Title: Personnel planning, technological changes and outsourcing in the Japanese – automobile industry: Part 1

Authors: Kazutoshi Koshiro

Addresses: The Centre for International Trade Studies, Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University, 156 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama 240, Japan

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.

Keywords: automobile industry; automotive manufacture; Japan; employment patterns; Japanese industry; life-time employment; labour markets; personnel planning; technological change; outsourcing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1987.026168

International Journal of Technology Management, 1987 Vol.2 No.2, pp.279 - 297

Published online: 27 May 2009 *

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