Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• England, George W.

Titel

Japanese and American Management: Theory Z and Beyond

Ist Teil von

• Journal of international business studies, 1983-10, Vol.14 (2), p.131-142

Ort / Verlag

Basingstoke: Academy of International Business and Rutgers University Graduate School of Management

Erscheinungsjahr

1983

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article analyzes studies comparing Japanese and American managers, workers, and societies in order to consider questions raised by William Ouchi's book, Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge. The analysis results in 2 general observations: 1) Theory Z management is not likely to become the accepted norm in American companies to the extent that it has in Japan, and 2) the major conceptual or theoretical lesson we can learn from the Japanese is the potential value of developing a management system that is internally consistent, that fits societal norms and expectations and that obtains support from the major institutional actors in the world of work.