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Autore: |
Graham Fiona
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Titolo: |
A Japanese company in crisis : ideology, strategy, and narrative / / Fiona Graham
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina: | 368.32/0065/52 |
Soggetto topico: | Corporate culture - Japan |
Business failures - Japan | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-259) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | A Japanese company in crisis ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-27849-7 |
1-134-27850-0 | |
1-280-17704-7 | |
0-203-00570-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783644703321 |
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