model produced a dynamic economy which owe

Author

Andrew Gordon, Gordon, Andrew

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674805774

Subjects

History, Management, Economics