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Labor Relations
Prindle, Tamae K.; Watanabe, Kazuo
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Description for Labor Relations
Hardback. A insider's account of Japanese labour management. Within the framework of a quasi-mystery, the novel describes department store sales strategies, the manipulations of administrators and their psychological impact on the sales staff. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BT; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book gives an insider's account of Japanese labor management. Its fictional narrative opens as a quasi-mystery with a television newscast reporting on a 400 million yen embezzlement by a chief accountant. Within this framework the novel charts the relationship between the store's labor union and its top management which is in cahoots with a governmental politician. This book describes department store sales strategies, the manipulations of administrators, and their psychological impact on the sales staff. Through its unique format, Labor Relations commands a socio-economic landscape ubiquitous in, if not typical of, the Japanese business world.
This book gives an insider's account of Japanese labor management. Its fictional narrative opens as a quasi-mystery with a television newscast reporting on a 400 million yen embezzlement by a chief accountant. Within this framework the novel charts the relationship between the store's labor union and its top management which is in cahoots with a governmental politician. This book describes department store sales strategies, the manipulations of administrators, and their psychological impact on the sales staff. Through its unique format, Labor Relations commands a socio-economic landscape ubiquitous in, if not typical of, the Japanese business world.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819193049
SKU
V9780819193049
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99-15
About Prindle, Tamae K.; Watanabe, Kazuo
Tamae K. Prindle is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Colby College.
Reviews for Labor Relations
Tamae Prindle's translation of Watanabe is sensationally good, particularly for someone like me who is working on corruption. It is crammed with arcane information on how Japanese department stores work and on the mercantilist culture of Kyoto. Business novels are a wonderful window in the quite mordant world of Japanese slarymen and their mores. There are also many little touches ... Read more