Introduction In this essay I am going to argue that the Japanese organisational structure and quality initiatives are the two main feature of the Japanese management system. I will put forward the theory that the pre-quality orientated organisational framework was very much suited towards the introduction of quality management initiatives. Main Text "There was a time when the differences between the market-orientated British employment system and the organisation-orientated Japanese system would have been happily ascribed …showed first 75 words of 2415 total…

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