Essays about: "Japanese organizations"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words Japanese organizations.

1. 6. Rhetoric and Interests within Japanese ODA: the case of assistance to human development in Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Silvia Giannelli; [2013]
   Keywords : human development; Japanese ODA; Vietnam; human capital; human resource development; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the past few decades, the central topic of targeting human development through aid has been given more importance by both international organizations, recipient and donor countries. One of the goals of this study is to investigate how the mutual cooperation between the inflow of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA), on one side, and the implementation of the national socio-economic development strategy in Vietnam, on the other, is having effects on human and social development in the latter. READ MORE

3. 7. Increasing competitiveness of service companies: developing conceptual models for implementing Lean Management in service companies

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.)

   Author : Felix Damrath; [2012]
   Keywords : Lean management; Lean tools and methods; service organizations; implementation model;

   Abstract : Lean management is a philosophy focused on identifying and eliminating waste throughout a product’s entire value stream. It originates from the manufacturing system of Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota and attracted due to its tremendous success widespread attention worldwide. READ MORE

4. 8. Activating precursors of agglomeration: how large is impact of Japanese agglomeration inducing policies on manufacturing employment?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Kiminori Isaka; [2011]
   Keywords : agglomeration factors; precursors of agglomeration; process of cluster formation; types of clusters; Japanese regions; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study assesses effect of Japanese policies that can realize agglomeration against change of employment of Japanese manufacturing. It firstly identifies three precursors of agglomeration from literature review: network of similar companies, organizations with world-class technology and organizations with big demand. READ MORE

5. 9. From Japan to Sweden; Lean Product Development System in Cultural Contexts

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Oraphin Preechachanchai; Promporn Wangwacharakul; [2011]
   Keywords : Lean; Product development; Lean Product Development System; LPDS; Japanese LPDS; Swedish LPDS; Change management; Creativity fostering;

   Abstract : Irresistibly, Lean has been well-known among manufacturers around the world for quite sometimes due to Toyota success story of Toyota Production System (TPS) or so-called Lean manufacturing. Now that many organizations are going toward the concept of Lean enterprise, this thesis tries to study about Lean Product Development System (LPDS) which is a part it. READ MORE

6. 10. Impact of Culture on Incentive Systems : Findings from Swedish Organizations Operating in Japan and Korea

   University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Andreas Franzén; Linus Rogulla; [2011]
   Keywords : Sweden; Japan; Korea; Incentive Systems; Globalization; Performance Measures;

   Abstract : Many organizations use global incentive systems without recognizing the suitability to foreign subsidiaries' local cultures. Applying incentives to employees in foreign subsidiaries without considering culture's impact on incentive system effectiveness may dilute the incentives' effectiveness. READ MORE