The rise of the Japanese coporate system / by Kōji Matsumoto ; translated from the Japanese by Thomas I. Elliott.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Corporations for Corporate Employees -- 1 Independence from Shareholder Control -- 2 Qualitative Changes in Workers -- 3 Corporate Employees and the Corporation -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 Comparison with Foreign Corporations -- Part I: Comparison with Capitalist Corporations -- 1 Management Policies in American Companies -- 2 Restrictions on Management -- 3 8216;Freedom of Management8217; in Corporations in Japan -- 4 Consolidation of Corporate Objectives Among Employees -- 5 Comparison of 8216;Management Participation8217; -- Part II: Comparison with Socialist Corporations -- 1 Corporate System in the PRC -- 2 Problems in the Chinese Corporate Structure -- 3 The Necessity for Uniting Management and Labor -- 4 The Corporate System in Yugoslavia -- 5 The Actual Status of Self-Management -- 6 Problems with the Self-Management System -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 The Progressive Nature of the Japanese Corporate System -- 1 Changes in Management Structure -- 2 Labor -- 3 Job Rotation Inside the Company -- 4 The Organizational Structure -- 5 The Humanization of Labor -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 Kigyoism as an Economic System -- 1 On Japan8217;s 8216;Uniqueness8217; -- 2 The Core of the Japanese Corporate System -- 3 The Autonomy of Management -- 4 From Authority to Responsibility -- 5 Impediments to the Development of Kigyoism -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 Kigyoism as a Social System -- 1 Features of Japan8217;s Social Structure -- 2 The Company as a Source of Social Integration -- 3 Equality within a Kigyoistic Society -- 4 Freedom in a Kigyoistic Society -- 5 A System for the Masses -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 The Rise of Kigyoism -- 1 Similarities in the Formation of Nations -- 2 Revolution Based on Theory and Revolution Based on Reality -- 3 A Reality that Surpassed Theory -- Notes to Chapter 6 -- Index.

A new kind of economic system has developed in Japan, a system that differs greatly from traditional capitalism. The author of this book has observed Japanese industry from the inside. He provides detailed explanations of the unique features of the new.