'Harmony' as Efficiency Is 'Just-In-Time' a Product of Japanese Uniqueness?  

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Ikuko, Nishimoto

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Time & Society vol. 8 no. 1 (Mar. 1999), page 119–140.
Topik: cultural factor; Japan; Just-In-Time; western system
Fulltext: 119TAS81.pdf (89.06KB)

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The management literature frequently characterizes Japanese industrial organization in terms such as collectivism, group-orientation, harmony and team spirit, and attributes these traits to Japan' cultural and traditional niqueness. However, the author argues that a careful review of Japan's development reveals that its industrialists owe much to western – and primarily American – industrial techniques. The Just-In-Time system's stress on group work does not emerge from the national character or the Tokugawa heritage; it is industrial necessity, a means of achieving maximum efficiency. This idea is by no means alien to western economic theory. Just-In-Time pursues efficiency in the division of labor independent of cultural circumstances.

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