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Japanese vs American Management Styles






What is Japanese Management Style.

The Japanese management style is a management concept of Dr. William Ovichi to revive the economic downturn in Asia in the 1980s. It focused on increasing employee loyalty to the company by providing employment for life, with a strong focus on employee well-being both outside and outside of work. His system also tends to promote stable employment, higher productivity and higher employee morale and satisfaction (Anon., 2015).

 

What is American Management Style.

America is one of the most advanced countries in the world and leader in modern management methods as well. Many people in America live their lives freely without any social trials and barriers and its economy is a free economy. They want to live an independent life and are accustomed to the ‘hire and fire’ style of management. Contract-based employment began in the United States and is followed by other countries around the world (Anon., n.d.).


Comparison of Japanese vs American Styles of Management.

Area

Japanese Style

American Style

Planning and control

Bottom up, Goal setting and feedback. Worker involvement, do check a action approach, Budget and compare actual to market driven dynamic target cost continuously reduced.

Top down, Roll down financial budgets to lover levels. Budget and compare actual to flexible budgets based on engineer driven standard cost and resources constrains.

Cost

Long run plant wide life cycle cost

Short run production cost

Investment

Long run perspective, emphasis on growth, increasing market share, flexibility, customer needs and business unit interrelationships

Short run emphasis and quick pay back.

 

 

 

 

Managers

Japanese managers are more apt to embrace reciprocal participative attitudes and values and to perceive higher levels of self-actualization flowing from their roles and positions.

merican managers deserve to internalize corporate goals of high tivity, productivity, corporate growth and corporate stability.

Overall Focus

Long range focus on competitive strategy

Short range focus on the bottom line

Operating Strategy

Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)

Optimize with a given set of constrain.

Union

Company emphasize cooperation, Promote team approach, No strike policy. 

National Non company, Adversary, rules prohibited cross training and flexibility, Strike used as weapon.  

Vendors and customers

Long term partnership, have co-destiny, Frequent deliveries , Few vendors

No special relationship, obtain best price from multiple vendors.

Production

Small focused plants, work performed in sequential order to remove inconsistency according to programme sheets.

Less focused plants, task not programmed.

 

From the above comparison, we conclude that the Japanese method is more effective than the American method. 



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Comments

  1. Shiyam 31 October 2020 at 02:54

    Good 1..informative

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  2. Lakshan Ganegoda31 October 2020 at 02:59

    Good analysis between the two management styles and good referencing as well. Suggest to elaborate a bit more about the applicability and benefits we can gain by using the suitable approach.
    Good work.

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  3. Razi Jalaldeen2 November 2020 at 22:05

    Please follow the Harvard reference and citation style.

    Whatever you cited should appear in the reference list and whatever appear in the reference list should be cited in the main body of the text.

    Please consider following points.
    The blog article should importantly have three parts.
    i) Introduction to the topic
    ii) Global context of the topic. (How it has been practiced globally, why they practice it and the benefits of practicing the selected HR concept.)
    iii) Application of the selected topic to the selected company. (Why they have to apply, how they would apply, expected benefits etc.
    And finally, a brief conclusion.

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  4. Hemanthi Maheshika Abeysekara4 November 2020 at 08:09

    We can see, most of the time, American Management style's labor turnover is high. They can choose one employer today, if it is not suits for him, he can find another. It is noted that, Japanese management style mainly focused on long lasting goals /benefits by their employee satisfaction

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  5. Rswan10 December 2020 at 05:22

    motivation will be effect for management styles growing

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  6. M. R. M Nishak10 December 2020 at 10:58

    Very well explained about the 2 management styles. Any how management should look after their employees well. Management approach towards the employee is more important

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  7. Chanakaja11 December 2020 at 11:19

    We can see most of the time, that the labor turnover of the American management style is strong. Today, they can pick one employer, and if it doesn't suit him, he can find another. It is noted that Japanese management style primarily focused on long-term goals/benefits by pleasing their employees. also you better use correct citation as well. Other than that, you have clearly explained two management styles in a very clear manner.

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  8. Nadun Rupasinghe11 December 2020 at 17:05

    Better illustration of Japanese ve American management style . Reader can easily identify the which management style should be choosen according to organization structure ..

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  9. Nafees11 December 2020 at 20:31

    In the context of Sri Lanka and the employee behaviors, there should be a mix of both system. Whilst having a more established system which has long term objectives, space should be allowed for the other way around too. The background of the people should be taken into serious consideration.

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  10. Pasan Wijesekara12 December 2020 at 00:03

    While appreciating the effort made on comparison made between two international theories I strongly believe you as a member of Sri lankan origin company and we as people of a country with long history need to find at least one our own method to international level in respect of the HR or People concerns.

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  11. TharangaN12 December 2020 at 04:41

    Properly described on the two management styles with appropriate theories. Nice article.

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  12. Muditha12 December 2020 at 22:41

    Interesting article. the topic is important to realize where we are? As a Sri Lankan organization, what should we do? Japanese organization Is focusing on employee loyalty. American organisation Is following " hiring and firing" style. However, Japanese concepts are well accepted all over the world. eg - lean manufacturing. as per my views, the Japanese method is more beneficial for employees.

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  13. Indika Mediwaka Blogs13 December 2020 at 08:52

    As per the article, Japanese Management style is more attractive & gives more outcome rather than American style. Well explained.

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