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List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; The Context for the Book; What the Book Aims To Do; Three Main Themes; Organisation of the Book; Part I: A Model of Japanese-style Management; Part II: Transfer to Asia; Part III: Labour Standards and Conditions in Supply Chains in Asia; Features of the study; Part I: A Model of Japanese-Style Management; 1: Stereotypes of Japanese Human Resource Management and Labour-Management Relations; 1 The High-Growth Period in Japan and good Employment Performance; 2 Employment Adjustment of Large Japanese Corporations.
3 Human Resource Management and Japanese Employment Practices4 The Stereotype of Recruitment and Job Assignment; 4.1 The Recruitment System (School to Work); 4.2 Recruitment and Job Assignment; 5 The Stereotype of Rewards and Motivation; 5.1 Rationale for Seniority Wages and Performance; 5.2 Appraisal for Motivation of `Working Hard Attitude;́ 6 The Stereotype of Training Systems: The Skill Grading System; 7 The Stereotype of Japanese Labour and Management Relations; 7.1 Negotiations Concerning Wages and Productivity; 7.2 Labour-management Consultation System.
8 Strengths Based on the Stereotypes of Japanese HRM and LMR9 From Stereotype to Prototype; Bibliography; 2: Practical Wisdom of Labour-Management Relations through the Productivity Movement in Japan; 1 Introduction; 2 Current Industrial Relations in Japan; 2.1 Declining Union Density Rate and Stable Industrial Relations; 2.2 Japanese Labour-Management Relations at a Crossroads; 3 Productivity Movement from 1955 to the Early 1990s; 3.1 Japan Productivity Movement; 3.2 Importance of the Universality of the Productivity Movement; 3.2.1 New Concept from Europe; 3.2.2 Sympathy for Humanity.
3.2.3 New Recommendation of the International Labour Organization in 19523.2.4 The Role of Joint Consultation in Labour-Management Relations; 3.2.5 The Standpoint of Trade Unions in Asia; 4 Productivity Movement and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour; 4.1 The Three Guiding Principles and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour; 5 Psychological Contracts at Work in Japanese Companies; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; 3: The Case of the Food and Drink Industries in Japan in Response to Technological Change and Employment Adjustment in the Lat ... ; 1 Introduction.
2 Trends in the Food and Drink Industries in Japan in the 1990s2.1 Production and Consumption; 2.2 Investment and Trade; 2.2.1 High Appreciation of the Yen and Higher Domestic Consumer Prices; 2.2.2 Increase in Imports: Developmental Imports; 3 Technological Changes in the Industries; 3.1 The Nature and Pace of Change; 3.1.1 Microelectronics and Computer Technology; 3.1.2 Biotechnology; 3.2 Investment; 3.2.1 Research on Product Development; 3.2.2 New Production and Packaging Facilities; 3.3 Productivity Changes; 4 Impact of New Technology on Employment; 4.1 Employment Trends in Japan.
3 Human Resource Management and Japanese Employment Practices4 The Stereotype of Recruitment and Job Assignment; 4.1 The Recruitment System (School to Work); 4.2 Recruitment and Job Assignment; 5 The Stereotype of Rewards and Motivation; 5.1 Rationale for Seniority Wages and Performance; 5.2 Appraisal for Motivation of `Working Hard Attitude;́ 6 The Stereotype of Training Systems: The Skill Grading System; 7 The Stereotype of Japanese Labour and Management Relations; 7.1 Negotiations Concerning Wages and Productivity; 7.2 Labour-management Consultation System.
8 Strengths Based on the Stereotypes of Japanese HRM and LMR9 From Stereotype to Prototype; Bibliography; 2: Practical Wisdom of Labour-Management Relations through the Productivity Movement in Japan; 1 Introduction; 2 Current Industrial Relations in Japan; 2.1 Declining Union Density Rate and Stable Industrial Relations; 2.2 Japanese Labour-Management Relations at a Crossroads; 3 Productivity Movement from 1955 to the Early 1990s; 3.1 Japan Productivity Movement; 3.2 Importance of the Universality of the Productivity Movement; 3.2.1 New Concept from Europe; 3.2.2 Sympathy for Humanity.
3.2.3 New Recommendation of the International Labour Organization in 19523.2.4 The Role of Joint Consultation in Labour-Management Relations; 3.2.5 The Standpoint of Trade Unions in Asia; 4 Productivity Movement and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour; 4.1 The Three Guiding Principles and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour; 5 Psychological Contracts at Work in Japanese Companies; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; 3: The Case of the Food and Drink Industries in Japan in Response to Technological Change and Employment Adjustment in the Lat ... ; 1 Introduction.
2 Trends in the Food and Drink Industries in Japan in the 1990s2.1 Production and Consumption; 2.2 Investment and Trade; 2.2.1 High Appreciation of the Yen and Higher Domestic Consumer Prices; 2.2.2 Increase in Imports: Developmental Imports; 3 Technological Changes in the Industries; 3.1 The Nature and Pace of Change; 3.1.1 Microelectronics and Computer Technology; 3.1.2 Biotechnology; 3.2 Investment; 3.2.1 Research on Product Development; 3.2.2 New Production and Packaging Facilities; 3.3 Productivity Changes; 4 Impact of New Technology on Employment; 4.1 Employment Trends in Japan.