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Manufacturing ideology : scientific management in twentieth-century Japan

Author: William M Tsutsui
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Tsutsui's study charts Taylorism's Japanese incarnation from the "efficiency movement" of the 1920s, through Depression-era "rationalization" and wartime mobilization, up to postwar "productivity" drives and quality-control campaigns. Taylorism became more than a management tool; its spread beyond the factory was a potent intellectual template in debates over economic growth, social policy, and political authority in  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William M Tsutsui
ISBN: 0691058083 9780691058085 0691074569 9780691074566
OCLC Number: 37981612
Description: xi, 279 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. The Introduction of Taylorism and the Efficiency Movement, 1911 1927 2. The Rationalization Movement and Scientific Management, 1927 1937 3. The Wartime Economy and Scientific Management, 1937 1945 4. Management and Ideology, 1945 1960 5. The Long Shadow of Taylorism: Labor Relations and "Lean Production," 1945 1973 6. Taylorism Transformed? Scientific Management and Quality Control, 1945 1973 Epilogue: The Taylorite Roots of "Japanese Style Management."
Responsibility: William M. Tsutsui.
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Tsutsui's study charts Taylorism's Japanese incarnation from the "efficiency movement" of the 1920s, through Depression-era "rationalization" and wartime mobilization, up to postwar "productivity" drives and quality-control campaigns. Taylorism became more than a management tool; its spread beyond the factory was a potent intellectual template in debates over economic growth, social policy, and political authority in modern Japan. Tsutsui's historical and comparative perspectives reveal the centrality of Japanese Taylorism to ongoing discussions of Japan's government-industry relations and the evolution of Fordist mass production. He compels us to rethink what implications Japanese-style management has for Western industries, as well as the future of Japan itself.

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