pt. 1. Conceptual framework -- pt. 2. Period of high economic growth (1962-1973) -- pt. 3. Period between two oil crises : a period of change (1974-1980) -- pt. 4. Period of stable economic growth to the bubble economy (1981-1990) -- pt. 5. Post bubble period (1991-2000) -- pt. 6. Contemporary views on Japanese society and management