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Rummler, Geary A. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Observations on general Japanese culture, business culture, specific business missions and strategies, characteristics of individual workers, and business operations emphasize production processes and policies, organization structure, performance support systems, general management practices, and attention to quality. A table comparing the human…
Descriptors: Achievement, Business Administration, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries
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Direct linkTajino, Akira; Smith, Craig – Language Teaching Research, 2005
This paper aims to demonstrate that Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), a soft systems approach developed in management studies (see Checkland, 1981), can be usefully linked with Exploratory Practice (EP), a form of practitioner research for language classrooms. Some compatible SSM and EP characteristics, in tandem, could enhance continual efforts to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Classroom Research, Systems Approach, Teaching Methods
Taguchi, Mina; Keller, John M. – 1992
This study investigated the kinds of training conducted in Japanese companies and the degree to which instructional systems design (ISD) is implemented. A random sample of 12 Japanese companies in the banking, automobile manufacturing, electrical machinery, wholesale stores, insurance and securities, and transportation industries were surveyed; a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Instructional Development
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) issues in Asia. "The Japanese Human Resource Development System" (Kiyoe Harada) provides a comprehensive model of the Japanese HRD system based on the current state of the art, including management practices and issues and trends in Japanese HRD.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
