Conclusion: German Business Management and German Enterprise as a “Social Community”

Toshio Yamazaki ()
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Toshio Yamazaki: Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Business Administration

Chapter Chapter 15 in A History of German Business, 2026, pp 401-467 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Based on the discussions in the preceding chapters, this chapter explains the characteristics and significance of business management changes until the end of World War II. It also explores continuity in business management before and after World War II, the pursuit of economic rationality in Germany, and the origins of the nature of German enterprise as a “Social community.” First, the characteristics and significance of business management changes in the periods of the Second Reich, the Weimar Republic, and National Socialism are considered. Next, this chapter examines which “continuity” can be observed in business management before and after World War II, how the progress of business management development until the war’s end was, and how it influenced and contributed to business management in the postwar period. Finally, this chapter clarifies the origins of enterprise as “a social community” by examining the pursuit of economic rationality in Germany from a comparative perspective with the United States.

Keywords: Americanization; Business management; Corporate structure; Economic rationality; Enterprise concentration; Ford system; Labor management system; Mass production; Organizational structure; Taylor system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-8476-2_15

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