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Originally Posted by Guernsey
Does anyone know about the Japanese Corporate structure?
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Not sure what you're asking for..... Most Japanese corporations are outgrowths of the old powerful family clan structures and even named after the families that spawned them.
Basically, they're *structured* somewhat like American corporations but the culture is more clan/feudal/oathbound. They took a lot of what a guy named Deming said in the mid-20th century to heart (and whupped up on US corporations that weren't listening to Deming's philosophy). Most of the recent problems they've had are a direct result of being *too much* like the short-sighted management and planning that plague American corporations. The decision to drop "lifetime employment" has damaged employee loyalty and left the government a mess in dealing with the laid-off labor pools that resulted (formerly they used a system somewhat like Intel Corp. has -- an internal labor pool for transitioning employees with an active task).
Whatever... an answer to such an open-ended question could fill books and invite a lot of debate over the analysis.