This book compares and contrasts business management in postwar Germany and Japan. The two nations received significant American support after World War II, with very different industrial and economic results. The authors analyze the roots of these differences.

How are German capitalism and German business management to be understood from the perspective of Japan?

Both Germany and Japan as defeated nations in World War II received significant American leadership and support after the war. Both countries developed their enterprises, industries, and economy by deploying and adapting technology and management methods from the United States while establishing systems of industrial concentration in their own ways. By these means, both nations became major trading countries. However, current economic and business conditions differ greatly between Germany and Japan.

In trade, American influence on Japanese business is still strong. Japan could not and cannot establish a complementary relationship with American industrial sectors and their products in the American market. In addition, a common market structure like the E.U. does not exist in Asia. In contrast to Japan, Germany developed independently from the American influence and became part of a well-integrated regional economy. What were the driving forces that created those differences?

That question is approached from a Japanese point of view in this book, based on the assumption that the origins of distinct characteristics of German business management after World War II were developed in the 1950s and '60s. The book analyzes the transformation of business management in Germany and explains the characteristics and structures of German management.

The author describes how the development of German companies determined the current German condition the Europeanization of Germanywhile the world faced the globalization process. Demonstrating the basic foundation of European integration by analyzing market factors in Europe as well as the internal structural transformation of management in Germany, this book is a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, educators, and researchers in the fields of businessmanagement, business history, and economic history.

Provides a multi-factor analysis within the author's framework of the "total system of business management" and "re-framing" Clarifies, from a Japanese perspective, the significance of German business management that developed under European conditions Clarifies how the origin of European integration was determined in Germany at the level of business management Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Toshio Yamazaki, Dr. in Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, is Professor at the College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University. He previously held the positions of Assistant Professor, Lecturer, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Kochi University; Associate Professor at the College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University; and Visiting Scholar at Free University of Berlin, University of Cologne, University of Marburg, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Humboldt University of Berlin. Professor Yamazaki's areas of expertise include management studies and comparative business history. His research focuses on the history of business management and interfirm relationships. He served as director of the Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management of Japan from 2011 to 2017. He is the editor of the "Journal of Business Management" (edited by the Japan Association of Business Management, language: Japanese). Professor Yamazaki has published numerous monographs and articles, including "German Business Management" (Springer, 2013), "Relationships between Industry and Bank in Germany" (Springer Nature, 2024), and "Japanese and German Enterprises" (Springer Nature, 2024). He has also received an academic award from the Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management (German Business Management: A Japanese Perspective on Regional Development Factors, Springer, 2013).

Inhalt

Introduction Research Issues and the Framework of Analysis I The Statement of the ProblemsII Research ItemsIIILiterature Review and ProblemsIVThe Framework of Analysis

Chap 1 The American World Strategy and the Development of the Productivity Movement I The Marshall Plan as the American World StrategyII The Role of Germany in the Capitalistic System Led by the United States A Comparison with Japan in AsiaIII The Development of the Productivity Movement under the American Leadership

Chap 2 The Transformations of Relationships between the Nation, Economy, and Enterprise I Japanese Characteristics of Relationships between the Nation, Economy, and Enterprise after World War IIII The New Economic Order in Germany after World War IIIII Characteristics of Industrial Policy and Anti-monopoly Policy in GermanyIV The Strategy Mapping of Germany in European Integration

Chap 3 The Development of the Codetermination System I Japanese Characteristics of Industrial Relations after World War IIII American Attempts to Transform Industrial Relations in Germany and Its LimitationsIII New Framework for Industrial Relations in Germany after World War II IV Corporate Governance Based on the Codetermination SystemV The Significance of the Codetermination System

Chap 4 New System of the Industrial Concentration I Japanese Characteristics of the Industrial System Based on the Industry-Bank Relationship and Large Corporate GroupsII The New Development of the Industrial System Based on the Industry-Bank Relationship in GermanyIII The New Development of Large Corporate Groups in GermanyIV Cooperation Mechanisms of German Capitalism Based on New System of the Industrial Concentration

Chap 5 The Deployment of American Management EducationI Japanese Characteristics in the Deployment of American Management Education II The Deployment of American Management Education in Germany

Chap 6 The Deployment of American-Style Management and Mass Production Systems: Human Relations, IE, and the Ford System I Japanese Characteristics in the Deployment of the American Management System andProduction SystemII The Deployment of Human Relations in GermanyIII The Deployment of Industrial Engineering in GermanyIV The Deployment of the Ford System and German Manufacturing's Adaptation to the European Market

Chap 7The Deployment of the American Way to Adjust to the Mass Market Marketing, Public Relations, and Operations ResearchI Japanese Characteristics in the Deployment of the American Way to Adjust to the Mass Market II The Deployment of Marketing Methods in Germany III The Deployment of Public Relations in GermanyIV The Deployment of Operations Research in Germany

Chap 8The Deployment of the Divisional OrganizationI Japanese Characteristics in the Deployment of the Divisional OrganizationII The Transformation of Business Strategy in Germany The Development of DiversificationIII The Deployment of Divisional Organization in Major German IndustriesIV The Roles of American Enterprises and Consulting Firms in the Deployment ofthe Divisional OrganizationV Characteristics of the German Divisional Organization

Chap 9 Characteristics and Significance of German Style Business ManagementI The Overview of Total System of Business Management after World War IIIIRe-framing in the Americanization of Germany's Business Management and German Style Business Management Conclusion The Development of German Enterprise and the Path to European IntegrationGerman Business ManagementDistinctiveness in the European Market and German Regional Developmental Factors