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Japanese Industrial Transplants in the United States - Organizational Practices and Relations of Power (Paperback)
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Japanese Industrial Transplants in the United States - Organizational Practices and Relations of Power (Paperback)
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First Published in 1998. This book examines the transferability of
Japanese organizational practices to Japanese owned industrial
transplants in the United States, and demonstrates that relations
of power and conflict on the corporate structural level are equally
as significant as the social and cultural differences between
American and Japanese practices in the workplace. The research is
based upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork at automotive
transplants in the Midwest and high-tech transplants in California,
as well as a case study company in New Mexico, and focuses
primarily on their adaptation to the US industrial environment.
Extensive interviews demonstrate that organizational practices of
Japanese transplants are significantly different from either their
Japanese or American counterparts. Relations of power at the case
study company are examined in depth and reveal two contrasting
forms of control. American managers tend to exert hierarchical
control in the manufacturing department using a top down approach
and clear distinctions between work and private lives. In contrast,
the Japanese managers utilize what the author calls "poka-yoke"
(fail-proof) control over the repair department. Poka-yoke control
is characterized by strict attendance and dress codes, emphasizing
loyalty and dedication to work. At the same time, the US.
headquarters in New York and the parent company in Japan impose
remote control, thus limiting the autonomy of local managers.
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