TV Tokyo Business News Academy reports, through an interview with Panasonic’s Higuchi Yasuyuki (樋口泰行), on examples of organizational reform in which decisions are made without obtaining approval from superiors such as section managers, and on the aims of such reform.
The article focuses on how building organizations that make decisions by “skipping over” approval from superiors could change decision-making at Japanese companies. Through an interview with Higuchi Yasuyuki (樋口泰行), a senior executive officer at Panasonic and president of Panasonic Connected Solutions, it introduces the aim of reviewing established practices such as advance coordination and formal approval procedures.
The interview examines the potential benefits and challenges of introducing mechanisms to speed up decisions on the front lines at Japanese companies, where slow decision-making has been cited as an issue. It explains, from a management perspective, how resistance and opposition from superiors may arise and how they can be addressed.