LEADER 03822nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910819690003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-27849-7 010 $a1-134-27850-0 010 $a1-280-17704-7 010 $a0-203-00570-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203005705 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247448 035 $a(EBL)201217 035 $a(OCoLC)252702431 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000185111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10206884 035 $a(PQKB)11779498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201217 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162632 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL17704 035 $a(OCoLC)648139563 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247448 100 $a20040420d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Japanese company in crisis $eideology, strategy and narrative /$fFiona Graham 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-34685-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [256]-259) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aOsakiAoki; 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 327 $aInside C-Life as it went underThe future; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aJapanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research inside a Japanese insurance company during the period when the company was going through a major crisis which ended in the company's bankruptcy and collapse. It examines the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and related issues at a time when the established order and established attitudes were under threat. The wide range and detail of the reporting of workers' attitudes, often in t 410 0$aRoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ;$v1. 606 $aCorporate culture$zJapan$vCase studies 606 $aBusiness failures$zJapan$vCase studies 615 0$aCorporate culture 615 0$aBusiness failures 676 $a368.32/0065/52 700 $aGraham$b Fiona$g(Fiona Caroline)$01692352 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819690003321 996 $aA Japanese company in crisis$94103608 997 $aUNINA