An interview in which Ikujiro Nonaka (野中郁次郎) and Shunpei Iwao (岩尾俊兵) discuss the essence of management. The article introduces ideas also reflected in the Toyota Production System as a source of Japanese companies’ strengths.
An interview article in which Shunpei Iwao (岩尾俊兵), associate professor at the Faculty of Business and Commerce of Keio University, and Ikujiro Nonaka (野中郁次郎) discuss the strengths of Japanese companies. In exploring the essence of management, they discuss the connection between the practical expertise and ideas that Japanese companies have cultivated over many years.
In particular, ideas also reflected in the Toyota Production System, along with organisational management and learning mechanisms, are positioned as factors supporting the competitiveness of Japanese companies.