People and Productivity: We Learn from the Japanese

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines some of the key ideas from the Japanese business philosophy and how these attitudes can help to improve productivity and employee relations. Features American and Japanese leaders in business, industry, unions, and education expressing their views on the new, profitable approach to industrial productivity. Relates the experiences of Panasonic, Honda of America, Quasar, and Westinghouse Sturtevant who have successfully applied the Japanese perspective within the constraints of the American context. Tries to communicate a sense of the immense difference it makes when employees function in a deliberately-wrought atmosphere of teamwork, cooperation, and equality.


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