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Pride in the Product
Group JAL
MGT 412 Organizational Behavior ? DC 215UBSM
Group 215B
Will Oler, Ed.D., Instructor
September 4, 2007
The success of Japanese management practices has spawned discussions, researches and many written reports. This is because many countries have watched Japan become a "manufacturing miracle." Because Japan has accomplished so much in manufacturing and management, other countries are enthralled. Countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are trying to emulate the success of Japan. Japan has survived being impoverished and desperately depending on the aid of the West, to becoming second only to the United States in manufacturing. Critics all offer different opinions about the Japanese approach to management; however, they are all in accordance that under the compulsion of survival Japan has adopted, adapted and improved western quality control techniques until they have reached superlative levels of effectiveness (Kharbanda, 2006). Critics also admit that Japan is currently a manufacturing superpower but critics are skeptical about whether or not Japan's current lifetime employment, loyalty and seniority systems will be resilient to modernization. In this research paper, we will cover the capacity of influence that Dr. W. Edwards Deming had on the evolution of Japanese management, Japanese management approach, the Japanese seniority and on-the-job training program and the Japanese lifetime employment and loyalty system.
Following World War II, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, a statistician, went to Japan to deliver a speech to several high-ranking business leaders given the responsibility of re ...