Improving intra?organizational communication: A lesson from Japanese management
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Quarterly
- Vol. 30 (1) , 35-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01463378209369426
Abstract
Organizational scholars have consistently noted that organizations in Japan generally possess more effective channels of intra‐organizational communication than comparable firms in the United States. This article attempts to explain how the Japanese have managed to create and maintain such effective systems of communication within their organizations. It is the general contention of this essay that Japanese organizations are characterized by effective systems of communication because specific aspects of the Japanese approach to management encourage and facilitate the exchange of information between organizational members.Keywords
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