Mari Sako

Shifting Boundaries of the Firm

Japanese Company - Japanese Labour

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

All firms wrestle with restructuring, involving consolidation of mergers and acquisitions on the one hand, and fragmentation through outsourcing and spin-offs on the other. This is an in-depth investigation into the issue of 'organizational boundaries' that arises from such restructuring, looking at Japanese corporate management and union leaders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780199547036
• ISBN-10: 0199547033
• Artikelnr.: 25428267

Autorenporträt

Mari Sako is Professor of International Business at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. An international expert on Japanese business, she has published widely on the issues of global coroporate strategy, comparative business systems, and human resource management. Her recent books include Are Skills the Answer? The Political Economy of Skill Creation in Advanced Industrial Countries (with Colin Crouch and Donald Finegold, OUP, 1999) and Japanese Labour and Management in Transition: Diversity, Flexibilty and Participation (edited with Hiroki Sato, Routledge, 1997).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Strategy, Structure, and Institutions of Management and Labour
2: From Factory to Enterprise, from Enterprise to Corporate Group
3: Strategy and Structure at Matsushita Group
4: Strategy and Structure at Toyota Group
5: Inter-Industry Differences: Criteria fro Union Boundary Decisions
6: Intra-Industry Differences I: Why Companies Differ
7: Intra-Industry Differencesx II: Why Unions Differ
8: Harmonization vs. Differentiation, Employment Security vs. Labour Flexibility
Conclusions
Appendix: List of Interviews