Translating and Incorporating American Management Thought into Japan : Impacts on Academics and Practices of Business Administration

1. Introduction: historical background and focus of this book -- 2. Introduction, installation, and dissemination of the Scientific Management in Japan. 3 -- The acceptance of Human Relations Theory in Japan -- 4. Examining the impact of Chester Barnard’s organization theory in Japan -- 5. Peter F. Drucker and the Philosophy of ‘Management -- 6. How has Japan accepted, developed, and transformed strategic management theory? -- 7. The development of Human Resource Management theory in Japan -- 8. The development of corporate culture studies in Japan: What did the corporate culture boom of the 1980s bring about? -- 9. Conclusion.