An Investigation Of Japanese Corporate Culture, Its Trends And Changes

An Investigation of Japanese Corporate Culture, Its Trends And ChangesJapanese backup & Culture bus 258.1Table of Contents1.0 Introduction2.0 Procedure3.0 Findings3.1 Changing accessible goal.3.2 Business Culture in Japan3.3 Why change is needed3.4 What is Japan and her corporations doing to develop and change4.0 Conclusion5.0 BibliographyJapanese Business & CultureAn investigation Japanese incarnate culture, itstrends and changes.1.0 IntroductionThis report is based around the followingquote "Japans corporate culture is the product of uniquely Japanese social andhistorical influences, so late rooted as to easily repel alfresco influences.Bur Japanese corporations need to change their basic goals...." This report willdiscuss nature of corporate culture in Japan, and why change is needed. Themaximum length is 2,000 words2.0 Procedure The report was produced using library based research because ofthe time racing shell and cost. The sources used include text books, journals andnewspapers.. The references generate been made Harvard Style and can be found inthe Bibliography.3.0 Findings The Japanese business culture has been described by Beedham as aculture that acts like a clan, in that there is a large amount of authoritygiven to the man at the top, and in the commission that is shown by the peoplearound him, Beedham points out that this can be evident in the way that theircar factories, investment banks and government ministries be ran.This clan-like-behaviour has the effect of making decision making painfully slow,with compromises having to be met in all directions, but this is jump tochange, as the people of Japan are jump to change and have differentpriorities. These changes can be put down to several factors that are changingin Japanese society as a whole.3.1 Changing social culture. The increasing and speeding up of urbanisation isone way in which corporate culture is being changed. Because of thisurbanisation there is less commitm ent to groups as people become more individualand have their own priority in life. Marriage and family ties are also startingto loosen. Links between children, parents and grandparents are not the same asthey were ten years ago.The greatest impact on peoples commitment to their work is money. As theJapanese become richer, they are starting to see that there is... ...g the corporate culture slightlyJapanese corporations are not seen as been there for just profit. Profit isimportant, but it is not the hardly reason for the companys existence, butinvolves people and their future. This is however changing with corporationsstarting to set financial targets for themselves and cut costs.Ways in which the Japanese corporate culture is starting to change can be foundin the way that promotions are decided. In the past seniority meant everythingand no some positions are given on merit. Also, management positions arestarting to be taken up by foreigners, as well as R&D relocation outside J apan.Japanese politics are also helping in the change of culture. Deregulation andliberalisation promote a more dynamic organisation culture and structure butthese developments need backing up with further proposals to deregulate andpromote entrepreneurship5.0 BibliographyBrian Beedham, Tomorrows Japan, The Economist, July 13th 1996 Various Internetarticle with no title or author. FT 96 Dec 05 page 6/ Survey - JapaneseIndustry Routes to the top FT 96 Dec 02 page 20/ Lex newspaper column Japan FT 96 Nov18 page 14/ Management Time to pull back the screen