Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Members of the Research Team; Prologue; Part I. Conceptual Framework; 1. The Convergence-Divergence Debate and Japanese Management; 2. Characteristics of Japanese Business and Management; 3. Japanese National Values and Confucianism; Part II. Period of High Economic Growth (1962-1973); 4. General Environment; 5. Idustry-Specific Environment; 6. Career Entry; 7. Career Formulation; 8. Overseas Assignments; Summary to Part II
Part III. Period between Two Oil Crises: A Period of Change (1974-1980)9. General Environment; 10. Industry-Specific Environment; 11. Career Progress; 12. Overseas Assignments; 13. Lives of Alumnae; Summary to Part III; Part IV. Period of Stable Economic Growth to the Bubble Economy (1981-1990); 14. General Environment; 15. Industry-Specific Environment; 16. Career Progress and Change; 17. Overseas Assignments; 18. Work Lives of Alumnae; Summary to Part IV; Part V. Post Bubble Period (1991-2000); 19. General Environment; 20. Industry-Specific Environment; 21. Top-Level Decision Making
22. Late Career DiversitySummary to Part V; Part VI. Contemporary Views on Japanese Society and Management; 23. Continuity and Change in Japanese Values and Society; 24. Change of Japanese-Style Management; Conclusions: From Developmental Capitalism to Globalism?; Bibliography; Index
