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| 0687-2166-01 | Labor in Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FACULTY OF HUMANITIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
In the past 2 decades, global changes have been played out with profound social and cultural repercussions for business corporations. These processes were claimed to induce various socio-cultural transitions within Japan's work environment and labor market, influencing inter-organizational working relations as well as individuals' perceptions of organizational identity and commitment towards their workplace.
The course discusses the socio-cultural ramifications of these processes for Japan's work context regarding two interrelated aspects: At the organizational level, the emergence of global corporations and multinational corporations brought into light various dilemmas in regards to management ideology, managerial practices and business strategies applied by companies in their strive for economic power and global presence. At the individual level, the cultural diversity produced in multicultural work teams, the emergence of global workers and transitions in work processes hold significant implications for workers' organizational identity in the context of global work places.
The course aims to provide vast knowledge of the main aspects characterizing contemporary Japan in the last three decades. Particularly, drawing on comparative and critical perspectives it discusses trends of preservation and change in Japan's main social, cultural and organizational values, processes and structures.