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Manufacturing ideology : [Book] : scientific management in twentieth-century Japan / William M. Tsutsui.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.Description: xi, 279 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0691058083 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780691058085 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0691074569 (pbk.)
  • 9780691074566 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.00952
Other classification:
  • 658.00952
Summary: 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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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor 658.00952 TSU-M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 52227
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 731.72 DEV-F 61133 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10001000061133
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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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