Title: Strengthening the international competitiveness of industries: the multi-functional development of executives in Japanese industries

Authors: Bela Gold

Addresses: Fletcher Jones Professor of Technology and Management, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 91711, USA

Abstract: Increasing international competitiveness requires supplementing technological advances with the more effective integration of highly specialized management functions. Japanese firms have been especially active in advancing such efforts. This paper reviews the processes involved from early stages of developing multi-functional experiences through successively later stages of broadening such capabilities. Finally, executive development efforts are placed within the context of broader strategic needs.

Keywords: international competitiveness; personnel practices; Japanese industrial firms; executive career development; promotion patterns; recruitment practices; Japan; multi-functional development; management integration; management development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1994.025588

International Journal of Technology Management, 1994 Vol.9 No.5/6/7, pp.516 - 528

Published online: 23 May 2009 *

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