The Steel Industry in Japan: A Comparison with Britain

ISBN-13: 9780415103862 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 368 str.

Harukiyo Hasegawa; H. Hasegawa;Hasegawa Haruki

Opis

The Japanese steel industry has experienced both boom and recession over the past 30 years and is now in real decline. This study analyzes the economic, technical and political changes paying particular attention to the impact of modern technology upon employees within the industry. It introduces an important conceptual tool for comparative study: convergence. Challenging the simplistic notion of leader and follower industries, the text utilises this concept to investigate whether the steel industry, and by extension other manufacturing industries, can survive in mature economies.

Spis treści

Introduction The structure of the book Part I Differences in corporate environments 2 Economic development 3 Industrial organisation 4 Institutional practices 5 The Japanese steel industry 6 Management and labour in Japanese steel works 7 Management and labour at head office (Japan) Part III The British steel industry 8 The British steel industry 9 Management and labour in British steel works I0 Management and labour at head office (UK) Part IV Convergence and relative advance 11 Japan/UK comparison of management and labour 12 Implications of convergence and relative advance 13 Further changes in the 1990s

O autorze

Harukiyo Hasegawa is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield.