Overview
- Explores how Japanese management techniques might be exported
- Offers insights into non-Western developmental aid to developing countries
- Provides unique insights into how governments, entrepreneurs, and foreign aid can effectively come together in the developing world
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This open access book provides a glimpse into the Japanese management technique known as “Kaizen,” and the ways it has been disseminated around the developing world. The novelty of this book is three-fold: it provides a contextualized view of the mechanisms of initiatives implementing Kaizen in developing countries; compared with productivity studies, it places the relationship between workers and managers at the center of inquiry, reflecting the intent of SDG8 concerning decent work and economic growth; and it provides an overview of the heterogeneity of Kaizen in terms of geography and firm size.
This book explores how improving management techniques can support firms’ productivity and quality. Given its wide range of case studies from across Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book will be of value to scholars, policymakers and advocates of sustainable development alike.
This book explores how improving management techniques can support firms’ productivity and quality. Given its wide range of case studies from across Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book will be of value to scholars, policymakers and advocates of sustainable development alike.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introducing and Implementing Kaizen
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The Effectiveness of Kaizen in Large Companies
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Effectiveness of Kaizen for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Akio Hosono is senior research adviser to the JICA Research Institute. Holding a doctorate in economics from the University of Tokyo, he has held a variety of academic posts, including a period as Director of the JICA Research Institute from 2011 to 2013.
John Page is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and has held positions at Princeton University, USA, the World Bank, Oxford University, UK, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
Go Shimada is an Associate Professor of Meiji University and a visiting scholar at the JICA Research Institute. He holds a PhD from Waseda University.
John Page is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC and has held positions at Princeton University, USA, the World Bank, Oxford University, UK, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
Go Shimada is an Associate Professor of Meiji University and a visiting scholar at the JICA Research Institute. He holds a PhD from Waseda University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Workers, Managers, Productivity
Book Subtitle: Kaizen in Developing Countries
Editors: Akio Hosono, John Page, Go Shimada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0364-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0363-4Published: 15 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0366-5Published: 07 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0364-1Published: 14 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 327
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations
Topics: Asian Economics, Development and Sustainability, Labor Economics