{"id":49,"date":"2003-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2003-01-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-02T00:00:00","slug":"the-art-and-practice-of-japanese-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/the-art-and-practice-of-japanese-management\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art and Practice of Japanese Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Japan&#8217;s extraordinary postwar industrial success was defined by lean production, consensus and continuous improvement. But lately it has been the country&#8217;s perceived weak points, such as lifetime employment and over-regulation, that have come to the forefront of the debate on Japanese management. But new ideas are emerging with the younger, more flexible generation of Japanese managers, which means there will still be plenty for the outside world to learn from Japan.&#8221; Adapted from &#8220;The Witch Doctors&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Japan&#8217;s extraordinary postwar industrial success was defined by lean production, consensus and continuous improvement. But lately it has been the country&#8217;s perceived weak points, such as lifetime employment and over-regulation, that have come to the forefront of the debate on Japanese management. But new ideas are emerging with the younger, more flexible generation of Japanese managers, which means there will still be plenty for the \u2026 <span style=\"font-style:normal; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/the-art-and-practice-of-japanese-management\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\">[ Read more <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> ]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"extra-post-info\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/sources\/strategybusiness-john-micklethwait-and-adrian-wooldridge\/\">strategy+business \/ John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subject<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/category\/business-economy\/\">Business \/ Economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"authors":[],"sources":[468],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy","sources-strategybusiness-john-micklethwait-and-adrian-wooldridge"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Art and Practice of Japanese Management - Yookoso!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 2, 2003 - &quot;Japan&#039;s extraordinary postwar industrial success was defined by lean production, consensus and continuous improvement. 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