Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese ChallengeAbstract: This book addresses the practicalities of applying an understanding of Japanese management to the American setting. The author explains why, what, and how we can learn from Japanese business success and improve business management practices in th e U.S. Topics include: styles of management and decisionmaking; Theory Z; methods of adjusting management style; and, camparing U.S. and Japanese management styles. |
Contents
Why We Need to Learn 0 | 3 |
Corporation 333 | 33 |
The Z Organization | 60 |
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Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge William G. Ouchi No preview available - 1993 |
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achieve Alan Wilkins American companies approach asked bank behavior bureaucratic career collectivism commitment Company Z company's complete cooperation coordination corporate culture cost customers decision develop division economic egalitarian employees engineers evaluation and promotion example executives explicit feel goals growth Hewlett-Packard ideas important incentives individual industry integrated Intel intimacy involved Japan Japanese companies Japanese firms leader lifetime employment long run major firms Management by Objectives managerial manufacturing McDonald's ment merchandise objectives operating organizational participative participative decision percent performance perhaps person personnel problems Procter & Gamble productivity profits Q-C Circle relationship responsibility sense share skills social society statement of philosophy subordinates subtlety success task Theory Theory Z tion top managers trust Type Z companies Type Z organization typically underlying understand union unique United values wholistic workers Zaibatsu