APB Lecture 2 3
Asia Pacific Business
Lecture 2:
Business strategies and structures in Japan
Dr. Huaichuan Rui
School of Management,
Royal Holloway
University of London
This lecture includes
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6.
Introduction
State-business relations
Inter-firm relations
Japanese manufacturing methods
Employment practices
The Japanese economic system under pressure: the 1990s and beyond 1. Introduction
Japan profile
Area: 377,780 square kilometres Population: 127,700,000
Capital City: Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Currency: Yen
Religion(s): 80% of Japanese adhere to more than one religion: Shinto (106.2 million),
Buddhism
(95.8 million), Christianity (1.8 million), others (10.2 million)
Major Political Parties: LDP
DPJ , JCP, SDP
Source: Foreign and Commonweal
Office,
UK,State: www.fco.gov,uk; Head of
Emperor
United
AkihitoNations Statistics Division
Japan profile
The only major industrial power in Asia prior to the second WW.
The post-war Japanese economy experienced rapid growth, expanding ten-fold from 1955 to 1990, allowing living standards to catch up and surpass those of established Western economies.
A central role not only in Asia but also in the world economy. The second largest economy.
Global leader in electronics and precision engineering, etc Why is Japan competitive?
Complaints against Japanese management features…
Most of the time, they do not give us clear answers even when we ask direct questions.
Why won’t they be frank with us? Why do they only tell us what they think three weeks later?
Uncountable meaningless meetings, why?
Meetings are not where you discuss things but where you just agree?
Why do they read presentations from a script instead of looking at us while they speak?
Complaints from Japanese managers…
Not attentive enough
Why do you interrupt me while I am talking?
Can you ‘think’ before you ask me ‘WHY’?
Why do you ask so many questions?
Can you understand how difficult it is for us to
speak
Lecture 2:
Business strategies and structures in Japan
Dr. Huaichuan Rui
School of Management,
Royal Holloway
University of London
This lecture includes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Introduction
State-business relations
Inter-firm relations
Japanese manufacturing methods
Employment practices
The Japanese economic system under pressure: the 1990s and beyond 1. Introduction
Japan profile
Area: 377,780 square kilometres Population: 127,700,000
Capital City: Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Currency: Yen
Religion(s): 80% of Japanese adhere to more than one religion: Shinto (106.2 million),
Buddhism
(95.8 million), Christianity (1.8 million), others (10.2 million)
Major Political Parties: LDP
DPJ , JCP, SDP
Source: Foreign and Commonweal
Office,
UK,State: www.fco.gov,uk; Head of
Emperor
United
AkihitoNations Statistics Division
Japan profile
The only major industrial power in Asia prior to the second WW.
The post-war Japanese economy experienced rapid growth, expanding ten-fold from 1955 to 1990, allowing living standards to catch up and surpass those of established Western economies.
A central role not only in Asia but also in the world economy. The second largest economy.
Global leader in electronics and precision engineering, etc Why is Japan competitive?
Complaints against Japanese management features…
Most of the time, they do not give us clear answers even when we ask direct questions.
Why won’t they be frank with us? Why do they only tell us what they think three weeks later?
Uncountable meaningless meetings, why?
Meetings are not where you discuss things but where you just agree?
Why do they read presentations from a script instead of looking at us while they speak?
Complaints from Japanese managers…
Not attentive enough
Why do you interrupt me while I am talking?
Can you ‘think’ before you ask me ‘WHY’?
Why do you ask so many questions?
Can you understand how difficult it is for us to
speak