BISCUE Books
Title and Objective
"Where are Japanese Companies? - To build the next-generation learning organization"
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Learning Organization highlighted as a practical organization theory among US and western countries in 1990s, had the root in Japanese-style management.
Between the latter half of 1970s and 1980s, Japanese companies showed strong business models to the world industries. However, as all of you know, they have entered into the lost decade thereafter. Why did it happen?
In this publication, the author advocates the next generation learning organizaion for rebuilding Japanese companies who now begin to lose grounds in global businesses, suffering from emerging powers such as those in BRICs countries.
Contents
- Preface
- 1. Behind the lost decade
- (1) In the present world
- Most discussed keywords in many fields ("Transition of intellect" echoed in various places/ "2007 Problems" are imminent/ "Web 2.0" changed the styles of knowledge creation and communication)
- Knowledge society has come (People conquering knowledge flourish/ Knowledge alone is not enough/ Wisdom needed to make use of knowledge)
- (2) In the business world
- Students (Do the companies expect the knowledge from students?/ Studying purposes are different between Japan and US/ Japanese university students are in moratorium)
- Young workers (Many young workers change jobs after a short employment/ Companies shrinking, workers need employability/ Demands for practical education)
- Middle workers and above (Knowledge increases by years/ Growth aspirations gradually dissapear/ No learning culture in the company/ Administrators also lack of motivation)
- (3) Non-learning organizations
- Relations between the organization and employees
- Organizational culture changes
- (1) In the present world
- 2. Learning Organization
- (1) Transition of Learning Organization
- RIse of Japan (Postwar Japanese economy accomplished miracles/ Mass export of Japanese products caused trade frictions/ Japanese management transmitted to overseas/ Hints of Learning Organization)
- Movements of academia (Advanced industrial-university cooperation in US/ Various case studies of Japanese companies/ Japanese know-hows introduced into practice)
- Learning Organization highlighted (Learning Organization emerged/ In 1990s, US industries including information industry revive/ Sharing information and Learning Organization)
- New phase (Technology innovation caused information flood/ "These days it is busier than before"/ Management focuses on speed/ Agile and Learning Organization)
- (2) Discovery within the "Strong Organization"
- Japanese companies between the latter half of 1970s and 1980s (Leading to Learning Organization)
- How to increase the efficiency of learning (What is learning?/ Process of understanding and memorizing/ What is the episodic memory?/ What is the semantic memory?/ What is the procedural memory?/ How should organizations learn?/ How to increase the efficiency of learning in organizations)
- What were learned from Japanese companies?
- How did western companies integrate Japanese management in their businesses?
- (3) Why the learning places dissapeared
- What happened?
- We entered the lost decade (Traditional Learning Organization deteriorates)
- (1) Transition of Learning Organization
- 3. Aiming at reviving Learning Organization
- (3) Next-Generation Learning Organization (Elements of Next-Generation Learning Organization/ Sum up)
- (2) Japanese and learning environment at the present time (Learning Organization and Japanese/ Learning habits of Japanese/ Keywords sorrounding Learning Organization)
- (3) Next-Generation Learning Organization (Elements of Next-Generation Learning Organization/ Sum up)
- (4) How to put it into practice (Team learning/ Practical use in context)
- 4. Conclusion
