| Description |
xi, 279 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-271) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Introduction of Taylorism and the Efficiency Movement, 1911-1927 -- 2. The Rationalization Movement and Scientific Management, 1927-1937 -- 3. The Wartime Economy and Scientific Management, 1937-1945 -- 4. Management and Ideology, 1945-1960 -- 5. The Long Shadow of Taylorism: Labor Relations and "Lean Production," 1945-1973 -- 6. Taylorism Transformed? Scientific Management and Quality Control, 1945-1973 -- Epilogue: The Taylorite Roots of "Japanese Style Management." |
| Summary |
Tsutsui's study charts Taylorism's Japanese incarnation from the "efficiency movement" of the 1920s, through Depression-era "rationalization" and wartime mobilization, up to postwar "productivity" drives and quality-control campaigns. Taylorism became more than a management tool; its spread beyond the factory was a potent intellectual template in debates over economic growth, social policy, and political authority in modern Japan. Tsutsui's historical and comparative perspectives reveal the centrality of Japanese Taylorism to ongoing discussions of Japan's government-industry relations and the evolution of Fordist mass production. He compels us to rethink what implications Japanese-style management has for Western industries, as well as the future of Japan itself. |
| Subject |
Industrial engineering -- Japan.
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Industrial management -- Japan.
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| ISBN |
0691074569 (paper) |
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9780691074566 (paper) |
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0691058083 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780691058085 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM b9958774 |
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NLGGC 16411582X |
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YDXCP 1767687 |
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YDXCP 1489278 |
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NZ1 4853974 |
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AU@ 000013575148 |
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AU@ 000022530695 |
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