03768oam 2200637I 450 991078364470332120230617040243.01-134-27849-71-134-27850-01-280-17704-70-203-00570-810.4324/9780203005705 (CKB)1000000000247448(EBL)201217(OCoLC)252702431(SSID)ssj0000185111(PQKBManifestationID)11165880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185111(PQKBWorkID)10206884(PQKB)11779498(MiAaPQ)EBC201217(Au-PeEL)EBL201217(CaPaEBR)ebr10162632(CaONFJC)MIL17704(OCoLC)648139563(EXLCZ)99100000000024744820180331d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Japanese company in crisis ideology, strategy, and narrative /Fiona GrahamLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2005.1 online resource (264 p.)RoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-34685-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-259) and index.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; OgiharaOsakiAoki; 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-LifeInside C-Life as it went underThe future; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexJapanese 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 tRoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ;1.Corporate cultureJapanCase studiesBusiness failuresJapanCase studiesCorporate cultureBusiness failures368.32/0065/52Graham Fiona.1465984FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910783644703321A Japanese company in crisis3676240UNINA