Japanese Business: Cultural Perspectives Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Sect. I	The Cultural Environment of Japanese Business
1	The Source of Japanese Management	19
2	Japan's Matrix of Nature, Culture, and Technology	31
3	Confucianism and Japanese Modernization: A Study of Shibusawa Eiichi	43
4	The Influence of Confucianism and Zen on the Japanese Organization	57
Sect. II	Communication and Interpersonal Relationships in Japan
5	Public and Private Self in Communicating with Japan	81
6	The Vocabulary of Human Relationships in Japan	101
7	Gift-Giving in a Modernizing Japan	109
8	An Ethnography of Dinner Entertainment in Japan	123
Sect. III	The Institutional and Legal Environment of Japanese Business
9	The Institutional Foundations of Japanese Industrial Policy	141
10	Work Rules in Japan	153
11	Learning and Working in Japan	169
12	"Spiritual Education" in a Japanese Bank	183
Sect. IV	Management and Meeting in Japan
13	A Guide to Japanese Business Practices	221
14	Strategic Planning in Japan	239
15	Hiring Women Managers in Japan: An Alternative for Foreign Employers	253
16	Continuity and Change in Japanese Management	271
17	Market Research the Japanese Way	289
18	Distribution in Japan: Problems and Changes	299
Sect. V	Manufacturing: The Japanese Approach
19	Manufacturing Innovation: Lessons from the Japanese Auto Industry	315
20	The Myth of the Cooperative Single Source	337
21	Another Hidden Edge - Japanese Management Accounting	345
	Notes	353
	Glossary and Index of Japanese Words and Phrases	371
	Contributors	377
	Index	379