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UNINA9910711474203321 |
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Autore |
Wells J. V. B. |
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Titolo |
Surface water supply of the United States, 1959 . Part 1-A North Atlantic Slope Basins, Maine to Connecticut / / prepared under the direction of J.V.B. Wells |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1960 |
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Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Collana |
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Geological Survey water-supply paper ; ; 1621 |
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Water quality - Northeastern States |
Water-supply - Northeastern States |
Water quality |
Water-supply |
Northeastern States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"Prepared in cooperation with the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and with other agencies." |
Includes index. |
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UNINA9910958352403321 |
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Autore |
Graham Fiona (Fiona Caroline) |
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Titolo |
A Japanese company in crisis : ideology, strategy and narrative / / Fiona Graham |
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London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005 |
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1-134-27849-7 |
1-134-27850-0 |
1-280-17704-7 |
0-203-00570-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Collana |
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RoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Corporate culture - Japan |
Business failures - Japan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; A Japanese company in crisis; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; Objectives of this work; Plan of the book; Economic strategising; 2 Economic background; The Japanese economy; The crisis in the life insurance industry; C-Life; 3 The current situation; The present situation; The current situation of C-Life; 4 Restructuring; Restructuring and C-Life; Taking responsibility; Visions of the future; 5 The company and change; Japanese character and change; Japanese management; 6 The flowers of 1985; The generation of doki; Uesaka and Takemitsu; Takenaka; Ogihara |
OsakiAoki; Hara; Matsumoto; Summary; 7 Ideology and economic strategising; What is an ideology?; Ways of viewing ideology; Levels of ideology: a model; The objectivity of ideology; Ideology and conflict; Strategies; Strategy and the manipulation of ideology; Strategising and consciousness; Being good at strategising; 8 Strategising during the filming of C-Life; Filming C-Life; Honne/tatemae during filming; Strategising during filming; 9 Narrative and myth; Management and the role of narrative; Narrative; Myth; Narrative and interpretation; 10 C-Life goes under; The demise of C-Life |
Inside C-Life as it went underThe future; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Japanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research inside a Japanese insurance company during the period when the company was going through a major crisis which ended in the company's bankruptcy and collapse. It examines the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and related issues at a time when the established order and established attitudes were under threat. The wide range and detail of the reporting of workers' attitudes, often in t |
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