Abstract:
This paper analyses the merits and demerits of the Japanese style of management. Japan
is one of the few countries industrially advanced Its greatness and wealth are due to
various industrial activities based on technological prompt application and innovation.
This in turn directly or indirectly connected with their history and cultures dominated by
family attachment that have contributed much to the constant and wonderful success in
promoting National programme with the tools of the Japanese style of management. The
Japanese management is based on four pillars. They are Lifetime employment; Seniority
based wage and promotions. Community attachment found in company in vertical,
reciprocal and bottom up decision-making. Lifetime employment is connected with the
school leavers and youngsters. These school leavers are taken to the organization and
trained by the senior managers. The management s training of the employees is for team
working rather than being task oriented. Creation of the groupism lead to harmony and
conformity, together with increase in the productivity. However, this system is not followed
in all organizations and by all employees. A noteworthy defective feature of it is that
training is given only in one aspect by which the employees could not develop their full
capabilities. The benefit of this training is that it makes the employees loyal to the Company
and its Heads. So it has its weakness in the individual development. Since the wages is
directly related to seniority in the Japanese management system, the management does
not lose the employees who were trained by the company. However, these talents do not
receive priority in this system. A Iso, as the majority of the Japanese are engaged in farming
from the historical time. So. their community feel ings and group spirits are noticeable and
observable. In this way, Japan has its own system of management. It is very useful and has
many advantages, though it has some weak points, which do not affect the society: j n (he
field of its Socio, economic development.
