Personnel planning, technological changes and outsourcing in the Japanese – automobile industry: Part 1
by Kazutoshi Koshiro
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 2, No. 2, 1987

Abstract: Part 1 of this paper looks at the labour market strategy of Japanese firms, including models of the 'life-time employment' system and employment adjustment in manufacturing industry after the 1970s oil crisis. A case study is presented of personnel planning in a Japanese automobile company. Part 2 of this paper will deal with the impact of industrial robots on employment and industrial relations, and with outsourcing in the Japanese automobile industry.

Online publication date: Wed, 27-May-2009

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