The Kyocera experiment

Duration: 0:28:10

Creator: Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | LCA Video/Films: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows how "theory Z" comes alive in the United States as the American employees of San Diego's Kyocera Company productively adapt to the owners' thoroughly Japanese brand of management. Tells how there is tension, particularly between Japanese managers and American salesmen, whose styles are very different, at this company which makes computer chips and chip holders., Shows the adjustments that American workers must make when they are employed by a Japanese firm. Explains how it is the company's white-collar workers who are having the most difficult time getting used to the Japanese style of management, focusing on the tension between Japanese managers and American salesmen. Suggests that both cultures can learn much from each other.

3 users have this film:
AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, University of Maryland 16mm

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