CHALLENGES IN TRANSPLANTATION: HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR PERSONNEL
This paper examines Honda of America Manufacturing and its experiences recruiting personnel in the U.S. during the l970s and 1980s. Honda’s Japanese management faced significant challenges hiring a workforce it considered capable of upholding the firm’s quality standards. In order to meet manufactur...
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2001-06-01
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| description | This paper examines Honda of America Manufacturing and its experiences recruiting personnel in the U.S. during the l970s and 1980s. Honda’s Japanese management faced significant challenges hiring a workforce it considered capable of upholding the firm’s quality standards. In order to meet manufacturing goals, company officials adapted management practices successfully used in Japan to suit American cultural and legal environments. The challenges the firm faced in transferring its management model to the U.S. were at times anticipated, and at other times were not. Nevertheless, as a result of shrewd planning, flexibility, and difficult lessons drawn from experience, the firm prevailed in an American environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73d990be689a4ff687bf39ae577852352022-12-22T03:04:41ZengEconomic & Business History SocietyEssays in Economic and Business History0896-226X2001-06-0119179CHALLENGES IN TRANSPLANTATION: HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR PERSONNELJonathan RussThis paper examines Honda of America Manufacturing and its experiences recruiting personnel in the U.S. during the l970s and 1980s. Honda’s Japanese management faced significant challenges hiring a workforce it considered capable of upholding the firm’s quality standards. In order to meet manufacturing goals, company officials adapted management practices successfully used in Japan to suit American cultural and legal environments. The challenges the firm faced in transferring its management model to the U.S. were at times anticipated, and at other times were not. Nevertheless, as a result of shrewd planning, flexibility, and difficult lessons drawn from experience, the firm prevailed in an American environment.https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/79 |
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| title | CHALLENGES IN TRANSPLANTATION: HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR PERSONNEL |
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| title_short | CHALLENGES IN TRANSPLANTATION: HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR PERSONNEL |
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