The module provides users with a description of the history, art, and practices of Japanese management. This is an essay that shows the evolution of management in Japan, and how this is interrelated with the USA management and leadership styles. An increasing number of Japanese products are currently being purchased and and consumed in USA. Some products such as Toyota cars are being manufactured in USA at this time. These activities and overall trade between these countries and will have an impact on discussions.
Type of Material:
Lecture/presentation
Recommended Uses:
The module can be used for faculty as they prepare lectures and/or presentations and give assignments to students who can work individually or as part of a team.
Technical Requirements:
Browser only.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Provide students with information about Japanese management styles. It will also expose students to the differences between USA and Japanese management as well as the dynamics between the Japanese and USA economy.
Target Student Population:
The target population includes two- and four-year college business students and those with majors or minors in international relations and/or global marketing.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No prerequisite is necessary. Knowledge of the Japanese history and culture would be helpful.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
The quality of the content is high. It contains informative, valuable, and current information.
Concerns:
Somewhat out of date. Written in 1997. Some items mentioned turned out not to be true. For example, many Japanese companies sustained good performance through expanded international activity. The article quotes a person who was very skeptical about HDTV, which now appears to offer $50 billion in potential sales during the next 5 to 10 years in the U.S. alone, much of that revenue going to Japanese companies.
The reading can be tedious and boring. It is long with limited variety in formatting, and has poor quality graphics. It is not self-contained because it will be necessary for the user to get additional information from other sources. Links to other sources would be helpful.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This site can be used as an effective teaching tool. The content is important, accurate, and current, and can therefore be effective inside and outside the classroom. The effectiveness may be dependent on the way in which it is used by faculty.
Concerns:
Does not seek to position itself within a larger body of academic literature. Most references are to non-refereed publications.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
It is extremely simple and easy to useno links, etc.
Concerns:
This one-page unattractive site is independentno connections to other resources. It has no links to supplemental materials that can provide background and additional information. Users who are of Generation Y and Millennial Generation may be reluctant to use this site since it has no interactive exercises or connections to related facts at other Websites. The site has no appeal to students who are accustomed to using diverse media.
Other Issues and Comments:
None.
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