Investigation for the Paradigm of Loosely-structured Organization
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05451117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUBAYASHI Koji School of Administration, Kobe Univ., Professor, 経営学部, 教授 (90030717)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHOMURA Hisashi TOKYO Metropolitan College of Commerce, Associate Professor, 助教授 (30154347)
KAMBAYASHI Norio School of Administration, Kobe Univ., Associate Professor, 経営学部, 助教授 (00243296)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
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| Keywords | New technology / organization structure / job content / Personnel management / humanization of work / QWL / network / loosely-structured organization / 職務設計 / 労務管理 / 柔構造組織 |
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| Research Abstract |
Considering about the results of literature review and factory visiting, we have written a book titled "Introduction to the Paradigm of Loosely-structured Organization : Japanese Style of Management in the New Age" (published by Bunshindou, 1994).
First, in the book, we have built up a new framework in examining the effects of new technology on personnel management in organization. That is, we have investigated empirically causal relationship among new technology, organizational structure and personnel management, which had not been much examined in business administration.
Second, we had opportunities to interview top managers of some companies such as Toshiba Corporation and Haseko Corporation in order to investigate practices of personnel management in detail, which has not been fully examined in the book. As a result, we have found the fact that management organization, unlike work organization, is affected by more corporate strategy and social trends than new technology itself.
The results were reported at some foreign universities, such as University of Koblenz, Glasgow University, Imperial College, North-western University, etc. We have got prospects that we might engage in an international-joint study on the same theme in near future, since many foreign researchers have shown a great deal of interest in our research results.
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