Working for the Japanese
The Economic and Social Consequences of Japanese Investment in Wales
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2013
192 pages
978-1-78093-935-3 (ISBN)
Description
Wales has one of the highest concentrations of Japanese manufacturing investment in Europe. It provides a case study for examining the economic and social impact of this investment, which is often perceived as being very different from existing foreign investment. The book evaluates this case study, looking at the attraction of Japanese capital to Wales, its impact on the Welsh economy, upon employment, management practice, industrial relations, the community, and upon the Japanese themselves.
First published in 1993, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
First published in 1993, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-78093-935-3 (9781780939353)
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Jonathon Morris | Max Munday | Barry Wilkinson
Working for the Japanese
The Economic and Social Consequences of Japanese Investment in Wales
Book
12/2012
Bloomsbury Academic
€231.20
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Persons
Member of the Japanese Management Research Unit of the Cardiff Business School. Among the works of Barry Wilkinson's publications is "The Japanisation of British Industry" (1988).
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Foreword
- One: JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN WALES: THE BACKCLOTH
- Historical trends of Japanese investment
- Recent trends in Japanese FDI
- Japanese FDI in Europe: country comparisons
- Japanese manufacturing investment in the UK: a regional comparison
- Conclusions
- Two: JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN WALES: THE WHO, WHY AND WHAT
- The companies and their markets
- Employment
- Economic performance
- Plant operations and productivity
- The location decision
- Three: JAPANESE MANUFACTURING INVESTMENTS IN WALES: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
- Regional policy and the economic needs of Wales
- New jobs?
- How have new jobs been created?
- Cost and location of new jobs
- The quality of Japanese inward investment
- The nature of the new employment
- Local purchasing linkages
- Plant level autonomy and scale of R&D
- Conclusions
- Four: WORK, ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
- Production control and continuous improvement
- Quality control
- Work organization and work discipline
- The shopfloor hierarchy
- Five: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- Selection
- Induction, training and career management
- Appraisals
- Rewards
- Communications
- Working patterns
- Six: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
- The early arrivers: 1972-1979
- The 1980s
- Trade union recognition: facts and figures
- Flexibility
- Communications
- Consultation
- Continuity of production
- Conclusions
- Seven: JAPAN IN WALES: JAPANESE MANUFACTURING AND THE WELSH COMMUNITY
- Japanese corporate involvement
- Japanese personnel in Wales
- Positive and negative experiences
- Impact on careers
- Japan meets Wales
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Y
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