Shoshaman : a tale of corporate Japan /
Acknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen--high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies--serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they?Shoshaman takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inh...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês japonês |
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Berkley :
University of California Press
©1991.
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| Colecção: | Voices from Asia ;
3. |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnxrf |
| Resumo: | Acknowledging no god but the corporate good, the shoshamen--high-powered professionals within Japan's integrated trading companies--serve as the unrelenting cogs of an economic machine. Or do they?Shoshaman takes us inside the world of Japan Inc. to explore the daily lives of the people who inhabit it. Written by a senior executive in a major sogo shosha, this absorbing novel reveals, as no textbook can, the strategies required to win the race to the top. It also makes painfully clear the ethical and psychological choices that such a race demands. The cast of characters is as varied as the corporate world itself, from the devoted Ojima, who has been passed over by the company, to the spirited Masako, who strikes out on her own. The hero, Nakasato Michio, finds that the road to success is long and perilous, as he tries to satisfy his ambitions while remaining faithful to his values. First published as Kigyoka sarariman in 1986 and made into a prize-winning television miniseries in 1988, the book has been acclaimed in Japan for the verisimilitude of its characters and situations. It offers a clear understanding of what it is like--in human terms--to survive and perhaps succeed within the confines of the Japanese corporation. |
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| Descrição do item: | Translation of: Kigyōka sararīman. |
| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 224 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780520910515 0520910516 0585101450 9780585101453 1282355740 9781282355743 9780520071414 9780520071421 0520071417 0520071425 |