Japanese Style Management

Abstract

Like any other management model, Japanese style management is also in constant flux, as it has to adapt to a changing competitive environment. However, the Japanese management model in particular has been under a significant amount of pressure to change since its glory days in the 1980s. This was in order to respond to the economic malaise in Japan, which started in the early 1990s. This entry presents key characteristics of the traditional Japanese style management and describes the opposing pressures of change and continuity under which it has since evolved.