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Author Kambayashi, Norio

Title Management education in Japan / Norio Kambayashi, Masaya Morita and Yoko Okabe
Published Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 106 pages) : illustrations
Series Chandos Asian studies series
Chandos Asian studies series.
Contents Introduction: The contexts of management education in Japan; Curriculum in leading business schools in Japan; Japanese firms' expectations to management education from the viewpoint of management; Students' expectations to management education from the viewpoint of employees; Comparison on MBA holders' careers/qualities between Japan and US why do some Japanese employees select to study in American business schools instead of Japanese ones? Management education in corporate universities; Comparisons of management education between these corporate universities and authentic universities; Conclusion summary and implications for practitioners and academics
Summary The changing nature of education and training systems in Japanese firms is reviewed with focus on developments of management education in Japanese universities. Based on a contextual model, this book examines whether the MBA education system in the Japanese business schools is useful for human resource development in Japanese firms and discusses the importance of developments of Japanese-specific methods of management education. New research topics: few studies focussing on Japanese management educationSystematic and critical review of the up-to-date literature on management educationEmpirical evidence: interview data collected both from HR directors/managers and from employees who belongs to an MBA course
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Executives -- Training of -- Japan
Business schools -- Japan
Education, Higher -- Japan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Business schools
Education, Higher
Executives -- Training of
Japan
Form Electronic book
Author Morita, Masaya, 1958-
Okabe, Yōko, 1958-
ISBN 9781780632490
1780632495
1306380715
9781306380713