Japanese Human Resource Management

Part I. A Model of Japanese-Style Management

1. Stereotypes of Japanese Human Resource Management and Labour–Management Relations
Naoki Kuriyama

2. Practical Wisdom of Labour–Management Relations through the Productivity Movement in Japan
Naoki Kuriyama

3. The Case of the Food and Drink Industries in Japan in Response to Technological Change and Employment Adjustment in the Late 1990s
Naoki Kuriyama

4. The Formation of Industrial Subcontracting in the Japanese Manufacturing Industry
Naoki Kuriyama

Part II. Transferability to Asia

5. Resilience of Japanese Automobile Investment in Thailand during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
Naoki Kuriyama

6. Japanese TNC–SME Linkages Through Industrial Subcontracting
Naoki Kuriyama

7. The Transfer of Soft Technology
Naoki Kuriyama

8. New Technology and Employment of Japanese Subsidiaries in Thai Manufacturing
Naoki Kuriyama

9. Prospects for the Development of Human Resources in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Microenterprises, and in Informal Sectors
Naoki Kuriyama

10. The Employment Situation in Japan and the Effects of Human Resource Development on the Globalisation of Asia in the 1990s
Naoki Kuriyama

Part III. Labour Standards and Conditions at Supply Chains in Asia

11. The ILO Standards with Regard to Developing Countries in the Late 1980s and in Particular Relation to the Circumstances of ASEAN Countries
Naoki Kuriyama

12. Core Labour Standards and Globalisation
Naoki Kuriyama

13. Labour Standards of International Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and the Perspectives of Asian Employers—With Reference to a Survey of Asian Employers’ Organisations in 2011
Naoki Kuriyama

14. The Role of Business with Regard to Asian Living and Working Conditions
Naoki Kuriyama

Avainsanat: Business and Management, Human Resource Development, Management, International Business