Overview

The changing nature of education and training systems in Japanese firms is reviewed with focus on developments of management education in Japanese universities. Based on a contextual model, this book examines whether the MBA education system in the Japanese business schools is useful for human resource development in Japanese firms and discusses the importance of developments of Japanese-specific methods of management education.

Research Topics

New research topics: few studies focussing on Japanese management education

Systematic and critical review: of the up-to-date literature on management education

Empirical evidence: interview data collected both from HR directors/managers and from employees who belong to an MBA course