Explores the issues of 'organizational boundaries' for firms and unions that arise from corporate restructuring. Draws on data collected from interviews atToyota and Matsushita and their respective unions. Examines the organizational strategies of Japanese corporate management and union leaders in Japan. Explores the implications for corporate restructuring, jobs, and labour market flexibility in other advanced countries. Author is a leading international experton Japanese business. All firms wrestle with restructuring, involving consolidation of mergers and acquisitions on the one hand, and fragmentation through outsourcing and spin-offs on the other. Through an in-depth investigation intothe organizational strategies of Japanese corporate management and union leaders in Japan, Mari Sako explores the issue of 'organizational boundaries' thatarises from such restructuring. Examining the strategy and structure of both businesses and trade unions, the book draws upon empirical evidence drawn frominterviews conducted at Toyota and Matsushita and their respective unions. Itexamines their respective strategies in coping with organizational boundariesagainst the backdrop of changing labour markets, and, in the process, challenges widely held notions about Japanese corporate and union structures. INDICE: Introduction. 1 Strategy, Structure, and Institutions of Management and Labour. 2 From Factory to Enterprise, from Enterprise to Corporate Group. 3 Strategy and Structure at Matsushita Group. 4 Strategy and Structure at Toyota Group. 5 Inter-Industry Differences: Criteria fro Union Boundary Decisions. 6 Intra-Industry Differences I: Why Companies Differ. 7 Intra-Industry Differencesx II: Why Unions Differ. 8 Harmonization vs. Differentiation, Employment Security vs. Labour Flexibility. Conclusions. Appendix: List of Interviews
- ISBN: 978-0-19-954703-6
- Editorial: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés