The Challenge

Timothy Dean Keeley

Chapter 1 in International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms, 2001, pp 1-14 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Perhaps the greatest challenge Japanese companies face in expanding their foreign direct investment (FDI) is how to integrate host country national (HCN) managers into the management process of their overseas subsidiaries as well as that of the parent companies themselves. I examine the problems associated with HCN integration in Japanese companies and seek to clarify the extent to which HCN managers are actually integrated. As an integral part of this process I explore a number of important related topics such as: Japanese management in general, the transferability of Japanese management practices to their foreign subsidiaries, international human resource management (IHRM) issues, as well as cross-cultural management and multinational management issues. Investigating the role of HCN managers provides insights into Japanese IHRM through the eyes of the HCN managers themselves and reveals how Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) actually manage their foreign subsidiaries. I also address numerous misunderstandings concerning Japanese management in general and the management of Japanese foreign subsidiaries in particular.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Japanese Management; Parent Company; Japanese Firm; Foreign Subsidiary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230597655_1

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