The Art of Japanese Management

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HOW ISTHE ART OF JAPANESE MANAGEMENT DIFFERENT FROM AMERICAN METHODS?Its a matter of the Seven Ss.Western companies have tended to favor these three S Strategy Structure and Systems.When an American manager wants to make changes the odds are that hell reorganize structure introduce a new strategic direction and impose a new control system.Our emphasis on the first three Ss produces an arid world in which nothing is alive. An organization is often given its life through the soft S Staff Skills Style and Superordinate Goals.The tremendous success of many Japanese companies comes through meticulous attention to the soft Ss which act as a lubricant in the organization machine to keep the hard Ss from grinding one another away.HOW CAN COMPANIES HERE USE THE ART OF JAPANESE MANAGEMENT?Pascale and Athos show you how to use the best of Japanese techniques add them to your own strengths to benefit by both cultures.